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Originally Posted by stinglikeabee
I would say that you can spend $1600 on a
Is filament covered in the $2500 budget? I'd expect to budget $300 a year on filament, including PLA/ABS and a variety of exotics (Nylon, Polycarbonate, High Impact Polystyrene, Carbon Fiber PLA etc.). Do you have access to an oven? Some filaments have short shelf lives once opened before they need to be baked for several hours to remove absorbed water.
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First concur that multiple printers is a really good thing. Some prints can take hours.
On filament, PLA is likely too brittle for many robot applications.
ABS is most common.
If you are doing exotics you will really need an all metal hotend to get the temps you need. Check out the new exotic filaments project that is on Kickstarter.