/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2800646
Jobeard was very active in early RepRap days. One of his notable achievements was the first designs for practical PCB bed heaters, which became the standard and are still in use on the majority of FDM printers. He began providing kits for his own Mendel derivative, the Prusa Mendel, which would later lead to the the Prusa i3. His kits were very well optimized for cost, they were simple and very affordable compared to other offerings of the time, and used very high quality components where necessary. Those first few generations of the Prusa i3 were some of the best printers available at the time, they were great value. From the 2015 Prusa "Mk1" up through the 2019 Prusa Mk3, they were widely touted as some of the best consumer printers that existed. Everything cheaper came with trade-offs, everything more expensive was hard to justify by comparison. So Prusa just exploded, they grew massively, they became a powerhouse in the industry with a genuine cult following. With the Prusa branding and Prusa putting his name on his products, he basically became the mascot for the brand. His face is one of the most recognizable in consumer 3D printing. All the while, Prusa maintained a staunch commitment to opensource hardware and software, with the work of him and his company bolstering the industry as a whole, and Prusa-derived features being found in virtually all modern FDM printers. So, naturally, the company has grown, they've a massive headquarters and huge manufacturing capability, and their R&D department is staggering. keklol /s They're still in Jobeard's little farmhouse, it's packed to the gills in the genuine-fire-hazard sense, and the R&D cycle has been choked to death. The Mk4 was rushed AF and in many ways disappointing, they no longer make competitively priced products, and the XL was delayed to death and still released unfinished. Jobeard lost face in a big way, they weren't prepared for other companies to actually make good printers at lower prices.

>>2664543
>>2664556
>Cardboard box
Seriously, ABS isn't a high-temperature or in any way challenging material. Practically any printer can handle it, you just need an enclosure. $75 worth of eBay used Ender 3 printers ABS without a hiccup so long as it's in an enclosure.
Avoid printers made of parts that can't be put into an enclosure, like Prusa's printers where you need to reprint the printer to be able to print with the printer because the printer can't print what the Prusa printer promotors claim it can print with the printed parts it's printed from, instead they melt and void your warranty.