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 Post subject: Tiko 3D printer
PostPosted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:40 
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ti ... 3d-printer

No real idea what I'd do with it, but I really want this.


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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
PostPosted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:54 
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The engineering in that looks a hell of a lot better than most home 3d printers - like you I don't know what I'd actually make with it, but it's tempting....


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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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I like the design (they haven't invented the delta concept but their printing head seems a key innovation) their philosophy, that 3D printers needn't be all that complicated and unreliable compared to many other things you can buy for even cheaper than their $179.


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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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The engineering in that looks a hell of a lot better than most home 3d printers - like you I don't know what I'd actually make with it, but it's tempting....


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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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I'd love the cricket bat Collosus. Jesus, that'd make my entire life. Is there somewhere where you can request a 3D model of something? I do wonder how expensive it'd be.


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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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I'd love the cricket bat Collosus. Jesus, that'd make my entire life. Is there somewhere where you can request a 3D model of something? I do wonder how expensive it'd be.


That's where I think 3d printers are more likely to find a market - send your order through to a local shop and pick it up when it's done. Just like photo printing, you'll probably get better results than buying something to DIY and unless you are a real hobbyist who wants to do lots of Warcraft stuff it will be better value for money.

There's a sign in the window of a shop by me saying that they now do 3D as a service and a quick google found a business doing industrial 3D printing for industrial/commercial use.


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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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Friend who has a 3D printer has pointed out that by the time it's arrived in December, it's going to be out of date. I fear he's got a point. NO SALE.

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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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Machines that can make machines that can make machines. This is how it begins, people.

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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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Friend who has a 3D printer has pointed out that by the time it's arrived in December, it's going to be out of date. I fear he's got a point. NO SALE.

Does that really matter? I find it unlikely that other 3D printers are going to get down to $179 sort of pricing any time soon.

Have backed it - my RepRap Huxley printer sits sadly unused because getting the fucking thing going is such an arse I can never be fucking bothered.


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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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Grim... wrote:
Friend who has a 3D printer has pointed out that by the time it's arrived in December, it's going to be out of date. I fear he's got a point. NO SALE.

Does that really matter? I find it unlikely that other 3D printers are going to get down to $179 sort of pricing any time soon.

Why wouldn't you got for a laser/UV one if you were shopping now?

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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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Friend who has a 3D printer has pointed out that by the time it's arrived in December, it's going to be out of date. I fear he's got a point. NO SALE.

I think he's missed the point completely. It's a bit like saying that consoles are pointless because PCs are always more powerful. This is the first time a 3D printer has resembled a realistic consumer device. Once there are enough out there people will develop models and techniques that work well with it rather than just binning it off and getting a new one.


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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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If that's the case I'll just buy one in December when it costs $100.

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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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It's going to be $179. The $100 was a limited amount for early backers wasn't it?


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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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All that said I'm not pre-ordering one because I reckon it's a pretty safe bet that there will be a version 2 in fairly short order that will address some minor issues and that'll be the one to have.


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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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It's going to be $179. The $100 was a limited amount for early backers wasn't it?

I was assuming the price is going to drop.

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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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Grim... wrote:
GazChap wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Friend who has a 3D printer has pointed out that by the time it's arrived in December, it's going to be out of date. I fear he's got a point. NO SALE.

Does that really matter? I find it unlikely that other 3D printers are going to get down to $179 sort of pricing any time soon.

Why wouldn't you got for a laser/UV one if you were shopping now?

Apart from price?


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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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I guess - although you did just spend 179 bucks on nothing at all ;)

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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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Nice!

I'll wait till banggood start knocking off copies for £50.

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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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There's some stuff I'd get from there and some stuff I wouldn't. Anything with any degree of mechanical complexity falls into the latter camp.


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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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Grim... wrote:
I guess - although you did just spend 179 bucks on nothing at all ;)

Par for the course really.


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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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There's some stuff I'd get from there and some stuff I wouldn't. Anything with any degree of mechanical complexity falls into the latter camp.

But then you could use it to make spare parts.

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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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Just remembered about this thread. Did you get your printer yet Gazchap?


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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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Not yet - they started shipping to backers in July last year but the first 100 printers had some problems which meant they had to go back to the drawing board a bit.

They shipped 1,000 of the revised models to backers late last year and are due to ship European-bound ones in the next couple of weeks based on their last update.


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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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What do you think you'll print first?

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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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A panda.


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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2017 16:26 
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Mr Russell wrote:
What do you think you'll print first?


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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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What do you think you'll print first?

A second printer to sell

In the "old" days of 3D printing at home, that's exactly what you did - printed bits for a frame, and sent them to the next person.

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 Post subject: Re: Tiko 3D printer
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A panda.

Like a takenoko figurine?

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