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jstarne1
USA
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http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/1973-The-Lyman-Filament-Extruder-May-Drop-the-Cost-of-Desktop-3D-Printing-Forever.html
Good for anyone that's going to be printing regularly or more than 200 dollars worth of premade plastic filament for your printer.
I'm actually surprised at the affordability of PLA. There are a few places that sell spools for $50+, which is really expensive.
Most places sell a spool for $30 to $35. Out of that cost, I can print sooooooooo many parts (long as the printer is working :)). I don't know the exact count, but most of our parts are quite large and thick. In a single spool of PLA, I can print 50-70 of them. That's not bad for $35!
The CubeX Trio will print ABS, but we only use ABS for supports on the PLA.
The PLA is a more consistent print. PLA is pretty strong also. Plus, it is biodegradable so I don't feel bad wasting all the prints. I just keep filling boxes full of old prints and they recycle them locally