The Vector 3 3D Printer and Education

**Kreator01** · 03-08-2015, 08:24 AM

I have subscribed to this, and gone for the part works route though from April 2015 you can buy the complete printer for £699.00.
http://www.3dprinter-collection.com/

http://www.3dprinter-collection.com/buynow.aspx

Deagostini also are doing one over 12 months at £69.00 a month. http://www.model-space.com/gb/build-...d-printer.html

The Vector 3d one has a heated bed, the Deagostini one does NOT!

**Ghosty** · 03-12-2015, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by Kreator01

The Vector 3d one has a heated bed, the Deagostini one does NOT!

like you i have subscribed to this, as CA can testify i already have a working 3d printer (yes im greedy i want 2), the vector also has a removable print bed, meaning it can be swapped for glass or the ninja flex bed.

and while it does take a while to complete, as i said i already have a 3d printer so im not gonna miss anything, the advantage is i will have built this one from parts so i will know whats what and where it goes and what it does, at the moment im sort of guessing at the bits and hoping it works, lol

the other thing the vector offers is proper tutorials in 3d design (using sketchup) this for me would set me back £1500 for a course, so i look at it a different way, i paying £649 for the sketchup course and getting a printer for free. plus i can pay monthly.... cant do that with the course i looked at.

as for the quality of the printer i guess only time will tell... im upto issue 11 and have a completly assembled z axis including the stepper and test board (which later becomes the led control board).

**brbubba** · 03-12-2015, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by Ghosty

the other thing the vector offers is proper tutorials in 3d design (using sketchup) this for me would set me back £1500 for a course, so i look at it a different way, i paying £649 for the sketchup course and getting a printer for free. plus i can pay monthly.... cant do that with the course i looked at.

as for the quality of the printer i guess only time will tell... im upto issue 11 and have a completly assembled z axis including the stepper and test board (which later becomes the led control board).

I would highly recommend learning Inventor over Sketchup. Autodesk offers all of their products for students, you don't even need a .edu email address to sign up. There are tons of online resources and it's very easy to learn and much more powerful than Sketchup.

**Kreator01** · 03-13-2015, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by Ghosty

the other thing the vector offers is proper tutorials in 3d design (using sketchup) this for me would set me back £1500 for a course, so i look at it a different way, i paying £649 for the sketchup course and getting a printer for free. plus i can pay monthly.... cant do that with the course i looked at.

I use a 3D program called Anim8or ( Been using it since 2006 )a 3D Modelling and Animation package and find that to be pretty good ( it will export good STL files, in either binary or ASCII) and is pretty simple to use.

My latest 3D Model waiting to be printed When I have finished the Build!