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Balco 3D Printer $399.20 Delivered from Dick Smith eBay with C20DS Code

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Balco 3D Printer $399.20 Delivered from Dick Smith eBay with C20DS Code
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Insidious on 11/08/2016 - 11:24 ebay.com.au (683 clicks)
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Part of the C20DS promotion Original Dick Smith by Kogan eBay 20% off deal

Make your own toys, models, spare parts, figurines, phone cases, jewellery and more with the Balco 3D Printer with 4 x FREE Filaments and Print Mat.
Print straight from MicroSD Cards
The heated print bed prevents slipping for accurate printing
Large print area allows for most of your design ideas come to life
Smooth printing with a 3-point bearing system
Perfect for the DIY enthusiast, hobbyist, industrial designer or student

Build Volume: 200 × 200 × 180mm
Fused Filament Fabrication Technology
100-400 micron Layer Resolution
Works with most 3D model files .stl, .obj, .dae, .amf

Electrical & Electronics 3D Printer

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  • [Deactivated] on 11/08/2016 - 11:32

    Start printing before the world+dog changes copyright laws to include shapes & designs to ~100yrs!

    http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/08/uk-copyright-exte…

    • PainToad on 11/08/2016 - 12:17
      +5

      Because copyright laws have always been effective in changing people's behavior…

  • leftspeaker2000 on 11/08/2016 - 11:52

    I really want to sink my teeth into a 3D printer but there is so many in the market and its hard to tell what is good. I'm also not that keen on building one myself. I could never put together lego.

    • Insidious on 11/08/2016 - 11:58
      +1

      This one comes mainly assembled, check out the assembly video here: https://youtu.be/chFmgF8pbgM

      This is a clone of a known printer. It's pretty much identical to the Aldi cocoon Create which is a clone of the Wanhao i3 Duplicator https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/233946

      • leftspeaker2000 on 11/08/2016 - 12:01

        A small amount of assembly is not a problem. Any experience in using this ?

        • Insidious on 11/08/2016 - 12:14

          Nope, I only just ordered mine today. I missed out on the first pre-order and they were messing about with the price for a while so I held back till now. It has sounded pretty promising from what I read around the place. There's a support site and the manual looks pretty good too. So even if you are not the hands on type there should be plenty of documentation to follow if/when stuff gos wrong

  • thesab on 11/08/2016 - 14:01

    Pretty tempting… Anyone know if its worth spending more on the other kits worth around $600-800?

    • superroach on 11/08/2016 - 16:10

      Depends on the kit. It'd beat a printrbot metal for example which are usually that price.

  • tap on 11/08/2016 - 14:02

    I recently bought 4 from Cocoon directly for this price. Compared to UP 3D printers, these are harder to setup and harder to print consistently. STL files need to be converted to gcode using Cura or similar with some required software tweaking (adds to the complication).

    Good for a first printer though.

    • Insidious on 11/08/2016 - 14:07

      How much are the UP printers though for comparison?

      • tap on 11/08/2016 - 14:08

        +$1-$2k

        • Insidious on 11/08/2016 - 14:09

          Cheers, You were lucky getting some stock direct from cocoon. A work mate contacted them last week and they put him on a waiting list.

        • tap on 11/08/2016 - 14:11
          +1

          I'm not saying these Cocoon printers are useless but don't expect easy street or super quality.

  • superroach on 11/08/2016 - 15:54
    +1

    Great quality printer - amazing value for the price and can easily beat $700+ printers. The steel filament spool is nice, the direct drive extruder is nice if you want to move to more flexible filaments in the future.

    This is the same one that was sold through ALDI, just rebranded.

    The real name for it is an Wanhao v2.1 i3 Duplicator.

    Even overseas, there is no cheaper price available (and that's excluding shipping fees).

    Recommend buying a 1kg reel of filament from anywhere (PLA 1.75mm will do), because the provided ones are listed as 3 metre/10ft samples that you will use quickly.

    In terms of ease of construction, it's not ready out of the box, but as far as possible - people have been printing 30 minutes from unboxing it.

    • thesab on 11/08/2016 - 19:34

      Any recommendations on good priced filament? Think i might buy this printer

      • superroach on 11/08/2016 - 20:35

        I havn't tried all of the filament places around, but I've tried a bunch for the local hackerspace and myself. Chinese stuff had variences in thickness and I got sick of needing to remeasure it all the time.

        I've got about 10 reels so far from these people: http://blueprinted.com.au/ and they have been pretty good.

