A good size 3d printer is on sale in Aldi from the 17th as seen in the new catalog. The printer has more details at this website http://www.cocooncreate.com.au/ Lots of other 3d printing related items as well on sale:
3d printing pen 1.75mm ABS/PLA $79.99
PLA 3d Filament 1kg spool in green, grey blue and black $34.99
And watch your power bill go up.
only around 250W, you be fine :)
And watch your power bill go up.
These use very little power so any increase will not be noticeable. What is it with all the comments from people who have no idea about 3D printers.
Did I say something that wasn't true?
Did I say something that wasn't true?
You tried to infer that these printers use a lot of power which is incorrect and misleading to others.
Average power usage is 50W for PLA and 90W for ABS.
Did you include the power for the PC that is controlling the printer?
Seeing as you claim to be an expert why don't you know that all you do is load a SD card and that controls the printing, no need to have your computer turned on.
Just remember these things work by melting plastic - use them in a well ventilated area.
Only if printing with ABS, the more common PLA is fine to use anywhere.
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Hmm - smells like a Golf.
That's more like 50%…
Isn't that how MS looks when transferring stuff? Takes 20% of time to get to 99%. Then takes 80% of the time to get the remaining 1%.
I've uploaded half a baby.
You must be Catholic.
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It takes two parts. I have one.
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You wouldn't manufacture a car…
3D carbon printing is the next big thing, hopefully coming out this year. terminators T100 for the win!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpH1zhUQY0c
That isn't printing carbon, it's printing a polymer, and you need a tank of compressed oxygen to run it. Probably not what you want in your home.
so the toolshed?
Probably not what you can afford if you have a place to put it*
This is actually a FANTASIC deal for someone looking for a wanhao i3, which is what this is. I just bought one from china for 580 AUD and it had a minor defect. Ive been dealing with trying to return it now. If id just waited this would have been perfect.
don't worry, the ALDI ones will have defects as well.
But at least you can walk into an Aldi and return it. Returning a large item to China… not so easy.
As someone who is going through this exact issue, it certainly is no easy task. Compounded by the fact its Chinese new year at the moment, not having a good time.
I think my point was that aiming for the least possible price will only lead to disappointment - but I had forgotten what site I was posting on… :)
@thepigs:
$500 is about average for these kits. Its the lack of postage and the local supply that makes it worthwhile.
also easy return..
Try and don't like it
return it in 60 days..
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No other retailers(online or in store) will do this.
yeah
I have always wanted to get 3d printer
just to see what shit I can do with it or if I would get bored after 1 week.
The high price is factor stopping me.
Now aldi is so easy to return.
It wouldn't be bad to try.
Though the $500 price tag is quite expensive.
Maybe there will more cheaper price next year or with better model.
$500 is bloody cheap for a 3D printer.
Won't be the best but I think it's a great price for a non DIY kit.
It has a pretty decent sized platform as well.
Definitely worth the $499.
Some go for around $400 to $500 on eBay but the cheapest one I found is $260 (which looks pretty nasty and you need to provide your own power supply).
You get what you pay for really. If you purchase a better known branded printer then you will be getting quality parts, easier to use, easier support and a larger community of users to be apart of.
Since a good quality printer can be thousands of dollars which is expensive it's good to spend less than 1k to get into the hobby in my opinion.
Good deal, local supply, warranty and return if you don't like thingy. and at least $100 cheaper than any other way of getting an i3 clone here down under
How long will this junk last before it ends up as land fill PLUS it has the added bonus of being able to make its own plastic land fill junk!
My Prusa i3 has been going for about 2 and a bit years now. Has 6 kids and a few grandkids. Plenty of little fiddly bits have been made to prototype stuff or fix things rather than throwing them out.
But hey, you seem to already be pretty convinced about it being useless.
Didnt say it was useless, it might be very useful, i just know these things dont last long and get thrown out and become landfill, true? With the exception of yours thats lasted 2years ;)
This particular model is open source and has a big community that helps source parts and fixes. I'd be more concerned about modern tech thats designed to be unfix-able and disposable.
@big bill broonzy: Yeah, like most Bang & Olufsen gear released after approx. 1975! Sexy design & cutting edge tech but unfortunately ends up failing and is well beyond economic to repair so ends up being discarded.
Whilst my 3D printer has been incredibly useful, I have to admit that is as effective at wasting plastic as my laser printer is at wasting paper.
From the cocoon website it says it's from 100-400 micron thick. Isnt that a bit coarse?
That's what I thought. Although you need to pay a fair bit more than $400ish, 50 micron or smaller seems to be the the go for stuff that doesn't look like an 8 bit piece of plastic.
Umm, 100 micron is 0.1mm which is the current standard for high quality prints. I frequently print at 0.1mm and the print quality is very good. I'll use 0.2mm for items that don't need as high quality and 0.3mm for quick and dirty prototypes - even then the quality is still good.
The prints will be horridly 'stepped'. You will spend a lot of time smoothing them out. Forget about printing detailed models of Warhammer 40k knock offs.
Can you post a photo of your horridly stepped print
That just depends on how you set it up. This is some other guys work on a Prusa i3:
http://s8.postimg.org/hbtnsspd1/bane_group.jpg
With a little bit of smoothing they will come up well.
space marines warhammer? cool idea. that'll save some bucks
I don't really know much about 3D printing, are the specs on this reasonably good for the price?
You should look at how good the layer height is, what software support there are, the print bed surface area, whether it has heated bed or not.
Secondly you'll want to look at community support, spare parts, quality of print and reliability; most of that info you can find on forums and such.
After seeing the documentary Print the Legend on Netflix last year I was really interested to try it out but the cost was way too high. This price is just about the most I would spend on something like this and after watching a review video (link below) for the Wanhao Duplicator i3, I'm really excited to start printing stuff!
