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A comment on Makerbot's new 3D printer prints at 100 microns.

Re:Makerbot's new 3D printer prints at 100 microns by ars on Wednesday September 19, 2012 @05:30PM (#4545679)
Can it still use ABS? Because PLA is not a good plastic for structural materials - the glass transition temperature is too low.
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Re:Makerbot's new 3D printer prints at 100 microns by qwertzlcoatl on Wednesday September 19, 2012 @06:17PM (#4545848)
No, it does not. The platform is made out of acrylic and apparently does not heat up. It looks like the Replicator 2X is designed to use both ABS and PLA but the standard Rep2 is PLA only.
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Re:Makerbot's new 3D printer prints at 100 microns by mtgx on Wednesday September 19, 2012 @06:00PM (#4545781)
Not sure, but I noticed the larger Replicator 2X that's coming at the end of the year can use ABS.
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