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Aussie Sawppy - 3D Printer

A project log for Aussie Sawppy

An antipodean sibling

teamsgTeamSG 06/19/2019 at 13:400 Comments

It drove me a bit nuts trying to choose an a 3D printer for our planned Sawppy adventure. Several weekend nights spent researching seemed to get me only marginally closer to actually picking a machine. I nearly pulled the trigger on a few occasions, but always found a reason to pause.

I wanted to buy the machine locally rather than from a random overseas supplier - trading dollars for some certainty. A local warranty and local support seemed important given I knew slightly north of nothing about these things aside from what I'd read on the interwebs.

Long story short: I stumbled upon a local company (well, Melbourne-based - 2500km away) selling a badge-engineered version of the Wanhao i3 Duplicator Plus. The "Cocoon Create Touch" is the machine. AU$500 at Aldi. AU$400 for a refurbished unit. Plenty of reviews on YouTube, if you're interested. 

We've had it for about a month. Minor issues. A few foibles. Nothing bad worth mentioning, to be honest.

Good things to mention are that it's proven reliable and more than able to print the miscellaneous thingiverse gadgets we tested it on. 

In terms of price / capability, I think I found a machine good enough for the job.

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