Does anyone have a CubePro Duo? If so what are your thoughts on it. Was thinking about getting one. Besides the price and having proprietary filaments have you had any problems. Would you recommend a different printer and if so which one?
I have tested one for several weeks. If I will speak diplomatic, put your many elsewhere. (Even cartridges with filament are several times more expensive than common quality material. And I will rather not talk about print quality for the price.)
So print quality hasn’t been the best with this printer. I’m mainly asking for the company im working for so I don’t think they mind the price of the cartridges. More the printer itself and if there is another printer in the same price range that would be better. We are hoping to use water soluble support material with it. I was thinking about recommending the Ultimaker 2 but wasn’t sure.
Guess the Ultimaker doesnt have duel extruders
Let’s start at http://www.3dhubs.com/best-3D-printer-guide. Soluble material was fine (not in smaller holes where it resists), but 3D printer with better quality overhangs and bridges and software which can generate easily removable supports (try Simplify3D or even Netfabb Professional/Enterprise) can be somewhat comparable in that area. And you will have much faster 3D printing.
I’ve recently seen some good results from @BCN3D_Technologies 's Sigma printer with soluble support.
Even when it works, CubePro is slow. Also, those fancy plastic cartridges house cardboard spools. I know because a cartridge failed and I got to see what was inside. IIRC, the cardboard jammed onto something and quit unspooling. Support is bad and they won’t accept a return of faulty machinery.
I would never buy a 3D systems printer. 1: they are going to stop production which could lead to parts issues. 2) proprietary filament is such bull crap in my opinion. I buy a kilo of PLA for $15 and theirs is around $150…
If you want a good quality dual extrusion printer look at a Sigma or a Printrbot Plus with dual head. Both are super high quality. Or if you want to go cheaper people have good luck with flash forge printers for the most part. I was blown away with the print quality on the last one I saw.
Ok so the sigma looks like it would be a good printer does anyone have any comments on its quality? What are the major issues with it? I noticed that the printer has duel extruders but they are independent which I think means you need custom software to write the G-code. They offer a modified version of Cura but can you use Simplfy3D?
@Chad_Nuxoll @Richard_Horne had a gereat review of it a couple weeks ago. Watch that and you should be ok. As for slicing, I’m not sure but I’m sure there is plenty on their website about it.
Thank you @Griffin_Paquette That was a good review. He didn’t seem to really have anything bad to say about it. Thanks @Richard_Horne for the review. Was wondering are the sides enclosed and only the front open on the Sigma
No problem!! I love that review!! He does a great job. And yes sides enclosed but I don’t think you would have that much of an issue with bS if you kept it in a warmer environment.
The office I’m in is 65F. I brought my pursa I2 in to print a couple parts and I was having peeling issues and had to put a bag over the printer to keep it warm enough to hold the parts to the bed. I tried 110C,113C and ended at 117C to get a good sticking part that didnt curl up on the edges.
As a ready built machine, ease of use and the fact the dual setup just works so well with the Sigma I highly recommend it as a production workhorse. Avoid the 3Dsystems desktop printers - especially the ‘cube’ at all costs.