Which 3d printer to buy for about £500

[mrorange26]

looking to buy a 3d printer mainly to print bits for my quad and hexacopter.But there are so many I just don't know which 1.I found this one What do people think here is the link.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3D-Printer...item19f1caea6d

[curious aardvark]

looks a bit too 'homemade' for my liking.
Plus says 150mm print height in the ad but 80mm in the detailed blurb. (ah - version 2 is 150mm)
And it's a company I've never heard of - so most likely made in a small workshop somewhere.

And for another £10 you can get one of these

In the pm1 favour:
glass printbed - so should be very flat.
Being sold by an english company. And by the looks of it made by them as well. http://www.3dprintingtech.co.uk/
They mill their own heatblocks so probably make the whole machine. Yep - they pretty much make all the parts as well.
So you 'should' get good support and warranty.
Damn good price for a ready built metal framed glass bed printer.

Not in it's favour:

No control panel or sd card functionality.
Just the one extruder

I have to say, dual extruders are probably not going to get much use - but I would NEVER now have a 3d printer without it's own control panel and sd card reader.

If they had a model with lcd and sd card functionality - I'd definitely say get the PM1.
Tough call - but for me the ctc/flashforge/wanhao wins.

[mrorange26]

I looked at the 1 you put a link to before are they any good.

[mrorange26]

Also like the look of this 1
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cherry-Pi-...item43cf04f41d

[mrorange26]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ord-Bot-Ha...item2594e2ae71 also seen this one are they any good

[Geoff]

Build yourself a Kossel mini, makergeeks.com sell them.

Quality is unbelievable, zero wobble or backlash..

Would you believe one of my prints came off the bed halfway through a print, and the printer was so smooth it did not push it around and completed the print - WITH IT NOT STUCK TO THE BED AT ALL.

When I say zero backlash, I mean zero.

[mrorange26]

You said about a Kossel mini is this one of them.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kossel-Cle...item3ce7b0aa58

[curious aardvark]

well looking at the delta mini and the cherry pi - I'd go for the cherry pi.
Seems like the guy building it has done all the upgrades for you - plus a bigger build area. And it just looks more substantial and 'cleaner' - if that makes sense.

As far as which is best - I readily bow to geoffs superior exprience and knowlege. If he says get a delta, get a delta :-)

I'd like to build one at some future point. But still finding out stuff on my flashforge.

[sam007]

I think you should go for this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cherry-Pi-...item43cf04f41d

[mrorange26]

I did like the cherry delta but it only prints pla and doesn't have a heated bed.