Quote Originally Posted by MiniMadRyan View Post
Thomas Sanlander did a review on the MM3 a while back, and he was very impressed as well, and was particularly impressed with the quality of the printer. You can find his review on YouTube.

Personally, it's a toss up between this and a Taz 5. On one hand, I prefer the Taz 5 simply for the praise it's gotten in the press lately, and Aleph Object's desire to continue to keep everything they do open source and libre. On the other hand, as much as the prints prove me wrong (and having built and designed printed printers myself) I just can't shake the negative notion of the printed components on the Taz 5. My mind keeps saying, for that cost, I'd like to see more metal components.

The MM3 has an amazing structure, the use of Openbuilds V-slot, especially the massive 20x60 profile on the X axis screams stability. I believe the deflection rate on that length of 20x60 is practically non-existent, far less than that of the standard 8-12mm linear rod typically used.

There's small things like the lack of a print cooler, or the lack of an LCD screen, cable carriers without buying an upgrade that turn me off on the MM3, but overall, both machines are great choices
Thanks...Ya I have watched all the reviews and even spent some time on the IRC site to see how it was. It turned out really responsive and I kinda like the immediacy of it. The Taz 5 just turned me off with all the mods that are done to improve it, the open rail mods basically turn it into a MM3. The thing that really turned me off is that so many people say that is the must mod for the Taz 5 and it doesn't seem like they are implementing it on the Taz 6, at least from the rendering I last saw.

There are some printed parts on the MM3 too. Their extruder is pretty much all printed, but I see that is how it is on a lot of the printers these days. E3D BigBox looks like it could be nice but right away, it has a wood or plexi glass frame. That right there take it out of contention for me.

Thanks again....