Looking for a medium/big volume 3D printer...... too many choices

[juanmedina]

I am looking for my first 3d printer to print things that I would design at home. I like to modify and tune cars and I would like to print high temp resistant material like Peek or something else.

I have used the makerbot v2 and 3dp1000 at work so I have some experience with printing. I will be designing parts in Solidworks or NX7. Accuracy is somewhat important; I think feature resolution like hole locations of about ±.005-.010" will be sufficient. Speed is also important obviously the faster the better as long as it can maintain the accuracy. For the build volume anything around 12x12x12" will work. The top of my budget is $3500 but if I can get something significantly less expensive but meet all my requirement I will happy.

These are the printers that I am looking at:

Raise3D N2 Pluss FFF
https://www.raise3d.com/products/rai...fdm-3d-printer

Gcreat Gmax 1.5XT+
https://shop.gcreate.com/products/th...in-3d-printing

This one at a great price: Formbot T Rex
https://www.3dprintersonlinestore.co...aser-engraving

Any other suggestions? which one would you guys get?

Thanks

[curious aardvark]

that t-rex supreme kit is a great price. pretty simple machine, so hopefully not much to go wrong.
Yeah i like that.
The gmax rings a distant bell.

Think someone on here has bought one.

Of those three I'd go for the trex. The interchangeable extruder setup is nice and the laser engraver is a good addon.

[juanmedina]

I ordered the T-Rex yesterday night. Thanks.... I can't wait to start printing

[OVersliders]

catching on this thread a bit late.
I just purchased a Makerfarm pegasus 12" with dual E3D hot ends. It came up to just about $1K. 12x12x13 build volume and seems pretty good. My reason for moving to this is because I had a crappy Da Vinci 1.0 from XYZ and precision was terrible. The damn thing wasn't even making concentric holes
Just food for thoughts in case the T-Rex does not meet your expectations.

[dunginhawk]

i have owned 9 printers now and the gmax i have is the best printer ive ever owned, hands down. same quality prints as my flashforge creator pro, with build size much much bigger... i just got rid of my taz 5, which never cut the mustard with quality.