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Originally Posted by wgardner
http://www.3dsystems.com/press-relea...mer-3d-printer
Does anybody know what impact this will have on all of the Ekocycle printers that were given away to FIRST teams last year? The Ekocycle printers are based off the Cube and utilize the Cubify software. Will Ekocycle filament cartridges still be available for sale? Will there be any support? etc.
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...The company will continue to sell the existing inventory of Cube printers. Ongoing support and sale of materials for Cube customers will be provided through a new e-commerce platform on the company's primary corporate domain, 3dsystems.com...
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IMO, the Cube printers are one of the worst, most overpriced printers on the market, and I for one, will not miss them.
I'm tempted to go out and buy an Arduino and a G-shield for our Cube and just bypass the stock control system and use the existing motors. The existing Cube software is terrible, and the filament spools are expensive and too small.