Whats the maintenance like when your running it that hard? I'm thinking of getting one for "the kids to play with"
I guess that will depend on the printer you get and how you have it set up. They range from $300 to $3000 dollars for printers that are pretty much the same maintenance wise. Mine is a DIY kit (of coarse it is
). It took me a while to get things tuned up to where I could run it constantly without too much maintenance. I have to clean out the nozzle every so often. I just replaced the belts on it as they were getting stretched out. I run upgraded steal lined belts. They last much longer then the normal belts. There is something typically always needed to be cleaned or repaired weekly, whether you have a cheap printer or an expensive printer. Some people, myself included, have separate hot end assemblies so when they need to clean one out, they just put a different one in and keep printing.