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Home | LulzBot. Printrbot | your first 3d printer. » Current State of Consumer 3D Printing emergent forms • blog. Earlier this week I purchased a consumer 3D printer. It was a big investment and in a later post I’ll take some time to review why I believe it will be worthwhile. In the meantime, I want to do a quick run-down of the products that are emerging in this space while the research is still fresh in my mind. For those who are not familiar, a lot has happened in the last few years in the world of 3D printing. Previously 3D printing was strictly a commercial endeavor due to the high cost of hardware (upwards of $60,000). In the last five years hackers have started cobbling together do-it-yourself 3D printer kits; extremely primitive versions of their commercial counter-parts.

RepRap The RepRap is the printer that got this whole revolution under-way. MakerBot MakerBot’s latest design is the one I ended up purchasing. Maybe as importantly as the printer itself, MakerBot also owns Thingiverse. Ultimaker The Ultimaker is a product offered out of The Netherlands. Printrbot Cubify Related Posts:

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Cubify | 3D Printer. Makerbot | 3d Printer. Rapid Prototyping, Advance Digital Manufacturing, 3D Printing, 3-D CAD | www.3dsystems.com. Sculpteo | Your 3D design turns into reality with the 3D printing.