[HH] Velleman K8200 3D printer kit and other things at the ou-Do-It Electronics Washington's Birthday sale

[Federico Lucifredi]

My opinion is one should order a Printrbot device instead, in the same price range.

Larger community, and an easy to learn device you can actually get help with.

To put it in 80s industry terms, you want to buy the IBM PC (Makerbot), the Apple II (Ultimaker), or the TRS-80 (Printrbot), not one of the many also-run with few or no users.  Barring breakthroughs like a $100 3d-printer or incredibly high res, or material choice, the current differences are not very significant, which means, the model with actual users that can help you wins.

Of course, if you want to learn the hard way and have time to spare… anything is game.  In which case you may want to opt for an open design to build on.

My 2c.

Best -F

On Feb 17, 2014, at 1:17 PM, Mark Komarinski <mkomarinski at wayga.org> wrote:

> ..so I went to YDI at a little after 8 this morning and the printer hadn't shown up yet (they said it should be there by 11).  Does anyone have opinions on this for a newb in the 3D printing space?
> 
> On 2/16/2014 3:33 AM, Tom Metro wrote:
>> You-Do-It Electronics is having their annual Washington's Birthday sale:
>> http://www.youdoitelectronics.com/Promotions/
>> 
>> It covers several items of interest to hardware hackers, starting with
>> 25% off everything in their parts department (if it's small enough to
>> fit in a shopping bag), various soldering irons, slightly discounted
>> Raspberry Pi Model B ($30), and an OSEPP Uno R3 Plus Arduino board for $18.
>> 
>> They now carry the Actobotics line of robot parts (small gears, wheels,
>> motors, etc.):
>> http://www.robotshop.com/en/actobotics-parts.html
>> 
>> They're also promoting a $600 3D printer kit from Velleman.  An open
>> frame design described as, "a build it yourself 3D printer kit to print
>> objects of maximum 20 x 20 x 20 cm using PLA or ABS filament..." (Near
>> the bottom of the first link above there are more details on the K8200 kit.)
>> 
>> They'll be running live demos of the printer on Monday.
>> 
>>  -Tom
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