Quote Originally Posted by Feign View Post
Also, all those printed plastic components aren't going to last terribly long with the amount of heat and UV they're soaking up from that arc. The UV from a MIG welder is serious business, about 5-6 times more intense than standing in full sunlight on a clear day if you're close to be operating the welder itself. And at the range the carriage is from the arc, I'd say it has about six months to live before it starts crumbling.
Yeah... But guess what??? That means you have 6 months to get things working well enough to print yourself some metal parts!!!!