# Did anyone ever get their machine to work? **URL:** \ **Category:** LulzBot TAZ\ **Created:** [December 15, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/did-anyone-ever-get-their-machine-to-work/4331 "2016-12-15T20:03:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LulzbotNeverWorked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@LulzbotNeverWorked](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/LulzbotNeverWorked)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/did-anyone-ever-get-their-machine-to-work/4331/1 "2016-12-15T20:03:57Z")
I never got my Lulzbot to work so instead of it being a large paperweight, I dismantled it for parts Did anyone every get their machine to communicate with a computer and actually print? ---
**Author:** ![robajohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@robajohn](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/robajohn)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/did-anyone-ever-get-their-machine-to-work/4331/2 "2016-12-15T20:23:19Z")
“Captain I sense a troll” ---
**Author:** ![LulzbotNeverWorked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@LulzbotNeverWorked](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/LulzbotNeverWorked)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/did-anyone-ever-get-their-machine-to-work/4331/3 "2016-12-15T20:27:59Z")
Nope… I actually bought one based upon a recommendation and analysis ---
**Author:** ![piercet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.lulzbot.com/piercet/32/12_2.png) [@piercet](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/piercet)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/did-anyone-ever-get-their-machine-to-work/4331/4 "2016-12-15T21:08:20Z")
Mine works great. My older AO-10x worked great too. I’m even building a new Taz clone. A Taz isn’t difficult to get working. ---
**Author:** ![robajohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@robajohn](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/robajohn)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/did-anyone-ever-get-their-machine-to-work/4331/5 "2016-12-15T21:11:48Z")
> [@LulzbotNeverWorked](#): > > Nope… I actually bought one based upon a recommendation and analysis Ok, so to answer your question, mine worked out of the box just fine. I am now on my 8th KG of filament in 2 months so it runs about 20 hours a day. I have had a issue here and there and they all turned out to be very minor. I found these forums an incredible resourse. Which brings us full circle, if you are not a troll then why was your very first post here to say you already disassembled it? Normal people would make a least a few posts saying, “I am having problem, please help.” BEFORE they disassembled an expensive machine. ---
**Author:** ![LulzbotNeverWorked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/67e7ee/32.png) [@LulzbotNeverWorked](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/LulzbotNeverWorked)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/did-anyone-ever-get-their-machine-to-work/4331/6 "2016-12-15T23:48:48Z")
After trying for a year to get it to work constantly on the phone with customer service, it was not worth it… I am rather shocked to see people saying theirs worked fine. My Robo R1, Robo R1 Plus, and Makerbot Rep 2x worked infinitely times better than this machine. I gave it to one of my PhD students to take apart to build something new ---
**Author:** ![tmorris9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@tmorris9](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/tmorris9)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/did-anyone-ever-get-their-machine-to-work/4331/7 "2016-12-16T03:05:35Z")
Mine worked since day I got it 2 years ago and still going strong. ---
**Author:** ![nopick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7bcc69/32.png) [@nopick](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/nopick)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/did-anyone-ever-get-their-machine-to-work/4331/8 "2016-12-16T03:27:21Z")
Five Taz and a Mini here. Small problems along the way but they are very reliable workhorses. ---
**Author:** ![piercet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.lulzbot.com/piercet/32/12_2.png) [@piercet](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/piercet)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/did-anyone-ever-get-their-machine-to-work/4331/9 "2016-12-16T03:30:23Z")
> [@LulzbotNeverWorked](#): > > After trying for a year to get it to work constantly on the phone with customer service, it was not worth it… I am rather shocked to see people saying theirs worked fine. My Robo R1, Robo R1 Plus, and Makerbot Rep 2x worked infinitely times better than this machine. I gave it to one of my PhD students to take apart to build something new A taz will print better than all three of those machines under normal conditions. And even a damaged taz is very easy to diagnose and service. I would be shocked if someone who teaches PhD students couldn’t get it working, and I would be surprised if support didn’t just have the machine replaced after multiple phone calls. What was it doing or not doing? ---
**Author:** ![kcchen\_00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kcchen\_00](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/kcchen_00)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 8:03am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/did-anyone-ever-get-their-machine-to-work/4331/10 "2016-12-16T08:03:55Z")
Try the “Active Topics” button in the upper right corner of the site for the answer to your question… seems to be a healthy number of working machines. ---
**Author:** ![robajohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@robajohn](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/robajohn)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/did-anyone-ever-get-their-machine-to-work/4331/11 "2016-12-16T15:13:01Z")
> [@piercet](#): > > I would be shocked if someone who teaches PhD students couldn’t get it working Well, it could always be a PhD in feminist interpretive basket weaving or something! 🙂