[MakeLV] reprap prusa

[Rob Roschewsk]

I guess to summarize ... If you want a 3d printer ... Save your money and buy one of the complete kits .... You're still going to need to put it together. Highly likely you are not going to save any money doing it piecemeal ... And you may end up frustrated in the end.


However ..... If you just want to build something from scratch for the sake of building ... Maybe loosely following someone else's design ... Improving or changing as you go ... Have at it and please share your experience!

My CNC router project is just that ... It's more about the journey than the destination. 

--> Rob


On Feb 27, 2012, at 22:31, David Smith <david at davincisciencecenter.org> wrote:

> Exactly,
> 
> Don't buy bits that will be out of date by the time you are done.  Put your money in a Christmas Club or a coffee can and save it up until you can go all in.  I waited a year while I researched opportunities and ended up with a Thing-O-Matic instead of a Cupcake, which was a major upgrade and a Stepstruder, another major upgrade, for not much over what I had priced the year before.  Unless you are a whiz at scavenging salvage sites, you're into this for $1000 easy, even with a DIY model (you can spend $800 on stepper motors alone).  Once I figured that out, the extra $300 for the MakerBot kit was a bargain compared to my time hunting down all those parts.  
> 
> I'll bring my MakerBot to a Thursday session if you want to check it out, just let me know
> 
> Dave  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Joe Dunfee <joe at dunfee.com> wrote:
> Said by; "Keith Miller" <firehopper at gmail.com>
> 
> >I'm pondering building one, but I have to buy bits slowly as I don't
> >have a lot of money available at once.
> 
> Since this is such a rapidly changing field, it might be better to wait until you can purchase all the parts you need.  Prices may change, or new and updated products become available when you are ready to make the plunge.
> 
> 
> Joe Dunfee  joe at dunfee.com
> Gordonville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. 
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