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hi guys here and this is the dual extrude and 3d printer for monoprice but before we get to it let's find out quickly about 3d printing it's quite simple now here is my second cup of coffee for the day is not very good but no worry I have this right here and take a look voila issue is better now but most importantly I just printed a 3d object on top of the cup now the same idea with this printer you of course a lot more complicated the preacher has a preacher hat right here it comes with a dual extruder now doesn't mean it can work with two material at the same time now in the back here there are two spool of pre material called filaments like and why they are also one of different cars that you can buy these are basically easily melted fast congeal plastic string the string goes through this tube right here into one of the extruder where it got heated and melt and then comes down on the plate below here called the build platform now s is coming down the pretty head your move around and hands form the 3d object underneath now that's how simple in that but 3d printing can be very time-consuming and intimidating now the machine here for example is look nice but it's not because I will put together have the Box you actually have to assemble part of it it's very similar to buying furniture from Ikea now the hardest part is the calibration or basically make the platform right here the BIM platform to stay in a perfect position two things number one have to be completely level number two we have to be just a little bit away from the pretty head about not too far not too close now you can use the control panel here right here would be the navigation button to help with the calibration process and there are three screw underneath the platform for you to adjust the high-end detail now the second hard part is the software it's very fragmented the printer here used open-source software and it required two pieces first is the replicator G which is the print software and the second is Python now we have to install those separately and after they have to actually configure replicator G to work with Python now one that installed the replicator G actually very powerful software is allows you to view many too late and print 3d objects now it takes a long time to bring a 3d object for example these Yoda guys right here it takes an hour and a half to finish or this iPhone 4 case right here 2 hours obviously the largest object and the more complicated is the long it takes to print the printer connects to a computer using a USB port on the back here but it also come with an SD card slot the card right here hidden inside actually allows you to print without a computer that's very helpful because the print process can take hours and if you use a computer for the printing and the computer go to sleep mode the print is a fail before I could bring something nice like this thing right here I have to go through a pile of fail right here and this actually took hours so basically for most of you I think for now if you just stick with playing with the whipped cream but if you're up to the challenge of this emerging technology the motor price is actually a really cool and fun machine to have and I think it's worth the current price of $1,200 would you actually cheaper than some computing model I'm all the printer here check out my full review at cnet.com by the way all these right here is art because I made it and that's because I'm dumb more and this has been the first look as the dual extrusion 3d printer from monoprice and you know pretty good next time I skip it entirely