Belt printers. Your thoughts?  

RE: Belt printers. Your thoughts?

I am considering buying the Creality 3DPrintMill when they come out. However, I would probably buy a Prusa belt printer if they made one though it doesn't look like they're considering it.

RE: Belt printers. Your thoughts?

Posted by: @3dalhemija

Hi everyone,

Although I ve spotted belt printers years before, CR10 caught my eye because of price and beeing potentially opensource.

Do you see potential and would you buy/support belt printers (eg. iFactory or CR10 printmill)?

Can we expect in (not near) future Prusa's attempt on designing sustainable belt printer?

This type of printer is a niche printer.  I would be shocked is if it is profitable.  

RE: Belt printers. Your thoughts?

I'd rather upgrade a known good printer to become belt-capable than place a bet on whether the 3D printer that creality bolted on to its belt is a good one.  Look at the average amazon reviews for creality's many different 3D printers, and, on average--other than the Ender 3--many/most of their models didn't score that well with the customers who bought them.  You can/should disregard reviews from reviewers who got them for free.

There's at least one belt-print mod on the market which claims to work with a Prusa i3:  https://www.hackster.io/news/robot-factory-s-conversion-kit-makes-continuous-3d-printing-attainable-f60c67b71f1e   Anyone know what it costs or how well it works?