3D printers / rapid prototyping
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Ken555
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 3D printers / rapid prototyping Just having a play with an "open Source" home built one. from drawing to object in hand in an hour, I am still amazed at this stuff lol Attachment: 
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surface texture due to using cheap filaments, the better filament gives a smoother finish.
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kano nordie
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Re: 3D printers / rapid prototyping Hi Ken, Clever stuff, if you make more can you sell to me if only to stop people asking what it is and who made it  Cheers John
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Re: 3D printers / rapid prototyping Very nice. I've toyed with getting one myself but, as you say, it's the surface texture problems with the cheaper printers/materials that puts me off.
Well it's that and the derisory laughter of my wife when ever I raise the suggestion.
I keep showing her pictures of 3D printed shoes and she keeps showing me pictures of 3D printed artificial body parts. I'm taking that as a veiled threat.
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Re: 3D printers / rapid prototyping As usual with new technology the products get better and the costs come down. I bought one for the company I work for last year at a cost of £1500.00. It proved so useful I bought a chinese made version with two printing heads so that you can inlay a different colour into whatever you are making and more versatile to boot for just over £600.00!! They do have limitations but by playing around with the settings and different filament materials you can get an acceptable finish. I will be playing around at making a badge and wheel centres for the K3 and see how it goes.
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Re: 3D printers / rapid prototyping I need 3d model of dasboard ( LHD / Coupe ) 
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Ken555
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Re: 3D printers / rapid prototyping Anything over 200mm square/cube is beyond what I can do. A little further on. Attachment: 
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Re: 3D printers / rapid prototyping The possibilities are great, the stuff that gets rapid prototyped at work is impressive, we have our own machines. I have even started getting brackets for the test rigs rapid prototyped for holding the odd shaped pumps and odd shaped tywrap blocks etc.
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catsam
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Re: 3D printers / rapid prototyping I made a cnc mill but sold it.
I wish I had not sold it that would have been just the thing for making parts
it was great fun I did think of making a 3d printer but got a kitcar instead of the printer
I might make a small cnc mill
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Re: 3D printers / rapid prototyping good stuff ken
did you make the printer to ?
I play with 3D printers for a day job its nice to see them making there way on to forums like this.
We have 3 ultimaker 2 ,1 makerbot x2, and a 1 form one. still send most stuff off to big printers but a good bit of kit to have around.
i am hoping to print some stuff soon for the spyder.
there is a new carbon fiber filament that looks promising (i will try it soon)
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Ken555
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Re: 3D printers / rapid prototyping It's a reprap self build "kit", idea is you can print another printer.  Carbon fibre filament on order along with some ABS.
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Re: 3D printers / rapid prototyping Print me out a complete Libra, i'll settle for 1/24 scale  SAS
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