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You'll be surprised how many ideas you'll come up with. <br>
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only recently, I've done:<br>
shopping bag clip for the car<br>
mounting brackets for a led strip light<br>
case for component tester<br>
charging dock for smart watch<br>
and several parts for the cocktail robot I'm finally getting
around to. <br>
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and then there's thingiverse.com. <br>
I have a few bits up on there under the username Section8<br>
CR<br>
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On 27/09/2017 5:44 PM, Andrew Errington wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Hello everyone,
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<div dir="auto">My 3D printer arrived today. Now I can hang
with the cool kids.</div>
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<div dir="auto">For the longest time I have coveted this:</div>
<div dir="auto"><a
href="https://hobbyking.com/en_us/catalogsearch/result/index/?dir=desc&order=price&q=Malyan+m200"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://hobbyking.com/en_us/catalogsearch/result/index/?dir=desc&order=price&q=Malyan+m200</a></div>
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<div dir="auto">It is the Malyan M200, aka the Monoprice MP
Select Mini. It was announced to great excitement just over a
year ago as the first actually decent 3D printer for less than
200 US dollars:</div>
<div dir="auto"><a
href="https://hackaday.com/2016/06/13/review-monoprice-mp-select-mini-3d-printer/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://hackaday.com/2016/06/13/review-monoprice-mp-select-mini-3d-printer/</a><br>
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<div dir="auto">So, for the price it's pretty good, all things
considered. I was overseas when it was announced, and I
didn't want to try and get one delivered to me there, nor did
I want to carry it back to NZ when I eventually returned.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I kept my eye on it at hobbyking, and another
eye on the exchange rate. As you know, GST is not collected
on imports if the GST amount is less than NZD 60, which
equates to a shipment value of NZD 400 including shipping.
Unfortunately, if you exceed this threshold you get some other
fees tacked on too, approximately an additional hundred
dollars.</div>
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<div dir="auto">The shipping cost from Hong Kong is about USD
65, so all up it's right on the edge of being slightly over
the limit, depending on the exchange rate.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Lately the NZD has been quite strong so it was
quite likely I would not be over the limit, but it's marginal.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Last week I spotted it was on sale with about
USD 50 discount. I bought one on Friday and it arrived
today. At least if you're paying that much for shipping you
actually get good service. I bought the UK version to be sure
it was capable of 240V operation, but I think all models are
the same, just with a different figure-8 mains cable supplied.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Out of the box you get five metres of PLA and a
microSD card with a sample model (and the manual) on it. They
supply a small Allen key for you to check the bed is level,
after which you load the filament and press print.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Now I have joined the horde of 3D printer owners
with no real need for one... but it's cool.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Best wishes,</div>
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<div dir="auto">Andrew</div>
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