The Solidoodle 3 upgrades were taking too long, and a 3d printer to print parts to repair another 3d printer turns out to be handy. I had been eyeing the Lulzbot Mini for awhile, bought a refurbished machine from http://itworks3d.com/. So far I am super impressed!
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