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Design for 3D-Printing

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837 points q3k | 3 comments | 04 May 25 17:38 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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pclark ◴[04 May 25 19:51 UTC] No.43889062[source]▶
I know they get a lot of hate in the HN community but my Bambu Labs P1S is mind blowing. It’s so easy to use I print 100x more than with my old Ender. It’s motivated me to learn Fusion360 … i’m actually printing droids for my kids to color this very minute.
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the_af ◴[04 May 25 19:58 UTC] No.43889113[source]▶
Hate? I missed this. Why hate?
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WillAdams ◴[04 May 25 20:04 UTC] No.43889155[source]▶
Non-compliance with GPL and other opensource licensing.

Predatory licensing agreements and cloud software which presumably allows the company to access/steal designs.

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Gerardox ◴[04 May 25 20:13 UTC] No.43889218[source]▶
What are some alternatives? Ty in advance for any hint!
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1. adambatkin ◴[04 May 25 22:50 UTC] No.43890284{4}[source]▶
Prusa. Made in Europe, from quality components (or buy it as a kit from them and build it yourself, which is a really fantastic experience). Hardware is repairable and upgradable and the firmware is open source.

But they cost more than Bambu. Most Chinese things tend to cost less than alternatives, for obvious reasons.

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2. sho_hn ◴[05 May 25 02:14 UTC] No.43891386[source]▶
Note that Prusa recently opened a US-based factory according to their blog, so in addition to EU-made they also got US-made going.

As a big fan of the company I'm hoping this will make them price-competitive to Bambu (or even considerably cheaper) while the tariffs rage. I'm not a fan of the tariffs, but if it gives a boost to the Core ONE launch, welp ... good for them.

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3. the_af ◴[05 May 25 15:44 UTC] No.43896309[source]▶
For those of us in Latin America, Prusa being US-made makes no difference price-wise. Chinese is cheaper.