It depends on what specs you need. If you could live with a smaller printing area, this is the cheapest I've seen (AU$250):
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_listCategoriesAn…
Normally shipping on that one would be a couple of hundred dollars, but a while back shipping was free:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/208101
80mm^3 printing is tiny.
For a lot of people, it's more than enough. I have been given a few hobbyist prints, and the largest of those was about 40x40x40mm.
how does this printer compared to that hobbyking and other printers?
The Prusa i3 (which this thing is) is pretty much the open source benchmark for 3d printing. Look here for more details: http://reprap.org/wiki/Prusa_i3
They are claiming a 100micron layer size which is quite decent.
does ebay or what store to buy extra filaments?
Jaycar sell filament, for roughly $50 per 1kg reel. Cheaper on Ebay, as usual.
Latest information says that it isn't chipped:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/233946#comment-3452667
So any filament of the correct material (ABS or PLA) and the correct diameter (1.75mm) will work.
There are other types of filament too, but they will most likely require different settings to get them to work properly. 3D printer forums are probably the best place for that sort of information.
While you're at it, print out a hacksaw blade and escape plan to get you out of jail when you're caught with it. The printed brass knuckles may only be plastic, but our police don't seem to have a sense of humour.
….don't seem to have a sense of humour.
Oh the irony!
Always amazed at what Aldi stock. What next? Aldi particle colliders? Gene CRISPRs? I imagine there is some Aldi executive who travels to the factory in China with the latest bit of hi-tech kit and says "I want you to make this to retail for $9.95" and they both work back from there. "Master Albrecht, even with the cheapest materials we can only bring the printer down to $599." "No, cut more corners and make it $499!"
Nah, its probably more a room of PFYs lookign through the AliBaba/AliExpress website and randomly importing containers of stuff.
Seems to be that random anyway.
I'm not so sure. If they had someone who was even moderately clued up here in Australia, with a responsibility for vetting tech suppliers and new products, then a lot of the rubbish they sell would not be stocked. (Not disparaging this deal, or the hundred other good products they sell).
I'm more of the opinion that Aldi Oz just watch head office and/or wait for the suppliers to contact them. It makes sense - a lot of the rubbish I have purchased from them looks good and workable, until you actually try and use it - then you realise that no one has really tried to make it work. Aldi must be bringing it in based on photos and things, not actual real samples that an Aldi person tests.
Aldi selling a 3D printer makes me feel that 3D printing has gone mainstream before it has a reason to be mainstream. After you print a thing or a do-hickey, what does the average consumer use this for?
it's mainly for people who don't watch sports to tell their mates about.
With a good marketing team behind this, the average consumer will find a use.
I imagine one of the first things teenagers will print is a phallus.
just get some playdoh
much cheaper and faster
A giant fluorescent green one!
this has more uses than u think.
If u got a broken part in some machine that longer selling the part or too expensive, you can try to print another part.
or make some custom parts for your hobby.
A 3d printer is like a white sheet of canvas.
Anything is possible..just your imagination
Look at this
http://www.sprint-ink.co.uk/media/3D-Printing-Ideas3.jpg
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=3d+printer&source=lnms&tb…
I thought you could buy iphone silicon holders for $2 a pop on ebay?
Yeah. I want one, even though I know they are practically useless.
All the responses to 'what the hell do I even need this for?' are
- prototyping (irrelevant to 99% of consumers)
- replace hard-to-find parts (assuming weakass plastic is going to do the job)
- make knockoff warhammer dealies (which seem like pretty poor knockoffs, judging by google images)
- make random sculptures to put on your desk at your soul-destroying day job
I get the appeal of a CNC machine. This? Not so much.
replace hard-to-find parts
Requires a 3D model of said part that my mother can find and print
Thingiverse has plenty of those. I found a model for a replacement safety catch on the work paper shredder drawer that breaks often. Was an Officeworks OEM branded thing from about 8 years ago, yet someone had made a model for it…
I don't know. I just know I want one.
I have a Wanhao duplicator i3 and if this thing is indeed a re-badged version then I would say that's a great price. From the videos it looks very likely.
I found that the Wanhao is a good base to start on 3D printing while having options for mods and upgrades, just look up Duplicator i3 mods. Would have been good if Wanhao had local support though, couldn't get much info directly.
I called up Cocoon and the the customer support guy advised Cocoon filament compatible is listed because they have been tested to work best with their printer and something about ALDI's stringent requirements and so on.
Cocoon's come a long way since that dicky little digital voice recorder that I got a couple of years ago. Being sold at ALDI, I might even get one just to see it setup and compared with my i3.
hows YOUR i3 quality? is it any good?
I get the impression that this Aldi one is an upgraded version with most of the problems ironed out
After looking at Maker Muses video, I am pretty certain that it's the same as Wanhao one.
Looking at the details in the support video, I think the ALDI one is V2. I like my i3, the quality is certainly good enough for a hobbyist like myself. Not about to print any prosthetic parts on it though. I did find that PLA is the best, ABS was harder to get right but not printers fault, more user error.
I paid that much for an inkjet printer back in 1996. Looking back I was ripped off.
in 2036 when you're printing in 4 dimensions you'll think back to how much you paid for that 3d printer
Klein bottle, here I come.
If I were printing in 4 dimensions, wouldn't I just print myself back in time to not buy it?
4D printing is already a thing since 2013 or before. I watched a TED talk on it. Very cool stuff!
If they have some of that at Aldi ill buy some and let you know. Sounds like a good gimmick
What can you do with this thing?
Does anyone know if I can print 3D printer with this??
Just remember these things work by melting plastic - use them in a well ventilated area.