Replicator 2

No longer open source, the Replicator 2 nevertheless impresses with major upgrades.

Torture test print. Click to view large.

THE REPLICATOR 2 IS THE NEWEST ITERATION OF MAKERBOT’S wildly popular Replicator. Now faster, quieter, and with a paper-thin 100-micron minimum layer height, the Replicator 2 is worthy of its 2.0 badge. It sports a new steel frame, oil-impregnated bronze linear bearings, and a 37% larger build volume, and it’s optimized for PLA.

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Primo Features LCD control panel, cold pause, paper-thin layer heights
Print volume 11.2″×6″×6.1″
Print speed 80–100mm/sec
Print material PLA
Resolution (z-axis) 0.10mm–0.34mm
Machine software MakerWare
Slicing software MakerWare
OS supported Windows, Mac, Linux
Open Source No
Price as tested $2,199
Pedigree MakerBot Replicator
Print without PC? Yes, SD card

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5 Responses to Replicator 2

drestuff on February 1st, 2013 at 10:13 pm said:

I received my lomg awaited Rep2 last week. Makerbot released a product with a serious design flaw. The feeder approach to the extruder has 3 places which consistently stall the extruder and ruin prints. A real review would have caught this and documented it. Makerbot must make this good for those who coughed up the $2200 for their machine. Fixes are well documented on the Thingaverse. Makerbot has no excuse for producing the Rep2 with the plunger design.

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- F-Bomb on February 7th, 2013 at 8:09 pm said:
  
  I have had significant extrusion problems with my new Replicator 2, as well. I found the 0.1mm layer height setting (fine print quality) entirely unusable.
  
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  drestuff on February 7th, 2013 at 10:08 pm said:
  
  Forget using Makerware. Go to ReplicatorG. Also go get the latest derivative of the extruder upgrade at the Thingiverse ASAP.
  
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Chester Wong on March 25th, 2013 at 3:50 am said:

Plus crappy customer service, I think I know what NOT to get. Thanks for the heads up.

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FightCube on May 24th, 2013 at 12:54 pm said:

Wow, these comments surprise me. I hope Makerbot can repair this negative perception.

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