Missing printhead and one PCB - disabled by upgrading There are fewer and fewer Stratasys Genisys and XS machines each and every yearĨ. Maybe the reader prefers something different - I made my choice a long time ago and Im sticking to it. But instead I choose to keep investing in whatever Stratasys Genisys parts I can find/buy. I see $200 - to - $450 for a semi-pretty-good-hobbyiest machine. Some through phonecalls from the seller and paid by paypal. I dont have any print samples - got some print samples for sale?Īs I create the beginnings of this page on SI am planning on including photos of all the parts/pieces I have purchased over the last few years.
Empty cartridges (approx 25) and empty boxesġ4 Full cartridges with approx 50 wafer chips each (unsealed)ġ5 Full cartridges with approx 50 wafer chips each (sealed NIB) Black plastic ten-bay cartridge loading dock and attached PCBġ3. Odds and ends cables, connectors, bracketsħ. The Computer and steel beige case - contains cards, hard drive, CPU, memory ports etcĦ. Wafer loading mechanism (tractor feed/worm gear) which loads the chip into the printheadĥ. Now that I have sufficient media - Ive made a few purchases of spare partsĢ. My point is that I now have 3 full tanks of media - probably more media than I will use in my lifetime. (there are plenty of gas stations in USA- dont worry - 1 every 1/4 mile in my local area) Its like owning a car - but with no gas stations to buy gas from! See some people have the machine but they are missing the wafer chips and cartridges and - this lack of print media means - their printer has no material to print. I know of no-one-else who has this approach. I own a few of their parts and pieces as they are super rare - my approach is to find the rare items and then later buy the machine itself. I should say right upfront that Im not affiliated with Stratasys in ANY WAY. Its a real waste of a great machine to do that. I have been looking for spare parts and plastic media wafers for this model printer for about 5 years and occasionally I get a phonecall or email from a seller of parts or an owner who has decided to AAARGH give up on it and part it out. (The very first FDM printer model in the world but version XS which means it was the next version which has a 2" bigger build volume and some revisions over the previous year)