Next week, in conjunction with the SolidWorks World 2010 event, they’ll hold a press release announcing new pricing on the SD300 Pro, the only desktop Laminated Object Manufacturing (LOM) printer that carves out sweet 3D from polyvinyl sheet. It’s quite a process. SolidWorks Co-founder and Solido3D board member, Scott Harris along with industry expert Terry Wohlers will be rockin’ the news.
We talked about the unique aspects of the Solido3D printers a while back. Barring material price and waste, desktop printing at the lowest printer price possible is the marketing line every 3D printer manufacturer has been hurling themselves towards. It’s no different for Solido and their SD300.
At the press event, the price of the 3D printer will be slashed from around $12,000 to “considerably less than $5,000.” – WorldCAD Access
$5,000 has been the price to beat. Who knows why sub-$5,000 suddenly makes everything more feasible, but there it is. If they bring it down to the $1,000 price point (I’m thinking it’s going to be $999), there is going to be a lot of shuffling around in the 3D print/diy fabber world. Look for the news coming next week.
