My University might be buying some Rostocks!

[lightninjay]

So I'm starting my undergraduate honors thesis this semester and I have to have a director to monitor my thesis progress all the way through June of 2015. Well, I go to USF in Tampa and we have this lab called the Advanced Visualization Center (AVC) where they have like 14 separate printers available for student use, but they're all Cartesians!

My thesis project involves me designing, modeling, printing, and assembling an electric cello, and if that all goes according to plan, I may be developing a laser scanner for the Rostock/Delta-style printers.

To head up such a serious task, I figured it smart to try and find someone at USF who at least has SOME 3D printer experience. The director of the AVC had a meeting with me today to discuss whether or not he was available to be my thesis director. During the meeting he started mentioning that he was looking into purchasing some more printers for the university and he had his eye on a particular delta. When I saw it, I noticed that it was about the size of the Orion, but twice the price!

He likes my thesis ideas and he seems really eager to help me in any way he can!

I told him about SeeMeCNC and all the wonderful things about my Rostock and he may be ordering a kit or two, possibly even an Orion. Here's to hopefully getting a little more SeeMeCNC product distributed here in Tampa!

[Eaglezsoar]

So I'm starting my undergraduate honors thesis this semester and I have to have a director to monitor my thesis progress all the way through June of 2015. Well, I go to USF in Tampa and we have this lab called the Advanced Visualization Center (AVC) where they have like 14 separate printers available for student use, but they're all Cartesians!

My thesis project involves me designing, modeling, printing, and assembling an electric cello, and if that all goes according to plan, I may be developing a laser scanner for the Rostock/Delta-style printers.

To head up such a serious task, I figured it smart to try and find someone at USF who at least has SOME 3D printer experience. The director of the AVC had a meeting with me today to discuss whether or not he was available to be my thesis director. During the meeting he started mentioning that he was looking into purchasing some more printers for the university and he had his eye on a particular delta. When I saw it, I noticed that it was about the size of the Orion, but twice the price!

He likes my thesis ideas and he seems really eager to help me in any way he can!

I told him about SeeMeCNC and all the wonderful things about my Rostock and he may be ordering a kit or two, possibly even an Orion. Here's to hopefully getting a little more SeeMeCNC product distributed here in Tampa!

I do hope that your University does try the Max series or the Orion. The price is excellent as you have discovered, the Orion is half the price of the competitor's printer and I would bet the Orion would print better and it does not use
proprietary spools of filament. Good luck with your future!

[626Pilot]

...Yeah, don't buy a printer with proprietary spools. We should never reward companies that do things like this. If we do, there will be more.

[McSlappy]

Agreed!

[Mac The Knife]

...Yeah, don't buy a printer with proprietary spools. We should never reward companies that do things like this. If we do, there will be more.

After buying some filament off ebay, I can understand their need to have proprietary spools. Marking it up like Hewlett Packard does their ink is inexcusable.