No idea. The youngest got it and knows exactly nothing about them. It looks like you can spend another $50-$100 and make it really nice with a bunch of add-ons. I like that there is a laser etching add-on that’s cheap. That could be fun.
-D > On Dec 10, 2018, at 7:31 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Is it any good? At $199 I'd consider it... > > On Monday, December 10, 2018, 5:44:19 PM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > This is the printer: > > https://tinyurl.com/y8mhc9my <https://tinyurl.com/y8mhc9my> > > -D > > > > On Dec 10, 2018, at 5:34 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote: > > > > There are now cheepchinee 3D printers on banggood and dx, $300 or less for > > small ones that maybe have a 6in bed, you can put them right on a desk, I > > am almost tempted to get one at some point just to play with it and learn > > how to do it, then maybe build a good one like I did my CNC router machine. > > They sell all the bits too, really cheap. Probably not something for > > high-quality parts printing, but for random hacking and to learn it would > > be an easy way to get into it. Almost everything about them is now > > open-source, and free software. > > > > I bought a little 12x12 solid state diode laser engraver a couple years > > ago, used it a bit but the software was crap, now there is much better > > software that will control these little machines as well as my 60W big > > machine, I need to get that going in my copious spare time too. > > > > Let us know how it goes. > > > > --FT > > > > > > On 12/10/18 5:13 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote: > >> They've come an awfully long way in a relatively short time. I'm thinking > >> the first I heard of 3d printing as a reasonable home type thing was maybe > >> 10 years ago. Prices are now in the sub $1000 range for a reasonably good > >> one... > >> -Curt > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
