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Offtopic: What is currently the best home 3D printer? I am looking for something that produces reasonable level of detail and items that aren't easily destroyed by applying slight rotational forces.


We got a Wan Hao http://3dprint.com/62585/wanhao-usa-duplicator-i3/ for about $400 and it's the best printer we have seen in that price range (part of my job is evaluating 3D printers). I've done a number of detailed, production-quality prints (I make parts for scientific equipment using it).

The Taz and Taz mini are also quite good.


If you aren't too tight on budget, I'd recommend the Lulzbot TAZ Mini at the moment. It's sturdy and reliable. It's fully open hardware too.


What's your budget? 3D printers for home use vary in price from a few hundred dollars to many thousands of dollars. Also, they vary quite a bit in terms of the materials they support printing.

If you want one example of a good high end 3D printer for the home market, I'd say take a look at the Form 1+:

http://formlabs.com/products/form-1-plus/


When I visited Autodesk, they had a ton of broken Form1+'s on the shelf. They said they always broke.


Good to know, thanks.




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