John returns to the show and discusses three new crowdfunded printers (and one older one).

We had a few subscribers ask about the E3D BigBox printer, so we gave our first impressions of it. Auto-leveling is a big plus as well as the customizability. If everything works as shown, it may be a serious competitor of the LulzBot Taz 5 (and 6 coming next year).

The TinyBoy printer was featured on episode 43 alongside the M3D Micro. The TinyBoy 2 is now on Indiegogo and has about a week left to meet its goal. We like the more professional look and injection molded parts. It's still ultra compact but slightly more powerful than the previous version.

The iBox Nano is another compact machine, but resin-based rather than FDM. The small footprint and price (starting at $300) are very appealing if the small build size isn't an issue.

Finally, we've been following the Pirate3D Buccaneer story for quite some time and they released a new update last month. In order to obtain additional funding, they can no longer fulfill the rest of the Kickstarter rewards as advertised. After reworking the design and building up some funds, they promise to send out the rest of the printers to their backers.

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