I'm a head of a science faculty and we have $1500 in prize money to spend on equipment. One option I am thinking about is getting a prusa mendel or similar, but being completely new to this I have a few questions:
Is there anywhere that can supply a complete kit? I have seen plenty of parts for sale, but the only complete kit I have seen in on trademe at $1295 (prusa mendel iteration 2).
How robust are the printers? Students can be rough on equipment even when they have the best intentions and they look like they might be a bit flimsy
In terms of software, is there an opensource program that students could design objects and save them in a format that is printable? Is this software reasonably user friendly?
I'm keen to here from experienced users - getting one seems like a good idea as it good for the students to have an opportunity to use it, and we could make models for teaching use
Is there anywhere that can supply a complete kit? I have seen plenty of parts for sale, but the only complete kit I have seen in on trademe at $1295 (prusa mendel iteration 2).
How robust are the printers? Students can be rough on equipment even when they have the best intentions and they look like they might be a bit flimsy
In terms of software, is there an opensource program that students could design objects and save them in a format that is printable? Is this software reasonably user friendly?
I'm keen to here from experienced users - getting one seems like a good idea as it good for the students to have an opportunity to use it, and we could make models for teaching use
