what 3D printer do you own/would buy?

[curious aardvark]

srguy - have a look at the wanhao duplicator i3 plus: $499 and about as good an entry level machine as you could hope to find.
http://wanhaousa.com/products/duplic...us-steel-frame

Barnard - cameras on desktop 3d printers are a gimmick. Kind of like laptop manufacturers offering stupid amounts of ram - it's there because it looks good on the advertising and is cheap, while serving no useful purpose at all.

You can buy gadgets that sit between the printer and act as a sort of print server, some come with cameras all come with smart phone apps.
Were I you, I would aim for a better printer and not one stuffed with cheap gimmicks.
The print servers are pretty cheap. Or get a cheap ip webcam and a cameraless print server.
here you go $249 and does everything you wanted and can be added to just about any printer: https://www.matterhackers.com/store/...rcontrol-touch
Or $199 for one that somebody decided they didn't want and sent back: https://www.matterhackers.com/store/...ter-controller
:-)


Avoid makerbot like the plague. Even when the 5th gen extruders work, you don't have a heated bed and pay about 5x what the machine is actually worth. See above for a better machine at just $500.

My favourite mid range machine is still the bnc3d sigma: https://www.bcn3dtechnologies.com/en...g/bcn3d-sigma/
Matterhackers do them for less than the makerbot 5th gen: https://www.matterhackers.com/store/...20Assembled%20
Actually looking at it, that matterhacker store has just about every type of printer going. have a perusal and come back with us when you find some you like :-)


The bnc3d sigma has very good build volume, dual independant heads for two items at once or hassle free dual material printing. And built like a tank. If I had the money and space I'd buy one yesterday. Alas I currently lack both :-)

And don't spend all your money on the machine and cart - don't forget you'll want some filament as well - and I can thoroughly recommend some printbite, for - as near as dammit- hassle free printing without any glue, spray, scrapers or tape :-)
Read through my thread for more printbite info: http://3dprintboard.com/showthread.p...ntbite-surface

These days I could not imagine being without 3D printer and i wouldn't have a 3d printer without a sheet of printbite to print on. In the 6 months I've had it, it's probably saved me double the original cost in: glue, wasted and failed prints, swearing and broken prints from too vigorous an approach with a metal scraper.
It's not perfect, but it's probably as close as you can currently get.

[Barnard]

Great information! Thanks so much. There is so much to look at, a lot more than I remember seeing only a year or two ago!

[Henry G]

Have you looked at Robox by CEL. Currently about $1400. The auto bed level works great. Fully enclosed with a door latch. They have both a single head dual nozzle and a dual material head version. As close to plug and play as you can get.