Blue Dragon - AWESOME!

Got to see a demo of the new Blue Dragon 4 in 1 printer today. This thing is amazing!

FIREPRINT 3 or 4 Material Nozzle
• Prints up to 4 materials or colors in a single print!
• Massive heated 12” x 12” x 12” build area
• Advanced sensor & software ensures a level print every time
• Printable layer resolution better than 20 microns
• Interface with PC, Laptop, Tablet, Cell Phone or any web enabled device
• Fireprint Core - Specialized X/Y axis movement
• Immune to backlash, accelerates fast, sustains travel speeds over
250mm/sec with complete accuracy
• Integrated 7” LCD touchscreen tablet for friendly standalone operation
• Filament bay can run up to 4 active spools with storage for more
• Prints in over 50 materials
• Enclosed build chamber w/active exhaust & optional environmental
chemical filtration

Cool, did you get any pics?
That sounds like the kind of beast I would want and would add to my data center room to give it its own space.

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Originally Posted by BSCdan

Got to see a demo of the new Blue Dragon 4 in 1 printer today. This thing is amazing!

FIREPRINT 3 or 4 Material Nozzle
• Prints up to 4 materials or colors in a single print!
• Massive heated 12” x 12” x 12” build area
• Advanced sensor & software ensures a level print every time
• Printable layer resolution better than 20 microns
• Interface with PC, Laptop, Tablet, Cell Phone or any web enabled device
• Fireprint Core - Specialized X/Y axis movement
• Immune to backlash, accelerates fast, sustains travel speeds over
250mm/sec with complete accuracy
• Integrated 7” LCD touchscreen tablet for friendly standalone operation
• Filament bay can run up to 4 active spools with storage for more
• Prints in over 50 materials
• Enclosed build chamber w/active exhaust & optional environmental
chemical filtration

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Unfortunately, I did not.

Many things I loved about it. The nozzle, for one, is an absolute beast. It's literally, multiple times the size and structure of any other desk top nozzle I've ever seen. The team that put this thing together has many years of experience in the 3D print world and knew exactly what they wanted and what users wanted.

My company manufactures filament, so I've never been behind the scenes of a printer manufacturer. But I imagine they simply took every mistake ever made by other printers and fixed them. We resell dozens of different printers, but I would have a very hard time recommending any machine over this one.

That is amazing. Even more amazing is that this printer sells for less than an Ultimaker 3...

So pumped to get a chance to sell this bad boy!!!!

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That rules. I look forward to seeing this beast.
I wonder how many arms and legs this thing will cost. Apparently not as much as I thought it would. Very cool.

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Originally Posted by BSCdan

Unfortunately, I did not.

Many things I loved about it. The nozzle, for one, is an absolute beast. It's literally, multiple times the size and structure of any other desk top nozzle I've ever seen. The team that put this thing together has many years of experience in the 3D print world and knew exactly what they wanted and what users wanted.

My company manufactures filament, so I've never been behind the scenes of a printer manufacturer. But I imagine they simply took every mistake ever made by other printers and fixed them. We resell dozens of different printers, but I would have a very hard time recommending any machine over this one.

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$2500 ish.
Dunno if that includes tax or not. But if it's as good as it says it is, that's a good price.

Agreed a really good price if it can do what it says. That would be nice at that price.

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Originally Posted by curious aardvark

$2500 ish.
Dunno if that includes tax or not. But if it's as good as it says it is, that's a good price.

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That's the pre-order price for the 3 Extruder. The 4 Extruder is $2999. Both prices are going up by $600 on 12-1-16.

12th of january you say ?
:-)

So basically by the time you've read a review and know if it's as good as they claim, it'll cost you $600 more. Well that's not very nice.
And personally I wouldn't buy printer these days without some kind of proof that it does what it says on the tin :-)

Actually, December 1, 2016.

Understandable. And I agree. From what I understand detailed videos should be up soon.

That looks like a Diamond hotend? They didn't design that. Or am I wrong?

Thinking on this a bit more. The OP is selling these which sure seems to make this a commercial post. It reads like one too.

And your point is ?
Anybody selling anything is a commercial post, were we to ban all the posts from people selling things, we'd lose a good chunk of the forum.
As long as people are selling things relevant to 3d printing - which, presumably members would be interested in - whats the problem ?

As I understand it - because i read the posts :-)

Bscdan saw the printer at a show, was well impressed and contacted the company because he wanted to sell the machine.
The thread was started before he knew he'd be selling them.
Not that it matters, but that's the actual chronology.

Fine. They didn't invent the diamond hotend though. Is it a clone or is it original?

To be fair, I saw the demo after I found out my company would be selling it. However, we sell every major 3D Printer on the market, with the exception of Ultimakers. Truth be told, printers aren't our business. Filaments are. We sell printers as a courtesy to our customers and because we have partners in the industry. We make little, if any, money on printer sales. The reason I posted about the Dragon is because it looked very impressive, and because it has many of the specifics that I know people are looking for. Honestly, I'd prefer to gain a customer purchasing our filaments than a printer.

Some better detailed Blue Dragon Info:

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Sorry for the small resolution. If you would like to see the entire file, let me know and I'll be happy to send it to you.

BTW, if anyone is interested, Blue Dragon is doing a Skype presentation on the printer today. If you want to attend, let me know and I'll send you the invite.

let us know when you get one to play with - interested to see what you can do with it.

I won't be getting one. We are merely a reseller, but we resell pretty much every printer on the market. Our focus is filaments. The only reason we started reselling printers was because we have so many Universities that use our filament and they wanted us as a 1 stop shop.

go on, it's nearly christmas - treat yourself :-)

Why is there not a link to it? https://bldrgn.com/