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alasdair
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3d Printing Machines Formlabs

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Hi there

I didnt know where to post this, but I would really recomend checking this out.
We are all familiar with the power of 3d printing in our bots courtesy of shapeways, but after my routine scan of kickstarter I found this absolutely fantastic page: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/for ... r?ref=live
Are you frustrated that low-end 3D printers don’t have the quality to make the true beauty of your designs real? Do you dream of having the power and resolution of a truly professional machine on your desktop? We’ve created an easy-to-use system that rivals the output of high-end printers at a fraction of the cost.

Formlabs is disrupting 3D printing.

Our reason for starting this project is simple: there are no low-cost 3D printers that meet the quality standards of the professional designer. As researchers at the MIT Media Lab, we were lucky to experience the best and most expensive fabrication equipment in the world. But, we became frustrated by the fact that all the professional-quality 3D printers were ridiculously expensive (read: tens of thousands of dollars) and were so complex to use. In 2011, we decided to build a solution to this problem ourselves, and we are now ready to share it with the world.
Imagine having one of these snazzy things on your worktable ready to print off your antweight chassis with even more accuracy than shapeways can boast:

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I will defenitely be looking into this. I am not sure of the exact price but from the look of it maybe something like $2500? Dont take my word for it.
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