gazob wrote:Great looking board, some really nice bundle options, sort of wish I had of waited....
That's always the way when you're on the technological bleeding edge. I'm right there with you. We're neighbors!
I ordered the X3 today with five stepper drivers (I need four but ordered one more as a spare), and I ordered the heated build platform. I have the 4X20 backlit LCDs (From Poland, With EBay) and the rotary encoder with switch (From Minnesota, With Digi-Key). The 12V@30A switching power supply should be here any day (From China, With EBay). I'm still waiting to order some 3D printer parts From Russia, With Love.
Other than those items, I'm pre-buying the big ticket items and waiting for them to be developed/built/shipped - Hadron kit from Automation Technologies, extruders from QU-BD on Kickstarter, and Azteeg X3 controller & HBP from RoyCo.
All that stuff should be here in August. My wife just had surgery on her broken ankle and I'm nursie for the weekend, so maybe I'll finish up Hadron #1 before all of the new stuff gets here for Hadron #2. I need to test some of the optional accessories I'm trying from McMaster-Carr on Hadron #1 before ordering them for Hadron #2.
The Azteeg X3 does look nice. All of these new controllers, heated build platforms, and better 3D printer mechanical designs are a symptom of free market economics in the rapidly moving field of 3D printing. Lots of innovation and active development. The development and life cycle of any technology adheres to an S-curve, and 3D printing is in the initial knee of that curve where things happen fast. Exciting times, living on the bleeding edge.