Best or Cheapest Specs for a 3D Printing Project
We have a school project and we're planning to use 3D printers.
What would you consider the best setup, at the most affordable price, to get us started. If you can include the software needed (license cost, ouch) that would be awesome. Or if it's possible to use an open source system that would save us some money, we would really appreciate it.
We're planning to document everything and keep a log of our mini school project.
Good luck with Flashforge Creator
I've had great luck with my Flashforge Creator. It's dual extruder, and it came right out of the box with a couple of programs on the supplied SD card. I can truly say that I was printing my first part literally 15 minutes after opening. Super simple. I purchased a refurbished model directly from Flashforge USA. I use 123D Design for creating my models, and Makerware for translating my designs to the printer. Both are open source programs (for now) I've owned my unit for five months now with NO problems printing PLA, ABS and Ninjaflex. The Flashforge unit is Rock Solid and consistent, I run my unit daily/nightly.