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At Milwaukee Makerspace we had the same debate, and ended up
choosing a MakerBot Replicator. (This was back when MakerBot was an
open source hardware company and very supportive of the hackerspace
community. Would we buy a Replicator 2 today? I don't know...)<br>
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Anyway, we also wanted a "standard" machine that had some sort of
name recognition so we could tell new members "we have a MakerBot"
and have it be a possibly recognizable name in 3D printing.<br>
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If you don't care as much about open source, the Replicator 2 does
look nice, but I'll also throw in the MakerGear M2. One of our
members has a Mosaic (M1) and it's a nice machine, but the M2 looks
that much more awesome, and Rick from MakerGear is a solid guy...<br>
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Pete<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/25/12 9:01 PM, Russell Hubbard
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<p>I'll second that, my mosaic has been running since April
without any major issues. I do recommend adding fans to the
ramps and x motor to speed up prints. Also add x/y endstops.
Even without mods, though, its been bulletproof.</p>
<p>Signature:<br>
My fingerprints are on Mars.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 25, 2012 9:47 PM, "Russ Ryba" <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:russryba@gmail.com">russryba@gmail.com</a>>
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I would recommend the MakerGear M2 printer. I bought my
reprap and the M1/Mosaic from them. MakerGear is a guy out of
Ohio. He deviates from the standard reprap design by using
precision parts in a lot of places. Compared to the Prusa
that I had to tweak and calibrate constantly the Mosaic went
together in a few hours by my kids and worked pretty much out
of the box. The new M2 has a bigger print area than the
Makerbot Replicator - 8x10x8 instead of 11x6x6. It's also all
metal frame, very quiet operation. They have good support
through IRC or email. Linear rail, acme lead screw, steel
frame... it's a sweet machine you don't have to mess with.
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:00 PM,
Tim Saylor <span dir="ltr"><<a
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all,
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<div>After a year or so of fiddling with repraps,
Pumping Station: One is looking into buying a
hobbyist 3d printer that will more or less "just
work" as a tool to be used by people with minimal
training on how to run a 3d printer. I'm looking
for a similar experience to a laser cutter: someone
explains how to make a file and how to send it to
the machine, you do that, maybe run a test to make
sure it's what you expect, and then you have a
thing. In your experience, which printer is closest
to this experience in the $2k-3k range? </div>
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<div>So far we've talked about the Ultimaker with
NetFabb software and the Replicator 1 or 2*. Anyone
have any experience they'd like to share that would
help with our decision?</div>
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Thanks!</div>
<div>Tim</div>
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<div>* The politics of open source are a discussion we
are having, but it's a separate one from which tool
is best for the job. Since we already have an
active discussion about that question, I'd
appreciate keeping this one on the pros and cons of
each printer as a day to day tool.</div>
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