New toy on order...

[James R. Coplin]

The Prusa is an open source printer so there are lots of clones. Mostly 
Chinese made cheap "knock-offs." Joseph Prusa has continued to make 
improvements and sells them himself. His "genuine" versions consistently 
out perform much higher priced models due to his attention to accuracy, 
high quality components, etc. which you generally don't get from a 
Chinese clone. The real Prusa is here: http://www.prusa3d.com/ and the 
current model is the i3 mk2s. A quick online search will bring up lots 
of reviews etc. I've been extremely happy with mine.

As far as things I've made with it? Lots and lots of things. It's a 
device that once you have and get your head around the design software, 
you'll find an absurd number of things to make. One of my favorite 
examples is the current rod holders I made for our basement. We wanted 
to put a curtain divider up going into our media room. The problem is 
that the walls were well out of square since it was also where some duct 
work came into the room. It was a total of 17.5 degrees out of square 
which meant that there was no holder that had that kind of an offset 
base and no tension rod would stay in place as it would "walk" until it 
just fell out. I simply opened Fusion 360, designed a new set of holders 
with the appropriate angle to the bases and now it fits and works 
perfectly. Cost about $0.25 in material. I have lots and lots of 
examples of things like this. Once you get one, you find uses. I also do 
a lot of miniature gaming so I've printed lots and lots of terrain and 
things for use with it.

James

Joost Schuttelaar wrote:
> On 5 Sep 2017, at 17:10, James R. Coplin<james at ticalun.net>  wrote:
>
>> Looking at the AnyCubic and the Prusa, there is a definite difference in quality of components. The cost of the various rods, steepers, etc. on the Prusa at cost are more than the entire AnyCubic. Something is being sacrificed to hit that price point. If the price point is a make or break deal, then def consider the AnyCubic. However, the Prusa is a best of class printer at an incredibly reasonable price point. Also, Prusa is very active in improving their designs. I've downloaded and printed new improved parts from them numerous times since I got the machine which is nice.
>
> When you talk about the Prusa, which printer do you mean exactly? I’m finding quite a few variants online, some as cheap as 250 USD for a kit.
>
> PS: curious to hear what you’re making with it! :)
>
> Cheers,
>

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