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Re:Cube: 3D home printer starts shipping in days by sbierwagen on Sunday April 29, 2012 @07:44AM (#3905752)
Uh oh, it doesn't mention head speed, or volume throughput. That's a bad sign. The frame doesn't even look as stiff as the Makerbot Replicator, which is pretty miserably slow compared to some of the bleeding edge designs. (ORDbot, Utilimaker) 3d printers with small motors and light frames can be excruciatingly, unusably slow.

It also doesn't say how large the cartridges are. Or how much they cost. It's also got a pretty small build volume, and a completely proprietary toolchain, including model files. (???)

Re:Cube: 3D home printer starts shipping in days by wxl on Sunday April 29, 2012 @01:12PM (#3906398)
It actually does mention the price of the cartridges, in the store. $50 each, with discounts if you buy more than one.
Re:Cube: 3D home printer starts shipping in days by sbierwagen on Sunday April 29, 2012 @01:15PM (#3906404)
Ah, so it does. Still doesn't say how big they are. ("1 Cartridge prints 13 to 14 mid-sized creations" is a magnificently useless piece of information. The only number that matters here is kilograms. How many kilograms does it mass? Why doesn't it say?)
Re:Cube: 3D home printer starts shipping in days by mhb on Sunday April 29, 2012 @05:36PM (#3907208)
It also doesn't give the x or y resolution, unless I missed it.