Prusa core one

[Janger]

Just do it man. You aren't getting any younger. What do you even work for if you can't buy what you want? You're getting a good deal. Are you going to wait another year?

hope this helps

we're real good at spending other people's cash...

 

[Janger]

The very name of our forum would suggest that we are mostly Canadian and that was our founding target. But we have certainly grown to include many others from all around the world. There is no requirement to be Canadian.

I sincerely believe she would be welcome here. We embrace a wide range of skill sets - from newbies to wise old pros. She would fit right in from that perspective.

Our membership has very loppsided male representation. Some think it is self imposed. Who am I to say no. But I don't believe for one minute that it's deliberately exclusionary. It's just an outcome not a deliberate goal. In fact, I'd say there isn't even one member on here who wouldn't welcome her with open arms.

I'm not on the board any more but... I always thought the rule should be you don't have to be Canadian but you better be damn Canadian in your attitudes. No assholes. I think we have generally accomplished that. We do have a locker room mentality at times, probably quite the turn off, I could never figure out how to change that.

 

[Janger]

Well, I bought a Bambu P1S 2 weeks ago (after my Ender threw a final hissy fit) and I have to say it is a very impressive piece of kit for $890 including taxes & delivery. I bought the plain jane version without the multi-filament feeder (called the AMS) since I have no interest in the extra hassles involved.

Prusa needs in country distribution to cut delivery times and drastically reduce shipping costs. The Core One is $140USD for shipping + whatever extras the courier squeezes. Call that $225CAD all in. And Bambu is free/included?

I feel really bad for Prusa - smart people building good products in country - China comes along and it's not 20% less it is half the cost for something similar. What can Prusa do? Cut quality, outsource to China, innovate and design a revised CoreXY for $750USD? Or build something other people are not. How about a prosumer DLP printer delivering 10x print speed performance for $1500USD? Make a cheap DLP printer with Prusa consumables for a premium but reasonable price. i.e. the inkjet printer model. HP has made a lot of money selling cartridges.