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evil_steve
Joined: 06 Sep 2015
Posts: 304
Location: Adelaide, SA
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I'm in a similar position (although I also have space considerations ie the wife has pointed out that until we move we don't actually have anywhere to put a 3D printer). A few thoughts though:
- Jaycar also sells 3D printers, including another clone of whatever the M180 is cloning (the Flashforge Creator X ?), but
it's a touch more expensive than Hobbyking
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- There are a couple of Australian online stores I've found,
3D Printer Superstore
and
3D Printing Solutions
. I have no experience with either of them but their prices seem similar and reasonable for what they're selling. Annoyingly, the latter one has a PO Box 5 minutes from me but no actual shopfront, although they only seem to sell UP printers.
- Printing parts for combat bots means you really want to be able to print in ABS, especially for an ant chassis. From what I gather, any printer with a heated bed will claim it can print ABS but to do so without warping really requires one with an enclosure.
- Angus and others seem to rate the UP Mini the best "first" ABS printer (~$900 from the Australian places above), BUT 1) it requires expensive UP branded filament (unless you hack it not to); 2) it has a comparatively small build volume; and 3) (probably only relevant to me) it doesn't seem to work well with Linux. I suspect I'll end up getting a Flashforge Dreamer, it's a bit more but seems worth it, Angus seems to like it at least.
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