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04-30-2021, 09:37 AM #11
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Ideamaker has tons of profiles for various printers. Somewhere in this great big interweb thing I read that it's a clone of Simplify3D, but with more recent improvements. I paid a bunch a bucks for S3D and probably won't advance to the next (paid) update unless ideamaker doesn't build a profile for the Sigma.
I think one of my references to flat was misconstrued as level. I tried to clarify that in a later post.
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04-30-2021, 01:47 PM #12
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04-30-2021, 04:29 PM #13
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sorry, this thread and my dual extruder thread were at x-posts most of their lives.
The link will link to the "new" version of the tenlog that Aardvark originally linked for me but I found the $441 version and the description I quoted here from a "New and used from" link that Amazon will include for returns of an item that are available with the prices available listed after the "from"
My $441 purchase is surely a gamble as it is the lowest amazon category "acceptable" and while the amazon warehouse team described the damage as "cosmetic" in some cases customers have reported that such "cosmetic" damage rendered products inoperable. In which case I'll exercise my Amazon prime free return option and be back to square one. But for now I am crossing my fingers and hoping that the damage really is just something like a missing manual and some scratches on the aluminum frame.
additionally I found that it appears that at the moment the same printer is available from tenlog direct for $545 new plus $10 US shipping so I hope that may be an option for me in the event that my gamble is too good to be true.
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05-13-2021, 04:35 AM #14
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05-13-2021, 06:24 AM #15
not just prices rising - components are starting to become rarer.
There is a current global semi-conductor shortage that is likely to last for at least a couple years.
On top of that you've had an unprecented global demand for all things electronic, as people in lockdown keep buying things they don't really want or need.
3d printers being one of these.
Now the real problem is that in times of shortage, many manufacturers have a tendency to take faulty goods, re-package them and send them back out into the world. And they keep repeating this until the item is not sent back and they get to keep the money.
Given that many machines would need to be sent back to china - it's a good strategy for the companies.
But a lousy one for the buyer.
So not only are 3d printers going to be getting increasingly expensive - they are also going to be getting increasingly unreliable.
Oh joy.
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05-20-2024, 12:56 AM in Tips, Tricks and Tech Help