Unless the design codes stored in the cloud or 3DPrinter & if the files are able to be wiped clean if resold as second hand
What evidence can you cite to support that assertion?
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It was the rep rap fest footage correction it was the Rocky Mountain rep rap fest & the mid west rep rap fest but I do remember hearing about it through videos
As for the Wi-Fi & Ethernet I can no longer find the video
But I swear that’s what I heard I will bet you a pre packaged sachet of a bag of Honey Lemon Tim hortens tea that that’s what it is once the lulzbot mini 3 released dm me the post box and you got yourself a deal
Mind you it’s top #1 on the radar other evidence including if you look on the side there is no plug in for a drive or computer but does above have Ethernet & it has wifi
2023/retrieved from(The new Lulzbot Mini at the RMRRF 2023 - YouTube)
Note that’s evidence of It’s existence
I know it exists but the video might have been taken down but I will make the wager of a bag of black tea because of import laws I am Canadian(due by next summer if I am wrong) which it will likely be released before then
All I ask is DM me where to mail it
So the evidence that an inductive proximity sensor lasts longer than a BL touch is that you heard it somewhere or saw a video? 
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Sorry i thought you meant the mini 3 you can check my posts from my profile but I was told it only lasts 1/2 as long as the product , the BL touch was perceived as such sorry if I did not reply earlier other on if I knew about this is what you meant kind Sir
I am I would buy a voron or core xy as long as it’s pre assembled & at am the regular price of a mini or a taz workhorse (depending on the size)
If you’re using me as a source of BLTouch longevity, that’s only a guess that over the lifetime of a taz, which, we’re looking at, what, 10 years now for the Taz 5’s still putting in the miles? The BLTouch has been around for 6 years now, and I haven’t heard of them wearing out in any significant way. So, if we take everything as surviving as long as it’s been out, 1-2 BLTouches should last you the life of the machine. It’s a hall effect sensor, which, based on how many times they’re triggered in my car’s engine, are good for ummm… 1000 senses per minute for how many hours it takes me to drive 160,000 miles. That part isn’t going to wear out. The servo in them? again, most servos are rated at many thousands of hours of use. Granted, these are cheaper servos, but they get used at most a few hundred times per day. The electronics board dying, or the plastic probe pin catching on some spaghetti and snapping are probably how they’re more likely to fail. Inductive sensors have no moving parts and have no real protrusions to break either, so I’ll put their life at virtually unlimited too.
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Okay then I fold my cards as of the Bl touch only
Okay this what I know a prusa mk3 lasts 14 000 hours Thats 8 hours a day for 1500 days vs a Lulzbot from my experience i recommend lulzbots more for that reason & a message to leaders feel free to correct me
I only got x3 3D Printer one is a lulzbot mini v1.03 from Christmas 2015 , a prusa mk3 (both out of service execpt the next one & that’s a taz workhorse however because each new lulzbot is about 1/2 inch on each bed axis it’s worth looking at the lulzbot mini 3 & besides I like lulzbot mini’s though the taz workhorse is also a wonderful machine
i will however say i believe you as lulzbots are built to last and are extremely durable and effective (from my opinion)
I do however have a lulzbot taz workhorse between 52 & 53 days of stats with little to no maintenance (while a prusa mk4 & mk3)would be under 2 000 hours before a prusa needs a new mother board
Exactly what I thought
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For starters for any new taz of the future release if any I like what the lulzbot mini 3 has Execpt it does not acecpt usb or cards (note as many of that & the following would be perfect)
Also I want everything good about the taz workhorse
But with more metal axis parts (including the cable chain links) for longer durability as well as tougher insulation on the cords
A cubic foot build space & weighs no more then 15 pounds
A print job receipt record for security reasons
A magnetic bed That is interchangeable with glass beds
A 72 hour power save
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Higher speeds
Easier to change toolheads particularly the screws for the toolheads are more visable
Both sizes of filament
Always perfect layer
A Wi-Fi cloud login as a option preferably at Least 100 gigs
Compatible with any Chromebook , Microsoft, IPad or MacBook
Notifications when the 3DPrint is done options for email or text
Interchangeably beds from cubic foot to 2 feet long
A smallest footprint with the same build
More affordable (prices similar to a lulzbot mini)
Easier to change filament
Straight out of the box 3DPrint like the lulzbot mini
Option for parental controls
Touch screen
More affordable toolheads
Spring loaded filament detector
A circuit breaker instead of a fuse
Error alerts
- FYI, 1.75 can be used in a 2.85 toolhead, we have done this many times when we ran out of a particular color or material in 2.85 and didn’t have time to bring in 2.85, but we had stock in 1.75. Not practical with TPU though!
- A heated, thermally controlled enclosure would be nice, along with a flexible duct to bring ambient temperature cooling air to the cool side of the heat break. This would add considerable cost, but would allow larger builds and a wider range of high end materials.
- In many thousands of hours of build time, in the 10 years we’ve been Lulzbot resellers and users, we’ve never experienced a cable failure in any Lulzbot, from TAZ 3 all the way through Sidekick, unlike our Type A machines, Printrbots, Z-Morphs and Makerbots (in fairness Makerbot switched from cables to flex circuit for the moving conductors on the Replicator Plus). This evidence indicates there is no need to improve durability of the cables.
- Tazs are already available in taller and longer versions
- Tazs are already available with magnetic bed.
- I would like to see the ability to recover from a power outage, we have a lot of those. Our UPS’ only provide power for 15-20 minutes, and we have one on each machine.
- I’d like to see the runout sensor work better, the ones on the pro give lots of false filament out stoppages.
- Higher speeds will require a lighter toolhead (like the Makerbot Rep2), and/or more powerful steppers and a more rigid frame rail and bearing system like Zach Ruder’s at IT Works 3D, a longer heating area, like the volcano or the old Moar-struder.
- We use old, cheap laptops to run our machines via USB with Pronterface. We have a high end CAD workstation do the slicing, then send the gcode over the network to the laptops. Thus no need for WiFi built into the printer.
- We don’t need to be notified that the build is done, it’s fairly elementary to take the estimate from the slicing software and calculate when it will be done based on start time.
- Pricing is never going to be comparable to cheap Chinese printers - American labor costs more than theirs does. One of the reasons Aleph Objects got into financial trouble was they weren’t careful with their costs and margins.
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I appreciate your input , kind sir but I also meant to ask will a Chromebook work or will that need a software check if not I got windows
I just want as much power back as as possible especially because I live in tornado alley in Canada
there is only one problem i have with the core XY & thats the filament is under the bed otherwise perfect