From the CEO

Hi everyone, it’s time to explain exactly how printers differ in their accuracy and precision based on their selection of stepper motors, motor drivers, and driving voltage, and driving firmware. As you've may have seen lately, many people people are raving about quality improvements by switching from a stock electronic board to the Duet, which was the first board to use the German-produced Trinamic motor drivers.   Before we get into the details, it’s first important to understand how we define a good print as humans - and that is qualitatively.  The human eye can easily notice details typically down...

With M3D preparing to jump into the Bowden extruder market with the Crane, I thought I’d take some time to talk a little about where we put real value into this printer. It’s a question we hear over and over again: why buy a Crane over the more established models already for sale? First, Crane printers are thoroughly vetted. Typical low-cost "value" printers use what I call a "customer does the QC, if there’s an issue → return to base" model.  Many will admit they only test about a third of their printers. So you'll get a good one eventually,...