[Coco] 3D printer and PI

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 20 July 2017 09:10:25 Walter Miraglia wrote:

> if you are in the GTA you can get one at digitmakers.ca   i was there
> on tuesday, and they still had 4 instock.
> $699.00 Canadian free shipping this week if you are not in the gta. 
> he provides upgraded meanwell power supplies with his units and a
> micro sd card extender cable.    I bought mine on ebay for $499.00
> which included free expedited shipping from china, (it was listed as a
> HICTOP CR-10, same machine)   that price works out to about $679.00
> Canadian.   the printer is great.  I use it a lot.  being able to
> print 9 small project enclosures at once on its large build plate is
> awesome. :)    I can recommend it.
>
> Cheers. :)

If you would be interested in doing some work for hire with that machine:

I'll have need of some timing belt covers to keep the swarf out of the 
belts & pulleys for my bigger lathe at some point on down the road.

Built to withstand every day knocks, 3/16" thick walls, possibly half a 
pound of ABS per unit, max 3.5" on the big ends and some north of an 
inch thick, 8" length estimate internally. If I can give more accurate 
dimensions so its easy to draw up in a cad program, PM me with a *SWAG 
cost estimate please.

All negotiable of course. If you can feed its hot end with pellets, they 
are about 10% of the cost of spooled plastic. But I'd be surprised to 
find such a printhead on a sub $1000 machine.

It sounds as if your machine could do both at the same time, but they 
would not be exactly identical.

*SWAG=Scientific Wild Assed Guess. :)

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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