'New Matter' launching the MOD-t Affordable 3D Printer Soon via Crowdfunding Campaign
Looks like there will be a new crowdfunding campaign launching soon for a new 3D printer, called the MOD-t. It is from a company called 'New Matter', formerly known as IdeaShaper. They don't provide many details, but they are going to be "affordable". It should be interesting to see what the price will be, and if they try to compete price wise with the Micro3D printer that was just on Kickstarter.
Read more about this at http://3dprint.com/3413/new-matter-mod-t-3d-printer/
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+1 for valued opinion from jkerr
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LoboCNC
Hi - I'm new to this forum. I've worked on the development of this printer, and I can assure you that the rendering is quite complete. Well, the filament spool is not shown, but the complete X-Y-Z mechanism is all there - it's just really minimal. I've done a fair amount of printing on a couple of their prototypes that are functionally equivalent but are not nearly as attractive as the rendering of the production design they used in their announcement. Unfortunately, I can't say much more until the crowdfunding campaign launches in a couple of weeks.
If this is the same LoboCNC as http://jrkerr.com/lobocnc/index.html then his positive review should be respected. I have experience using his CNC and was impressed with his extensive knowledge of both the hardware and software.
Been working with 3D printers for about 2 years now and the M3D and this one seem to be on the right track for consumer desktop 3D printer.
In my experience and cantilever design is total failure. Truly, any moving bed was failure. (MB you know who you are). Most of that was due to the acceleration of the beds mass, leading to vibration. Now that you are only moving in 2-d, you'll have uniform Z-axis acceleration for the print bed.
I'm very curious to see how the separated mechanics will operate in unison.
My assumption is you'll get the speed of having a fixed extruder while maintaining the capability to do high delicacy prints (something cantilever beds super fail at (( in comparison with non-moving bed printer))).