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Re: 3D Printer Advice
The newly announced CubeX comes close to your build volume at far less than $10k ($2999 for dual head.) That cheaper price is a good thing because the filament is twice the price of printers that take generic filament. That's clearly the strategy, sell the printer cheap and make money on consumables. I don't know of anyone who has one yet but if it is trouble free, the higher priced filament might make sense. We often throw away half of the prints coming out of our Afinia.

http://www.cubify.com/cubex/
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