[KwartzLab] 3D printers: recommendations?

[Tomasz Dysinski]

Hey guys,

I'm a bit of a lurker, but I thought I would inquire about 3D printers. My
office in Toronto (Jam3) has been getting into installations and hardware,
and during our last hack-day, while I was hacksawing and drilling aluminum
to create a cradle for an arduino project, it dawned on me that we need a
3D printer. The makerbot replicator with dual heads looks tantalizing. Does
anyone on this list have experience with this make/model? Is there another
make/model that you would recommend for an office, for ease of use,
precision, and good value?

The ones we've been considering:
http://cubify.com/cube/
http://reprap.org/wiki/Mendel
http://store.makerbot.com/replicator.html

Sidenote: I figure we can print a batch of Mendel parts (of which I am a
huge fan) as soon as we get any one machine first as I'd love to have one
at home.
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