Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Bad quality 3D printer kits

Wow! I just saw this video on YouTube:


 and read the comments, so I had to write a small bit about this.

Bad quality 3D printer kits are neither the norm nor the exception. What generally happens is that one is looking to buy a 3D printer kit and since there are relatively few reviews, the kit is ordered without proper knowledge of the quality of the components in the kit and whether proper support will be available when problems occur (and they will occur!).

Also, some sellers make quite wild claims about their kits that you just know are not true - if you have already built a couple of 3D printers, that is. Putting together a proper kit for any 3D printer is not a simple task, there are many pitfalls in this business.

So, if you are buying a 3D printer kit, first spend some time on forums or IRC, try to talk to people who have already built one or a similar kit.

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