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09-23-2014, 06:06 AM #8
We saw a bunch of these printing at the New York World Maker Faire this weekend. They all seemed to be working quite well. Just a FYI, the build platform is covered in BuildTak, a plastic that is toted as replacing the need for a heated bed? Admittedly, we only were printing in PLA all weekend. The guys from BuildTak came over and put it on two of our printers ( our Printrbot and our Ultimaker 2) and we printed with it all weekend. Out in the open, windy and dusty and on Sunday the humidity was like 90% in the morning. We had zero print failures all weekend (except for that one time when I stepped on one of the power strips and turned off the CUBE 3, oops!)
I have to say, these "canned" printers (Dremel, CUBE 3 and CUBE Pro, et al) are not for everyone due to the lack of flexibility in altering settings and using various filaments! But for something like a Library, Elementary School or someone in a small business that does not have the time or desire to be a tweaker, they may just fit the bill!
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