        I recommend the 1.75mm PLA for this printer to start with - if you get a few then you get choices of colours to print. For some reason, the brightness of the colour affects printing quality slightly - so white is easiest, black is slightly more brittle. So, pick some bright colours to start with!

      • Insidious on 11/08/2016 - 21:12

        If your getting a couple spools it could be cost effective to try here https://www.cocooncreate.com.au/store/ if you follow the supply chain back you'll find they are the same people who do the balco units so if the filament makes a mess of the printer it should be easier to make a warranty claim. Oddly balco's website which is a clone of cocoons is a little more expensive.

    • thesab on 18/08/2016 - 09:40

      Unfortunately my printer has already failed… Had 2 pretty good prints but after setting it to pre heat for the 3rd i came back to it and it was off. Now wont turn on at all. Checked the fuse on the back of the control box and it seemed okay, Any ideas on what else i could check?

  • Bmoney on 11/08/2016 - 19:09

    Jumped on this! Great deal :)

  • bluechan on 12/08/2016 - 11:31

    Question for those who already have 3d printers. Do people have their printers in the house (say office/hobby room) or is the smell of melting plastic mean that they are better suited in the garage or somewhere with good ventilation?

  • bluechan on 15/08/2016 - 15:45

    Gas a anyone got shipping notification?

    • Insidious on 15/08/2016 - 16:02

      Paid on the 11th, Tracking says it was shipped on the 12th but still waiting on final delivery. If you ordered on the Friday you probably will get tracking details later today.

      • bluechan on 15/08/2016 - 20:58

        I've been informed via eBay message: "Our warehouse has advised that your order has been slightly delayed and is currently expected to ship within 24-48 hours."

        • Insidious on 16/08/2016 - 09:57

          Bugger, They still list as over 10 in stock on Ebay so it shouldn't be a stock issue at least. Here's hoping it get's to you soon. I'm waiting still on delivery but I'm in Rural Tasmania so I always expect an extra couple days delay myself.

    • thesab on 17/08/2016 - 19:32

      I got mine today, ordered on Friday. Tracking info never worked until after i actually received it

      • Insidious on 18/08/2016 - 11:39

        Yeah mine arrived yesterday, Was impressed how quick it was to get up and running. Half an hour from opening the box to printing the M3 Thumbscrew that was pre loaded on the SD card.

        • thesab on 18/08/2016 - 13:03

          Mine arrived and failed yesterday… turned off mid preheat and wont turn back on. Now i have to send it to Bayswater and wait up to 5+ days for them to test and fix/replace. Other than that it was working great really quickly.

        • Insidious on 18/08/2016 - 13:09

          @thesab: Bugger, I guess there is a pretty big curve on these things. At least it happened strait up. Let us know how the returns process goes. Best of luck.

        • thesab on 30/08/2016 - 11:25

          @Insidious: Its been sent back today. Supposedly a wiring fault from the factory. PSU and PCB have been replaced

        • Insidious on 30/08/2016 - 11:59

          @thesab: Fingers crossed that the last of your issues, did you return via kogan/dicksmith or contact balco/cocoon create/winplus directly?

        • thesab on 30/08/2016 - 15:21
          +1

          @Insidious: I originally contacted Dick Smith through the help centre on their website but they directed my straight to Balco support (winplus)

      • bluechan on 18/08/2016 - 12:48

        I received a message this morning from Australia Post. Mine is waiting for me to pick up my my local post office. (Apparently my parcel locker was full).

      • tonytone on 24/08/2016 - 14:39

        Got mine monday.

        Plugged in and turned on, made a pop sound and now doesnt turn on anymore. Doesnt seem like very good quality assurance.

        Also, I took out the fuse from the power supply and it wasn't even blown. So something inside just blew instead.

        • thesab on 24/08/2016 - 15:06

          Sounds like what mine did, fuse was fine. Sent mine off with Aus post on Saturday and currently tracking is still not active… no idea where it is.

        • bluechan on 24/08/2016 - 15:37

          It sucks that you guys are having issues with your machines. But I've had mine running since 18 Aug without issue. Interestingly my machine appeared to have been tested before packaging. It had a little bit of orange filament in the tip and the machine showed it'd been running for 1:01. Did anyone else notice this when they unpackaged their machines? Or was this just my one?

        • Insidious on 27/08/2016 - 11:33

          @bluechan: Yeah mine had green filament in it, Also have had no issues at all and have been really impressed with quality overall. It is a little worrying to hear people have had them die but I guess there is going to be a steep bathtub curve for a product like these. e.g. it will die really quick or last for ages.

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