http://printm3d.com/themicro/ (http://printm3d.com/themicro/)
Anyone have any ideas about this?
Cheaper than the laser cutter I was looking at.
-Marty
I'm kinda tempted, but there's no gallery of prints or good closeup photos to see what the quality actually is.
I found a forum for their users.
https://printm3d.com/community/viewforum.php?f=11&sid=4905215d889d7e3d583653f7567362ca (https://printm3d.com/community/viewforum.php?f=11&sid=4905215d889d7e3d583653f7567362ca)
I am not impressed......
Marty
Never forget the Four Word Law: "Ain't no free lunch." -- Russ
A coworker bought one of these, it broke down after about 30-40 prints, the customer service department has been offline since late December so he hasn't been able to get hold of anybody yet. The quality of the prints are not what I would consider to be good enough for fine scale modeling, though it's possible he had it on a lower quality setting to get his printouts faster, the printer would take 3-4 hours to print something a little bigger than a cubic inch.
I also have a friend who gave it a try calls it a waste of $$$$. He couldn't get any customer support when he ran into problems.....Allan
My coworker still has received no response even though their warranty application form says 2-5 days, it's been nearly a month for him now.
Hi Folks!
Been away from the forums for quite some time.... Life got in the way of hobbies for a while. Finally getting back to making time for the important things in life (model making!!)
My wife and I had been researching 3D printers for the past 2 years for making model masters. We finally settled on a 3DS Projet 1200 which we just unboxed over the xmas season. It is a small print area, but does the resolution that we want to see for scale modeling. expensive at $4900 but worth every penny. Plugged it in and started printing.... of course I am lucky that I can leverage my wife and her/my business expenses to try to justify the expense.
As mentioned here before, there is still no free lunch when it comes to 3D printing. the "Micro" filament machine mentioned is a very basic unit that does not do the types of things we need in high detail. SLA still seems to be the gold standard for now!!
DEJ
Welcome back!
Thanks Ray, it has been a while, though I have been lurking regularly.... just not able to add much value to what this group is able to produce!!