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A $77 3D Printer is Unveiled! Say Hello to the Lewihe Play - 3DPrint.com

http://3dprint.com/67280/lewihe-play-cheapest-3d-print

To be fair, there's not much you could do with this $77 printer - it needs a fair bit more stuff added to it before it is fully functional, and more than a bit of assembly and skill is required to make it work. None-the-less, this is a sign of a more general trend. Good 3D printers that are easy to use (albeit mind-numbingly slow and not as reliable as 2D printers) are at least as affordable as laser printers used to be 10-15 years ago. They are increasing in quality, dropping in price, getting faster, becoming more flexible, and are getting closer to standard commodity items with each passing week. There is still a big leap in price from hobbyist machines that do fun and occasionally useful stuff (with some effort) to commercial machines that do really useful stuff (with relative ease), but the gap is closing fast. I want one. 

Comments

  • Anonymous July 12, 2015 - 7:42pm

    they are not ready yet. sorry


    - c

  • Jon Dron July 12, 2015 - 10:57pm

    I'm going to find out soon - my first 3D printer (rather more expensive than this) is about to be ordered! I've held off for a good decade but the time has come to experiment. This is the future - maybe not yet perfectly formed and certainly unevenly distributed, but it is here already - and I'd like to know what it holds in store.