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Is there anyone interested in doing a community buy of a 3d printer for user PTP.
He has contributed so much in these forums.
Imagine what he could do with his own 3d printer.
Depending on how many people will help would determine the price for a 3d printer.
If interested please state how much you would donate. Optional, suggest 3d printer.
Thanks, Keith
$100 chipped in too..
ptp... thanks for all your help
FrankE
Someone throw a $5 in so we can hit $1000!
PTP you sure have helped alot of folks! Are you feeling the love?
I was hoping we got $1500 for a MatterHackers Pulse XE printer.
Any other contributors or thoughts on good printers.
Still a big Prusa fan...no enclosure is the only drawback on this machine, taxes could be a problem if you would want it shipped to the states!
I want in for $50.
@Andy Roid See post 31 for the payment link.
Alan
I might wonder if he would use the money for the components to build his own. I highly advocate anyone doing this. You learn so much on the inner workings and when you are done you know it inside out.
MatterHackers looks like another prusa i3 clone. My $200 Geeetech is a good little i3 clone and a few peeps on here are using them but learning curve is steep and assembly is laborious. Ideal for makers. I got a lot of help in using the printer from this forum. You need to make a surround to use ABS etc (@Holy1 had a good design).
I think if I was to do it again and do a serious build I would have purchased a better quality Prusa clone, maybe one that had a better feed mechanism and a wider print bed (200*200 is a little small). A heated bed is a must, have not tried autolevelling, autocallibration but it has to be better than trial and error with a business card.
If I had the money I would also purchase 2 Prusa i3 clones not 1. I would have 2 running and if one broke I still have one for spares (So I don't have to be down for 3 months ordering a part from China). You also need a bunch of print nozels as they clog all the time but are cheap in bulk.
The models need some decent software to slice them. I have not tried Simplify3D but it was recommended by @Perry_S ($150 seemed like a lot of money).
Filament is expensive and you need a range, ABS, PLA, PETG and that ninja flex stuff is cool.