Looking for a hassle-free 3D printer

[cadandcookies]

Originally Posted by Dale

Thanks for all the great replies. It's good to hear such support for the Lulzbot printers. I was assuming we'd have to spend over $10K for a printer that would be hassle free.

To that end, are the Stratasys Dimension or Objet printers worth the money?

I would send a PM to Evan Hochstein (ehochstein). He works at Stratasys and has a whole bunch of knowledge about all their printers. He's also on of the FIRST Senior Mentors for Minnesota and is a FIRST alum. Hopefully some people here can give you a good idea, but I'd definitely reach out to him.

[Dale]

I PM'ed him to see if he would like to drop in on this thread.

[gurellia53]

I would also recommend the Lulzbot Mini. I bought it from amazon and 2 days later I was printing - no hassles at all. I have used it with PLA and ABS. ABS was very good for low impact FRC parts this season.

Print volume was a bit of an issue for all of the pulleys I was making this season... I would recommend the Taz 5 if you have the budget... it has 4x the print area of the mini (6x6 vs 12x12).

[Michael Hill]

Originally Posted by gurellia53

I would also recommend the Lulzbot Mini. I bought it from amazon and 2 days later I was printing - no hassles at all. I have used it with PLA and ABS. ABS was very good for low impact FRC parts this season.

Print volume was a bit of an issue for all of the pulleys I was making this season... I would recommend the Taz 5 if you have the budget... it has 4x the print area of the mini (6x6 vs 12x12).

FYI, the Taz 6 is available for preorder (ships later this month)