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Author: | mk e [ Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:23 am ] |
Post subject: | 3D printer...who has one? |
I decided shop equipment belongs here and wiht Scott talking about printing velocity stcks and me needing stacks and havign a son who wants to customize his nerf guns it might be time to own a printer. Last night i got permision to buy one and am looking at this: https://www.zapals.com/a8-large-desktop ... swod-SoPjw its open souce and a kit...and cheap! at under $150 with a 220x220x240 print size which seems big enough to do a lot of stuff. or maybe this: http://www.gearbest.com/3d-printers-3d- ... 36308.html similar but 220x220x300 At work I"m workign with some really high end printers but I know basically nothing about DIY stuff other than at $150-$200 I need to have one |
Author: | mk e [ Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:45 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: 3D printer...who has one? |
I'm liking these 2....aluminim frames and lost of features 210x210x310 https://folgertech.com/collections/3d-p ... rinter-kit 300x300x400 https://folgertech.com/collections/3d-p ... rinter-kit |
Author: | Madhatter [ Fri Mar 24, 2017 9:19 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 3D printer...who has one? |
My machinist makes most of the parts for the Airwolf brand, decent printers but a bit more then the price point you're looking at. Here's what I know from talking with my machinist and helping redesign the printer head once. The code is the easy part, the critical and most important parts come down to unit stability and the resolution of the stepper motors. high resolution stepper motors are expensive and stability requires more material and complexity, also raising costs. Filament fed units are problematic with consistent heat and feed rates. So for the DIY low cost units expect part quality and finish to be "meh". Fun but not exactly a finished part, they will require a fair amount of post processing. |
Author: | mk e [ Sat Mar 25, 2017 6:02 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 3D printer...who has one? |
Yeah. I'm right now setting up a printer lab at work and the cheapest unit is $30k I think to do what we need. But for nerf guns and velocity stacks and such, I'm thinking filament unit and true ABS vs laser cured similar to ABS makes some sense.....even if i means sanding and polishing or painting to make it nice. I'm 3/4 ready to buy it I think...... |
Author: | mk e [ Fri Apr 28, 2017 9:14 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: 3D printer...who has one? |
I finally decided to order this: https://folgertech.com/products/folger- ... rinter-kit Its a kit and open source....so I'm assuming it will be a few weeks before I have it printing anything usable. The kids are excited. |
Author: | mk e [ Tue May 02, 2017 7:27 am ] | ||
Post subject: | Re: 3D printer...who has one? | ||
Yesterday I downloaded FreeCAD and started playing with it a little....it seems to work.
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Author: | mk e [ Mon May 08, 2017 8:23 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: 3D printer...who has one? |
The printer should be here tomorrow so I was reading the the manual and saw a download for CNC router...oh that's right, they are beta testing a CNC router option for the printer. This is going to be greaaaaaat! |
Author: | darktype [ Tue May 09, 2017 12:49 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: 3D printer...who has one? |
Nice idea for DIY, but I haven't seen a 3D printer in person until now. I always see one from online stores. |
Author: | mk e [ Wed May 10, 2017 7:37 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: 3D printer...who has one? |
They say the instructions are clear and easy....but can a 10 year old build it? Lets find out! https://youtu.be/tVfnAlF_TLc |
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