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Show HN: Interactive Comparison of 150 3D-Printers

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Nice addition! For context, other visualizations the author created also made HN.

Parent link has the full selection: http://www.productchart.com/

(Note: used the cell phone chart to decide on my current model)

    used the cell phone chart to decide on my current model

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Hey! I love your cool Interactive Comparisons, they are very helpful.

Do you plan make one on Desktop Computers? Thanks.

Yes, I do. Do you have an idea on what the default Y-Axis could be?

Hmm. One of the things I enjoy about the visualizations is that your metrics tend to answer useful questions succinctly (e.g. Where is the sweet spot for ppi/price for a laptop with a screen size of less than X and weight less than Y?).

Why do people buy desktops these days? Expandability?

Passmark # from processor, max memory capacity, and chipset would be interesting to have.

Agree. I've been looking for something similar to what they made for the SSD chart.

Would be nice if cell phone has removable battery filter.

Great viz!

Are you adding printers as you find them? Are open source projects OK, as long as they can be bought already assembled?

I ask because I know a team here in Austin / Houston that seems like the should be on the list: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/re3d/open-gigabot-an-op...

I added all printers from Makergeeks and the most popular from Amazon and Newegg. One retailer and one manufacturer contacted me today and asked to be included, what I did. If more retailers or manufacturers contact me, I will include their printers too. In that case, please send me images of the products that I can use in the chart.

MakerFarm 12 is actually $650, not $780.

http://www.makerfarm.com/index.php/3d-printer-kits/prusa-12-...

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Nice visualisation, made narrowing down what could potentially interest me very simple. Width, length and height in inches and speed in mm/s, though?

Yes, I agree that is odd. While researching the specs, I noticed that the print size is usually given in inches and the speed and other parameters in mm. I will probably choose one unit as the default later on. I'm open for suggestions which one.

Maybe you could make a table with conversion factors and allow people to choose :) I like sites like this though, good work.

Very interesting! Though I will say "Resolution" is odd in its current state; e.g. you can easily end up with a resolution of "400 micron" that includes 50 micron printers. Maybe it should include a min and max? Or value has a plus sign, so it's "50+ micron," "100+ micron" etc.

Resolution in this case is referring to layer height, as far as I can tell.

I'd like to see process type as an option, e.g. extrusion, DLP, etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing#Processes

The MendelMax 1.5 kit you list is not a complete 3D printer - it would be a steal at $105 otherwise :)

You are right! Removing it.

It would be nice if I could link to a filtered selection. Am I missing an obvious way to do this?

It's high on my todo list! Will enable savable selections soon.

I'd love to see something like this for milling machines.

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