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Hello

I am a start up company making planters and need to create masters but talking to engineering companies they are charging thousands.

The reason is my pots are not small 100x100x36cm is the one I have had quotes on so it will need printing in sections and assembling.

With quotes of that cost I am thinking I might as well buy a 3d printer myself along with Rhino and get printing.

I’m looking to spend £1500 at the most, want a good quality, speedy print from a machine that is full assembled and has a large build volume.

Big box sounds good for build volume, quality and price but lead time is a turn off. The Rostock max looks good but the assembly puts me off as I’m not very technical and I have read more than one complaint about part tolerance and general quality. Both of which are appealing for their build volume vs price.

Hope you can offer some advice

Thanks

Adam

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Hey Adam, did you already have a look at the Buyers Guide by any chance? Best 3D Printer Guide 2023 | Hubs

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Yes thanks but I didn’t find it too useful for my specific criteria. The plug and play one all have very small build areas, I need big, and the enthusiast stuff is bigger but so is the price.

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You need to check out what Brook Drumm is coming up with in the US. Not sure what the shipping would be to where you live, but check this beast out: https://printrbot.com/shop/printrbot-big-e-barebones-kit/

I appreciate the hesitation around kits, etc, but my experience with the Simple, is that it was simple. Looking at the big-e, its just a big Simple. A really big Simple.