I've always found it interesting, but until recently 3D printing has been just a little too expensive for me to pull the trigger on buying my own machine.
A couple of months ago I saw an auction on eBay for a decently-priced clone of a MakerBot Replicator and had my impulsive "Best Offer" bid accepted instantly...*gulp*
![Step 1: Buy 3D printer | Step 2: ????? | Step 3: Profit?](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPff3XZdODSHnWti9oet1sShO6GtHU2NRESEjIptArqygB_19DVL-F_lzuM8QOgjORb9Uy3gE1O7z-QJ5etYvka7djv7f0K75AQEfwngqAfMC-9kJTUJgJbHgExfOYvlN2WgTugilRteNa/s400/3D-printing-money-e1438945236694.jpg) |
Je ne regrette rien |
Before MakerBot
went all evil, they put out a really sturdy open-source machine in the Replicator.
Predictably there are now some really affordable clones of the original Replicator available, and the version I bought was from a company called
CTC.
![It's like how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqFx94Ix-p3I61UkxQBYwuvwYmGd7c5jwejuGheUXFG0hv6Io_CeR1KcAyXGihOzdK5JNFYXfuSzs8CLbGBZl_3sW9A1iVigGgIxzgL80fdsnkZ25Fi_JIC1jiJa0DIv2J2CO9TFJ65nBt/s1600/51ms7ZkX6GL._SX355_.jpg) |
This was the version I got, plain black plywood with an aluminium heated bed |
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