The Guide To Not Buying A 3D Printer

Epic 3D printer fail.

With all the excitement over 3D printing, I thought it might be a good idea to offer information from chopmeister, who appears to have written a very good how-not-to-mess-up-when-buying-a-3D-printer guide.

The basics? Be careful believing jargon, technobabble, claims that anyone can use it because it's "open-source" and comparison tables of competing products.

Be especially wary of the words "Revolutionary, patent-pending, groundbreaking" because as the author states, "Usually (and usually does not mean always) indicates crappy printer. It's the same like all that "as seen on TV" stuff."

Me? I've already have a Micro3D on order, so I just broke all his rules. Let's see what happens.