Thanks for sharing your experience. I really appreciate it.
It’ll either be the TAZ or DeltaWASP at this point.
I’ve got a Makergear M2 and I love it. It’s extremely well built and sturdy. I’ve been printing 24 hour prints with PC-ABS at 285C hot end and 125C bed in a custom heated enclosure at 57C. Aside from a couple tweaks that I needed to make in the CAM software because of this special material (I changed the retraction distance on the z axis to help with the reliability during long prints with tall supports) it has held up like a champ. I’ve been printing these parts for about 3 weeks straight and the parts look beautiful. I’ve replaced the nozzle once from regular wear and tear and it was very easy.
I don’t think Makergear lists every single type of material that this printer can print with, but I assure you it can print with everything the Lulzbot can (you should search google for “makergear m2 [insert type of filament]” - it should pop up with the makergear forum and you can find the perfect print settings for the filament in question). You can also buy replacement and upgrade parts at the Makergear store for things like a larger nozzle diameter (for faster print times on large prints) or a replacement hot end. They even sell a dual extruder upgrade.
I haven’t used the Lulzbot at all, so I can’t make a comparison or say one is better than the other, but I love my Makergear and would probably buy another Makergear before I ventured into Lulzbot land.
As the thread starter, I think I owe a reply to this topic.
I purchased TAZ5 two months ago, so far I finished two one kilogram hips filaments.
Set up was quick and easy. I prefer a printer with a self leveling bed, but 1.5 hours or may be even less set up time including bed leveling is not bed.
I purchased ESUN HIPS filaments ($24 a kilogram) and Taulman N-Vent (40$ a pound - less than half a kilogram) to start with. Taulman N-Vent was supposed to be a
I printed several figurines of the kids I created using a 3D scanner. Surface quality is very satisfying.
My son is taking 3D printing classes at school , he printed same small parts which we can compare the surface quality, corners, thin walled structures etc. They have MakerBot Replicator 2. Print quality of TAZ5 came out better than Replicator 2 for most of the prints, and never worse.
I also printed some machine parts which we got printed in the past. Parts came out between very good and acceptable scale. So I decided that it suits our prototype needs.
Noise level is not too bad, but it is not something you may want to put on your desk and print on the side while you are working.
N-Vent is twice as more expensive than HIPS, but print quality, first layer sticking problems etc is worse than HIPS. I tried too many temperature settings, but couldn’t get trouble free experience like HIPS.
Overall I am happy with TAZ5 and suggest it to a friend.
Sorry, I did not check this topic lately, and I did not see the emails which went to my spam folder.
I just wrote a short review here. Did you make a decision ?
