Is this Dremel tool a "must have" for your workbench?

Huh, a Dremel without a collet?

I'll wait until Ollie's or Big Lots has a blow out sale on them!  LOL

Will wait for a price drop, if I ever get one? Micro-Mark was offering one in the $700 range, I think it was? SparkFun also has one they have been offering, but I forget the price? I think they are a nice invention, but I'm not sure what I would use one for at this time either. Then there is the learning curve on the design of the project so you can print it. A lot more thought needed here before purchasing. 

Wait and see. For me it's not about what it can print, it is about how the design software works. If it isn't easy to describe what you want made, it may just be easier to make it the old fashioned way.

Wait and see for me.  I can see a use for it down the road though.  I believe it's called "Fixed Pilots".

I have a Makerbot for now and will stick with it 'til something that is a major upgrade over that is available.

I talked with a Dremel representative at their booth at MakerFaire this past weekend (you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting two or three 3D printers in some areas of that place).

Their machine only works with one of the two common types of plastic filament feedstock, PLA (cornstarch based). Many/most other printers will print both ABS and PLA, at a lower retail price than Dremel's unit.

I found Autodesk has put out a freeware application called 123Design, which can output directly to many 3D printers with the addition of a "slicer" plugin (also freeware from Autodesk). I figured I'd download it to play with and learn something about 3D modeling so I have something of a clue when a decent printer falls into my price range

---PCJ