3D Printing Forum

This came to me from the MatterHacker newsletter...very interesting. Thoughts?

http://www.matterhackers.com/store/prin ... 3d-printer

I signed to MarkOne's newsletter. They announced the second version of its printer. Strange, but they dualnozzle prints looks very nice, but only works in the horizontal plane. I originally chose between they printer and UM2, but high price and propietary filament is finally scared me off.

And looks, they don't have a heated bed to print hi-temp filaments...

It is an interesting technique, but I suppose the limitation is that it will only be stronger than the a pure plastic part in the X-Y-direction.
I don't see any way that the fibers reinforces it in the Z-direction (?)
That limits the use of the extra strength to 2D-designs basically, which is not bad, but not so obvious when one reads their homepage.

One has to wonder if similar things could be printed with an Ultimaker with the right kind of long-fibered filament and the right kind of nozzle, it feels possible somehow

Found this: http://cubeject.ru/goods/Nagrevatelnyj- ... ntera-CHOT. They declare to heat up to 100 degrees in 8 minutes with a limit in the region of 110 degrees. Dimensions, I think, suitable for I3. The price is ridiculous. Still don't know if they do UM-bed in size, wrote them a mail, see what they will answer.

If they would make layers non flat (eg; add a bit of jitter in the z direction) they would already have dramatically stronger prints.

Something like that last video, where to print ceramics at constant vibrating beds?