Affordable 3d printing

Question

Does anybody know any affordable 3d printing options? Like affordable 3d printers or affordable 3d printing services?

fustini · Accepted Answer

The lowest cost I know of is the Printrbot Simple:

$299 kit

http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/PRINTRBOT-SIMPLE_KIT-/310-0091

$399 assembled

http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/PRINTRBOT-SIMPLE_ASSEMB-/310-0092

DAB · Answer

Hi Rodney,

Define affordable!

There are many options available both for printer services and for printers themselves.

Prices range all over the place, so you first need to define your initial cost, plus what you are willing to pay for nonrecuring operational costs. (Filiment cost)

DAB

Nate1616 · Answer

Hey Rodney Another option would be the MakiBox A6 LT. They are new in the market and i havent had the opportunity to test one out yet but this option will give you a little larger print volume than the Printrbot simple. Another thing to think about is what you are looking to do with the machine. Are you looking to get highly detailed prints, then you might not want to go with a fused deposition type printer but instead a stereolithagraphy based printer. Now im not saying that fused deposition printers arent able to get highly detailed prints but you are only going to get to a certain degree of detail when you are extruding material. A stereo machine uses a laser to cure a photo curable resin at contact point. Nate