Anyone know much about 3d printers?

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Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?

Post by sweet victory » Tue Jun 25, 2019 8:04 am

Printer belongs to the company, and it paid it self off on the first part it made. People think that you can throw metal to a CNC mill/lathe, push a button, and go. There is a ton of prep work that goes into programming, fixturing/work holding, tooling, etc. It's terrible to do low volume work. I wanted a "just push the button" set up. I used to use Stratasys printers, but their proprietary slicer and proprietary (and extremely overpriced. A spool of ABS was something like $250 per roll, even with our discount) material got old fast. Repairs were lengthy and expensive. You could just buy a new UM3+ anytime the Stratasys needed something and still end up saving money.

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Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?

Post by FRUNKenstein » Thu Jul 04, 2019 9:21 pm

I saw this the other day at Compucenter.
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Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?

Post by gnat » Thu Jul 04, 2019 10:01 pm

FRUNKenstein wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2019 9:21 pm I saw this the other day at Compucenter.
Microcenter != Compucenter
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Post by FRUNKenstein » Fri Jul 05, 2019 2:18 pm

gnat wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2019 10:01 pm
FRUNKenstein wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2019 9:21 pm I saw this the other day at Compucenter.
Microcenter != Compucenter
I dunno - it was one of those places where they had a bunch of that computer stuff. My computer guy made me go there to pick up some boxes he ordered for the office.
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Post by 5chn3ll » Fri Jul 05, 2019 4:28 pm

Your computer guy lets you touch any hardware at any point?

He's more trusting than I am.

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Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?

Post by 5chn3ll » Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:00 pm

Sorry if this is an Enzo, but GODDAMN. Continuously extruded carbon-fiber matrix, allegedly as strong as aluminum.
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Post by 32wildbilly » Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:05 pm

5chn3ll wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:00 pm Sorry if this is an Enzo, but GODDAMN. Continuously extruded carbon-fiber matrix, allegedly as strong as aluminum.

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Now that would make a pretty cool indestructible toy tug boat.
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Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?

Post by 5chn3ll » Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:09 pm

Carbon fiber is strong enough for n/a intake parts and all sorts of other cool applications. The company that makes that model also makes a high-end metal printing unit, but I suspect it will be out of my price range forever.

They also offer metal part 3D printing as a service, which is pretty wicked:
https://markforged.com

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Post by 32wildbilly » Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:20 pm

5chn3ll wrote: Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:09 pm Carbon fiber is strong enough for n/a intake parts and all sorts of other cool applications. The company that makes that model also makes a high-end metal printing unit, but I suspect it will be out of my price range forever.

They also offer metal part 3D printing as a service, which is pretty wicked:
https://markforged.com
Holy Crap! That's some serious stuff there.
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Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?

Post by gnat » Sat Aug 03, 2019 10:16 am

Hey Schnelly, been having some print issues lately. Any ideas?

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That was the result of trying to remove a jam and the nozzle wouldn't come off. The wrench slipped off the block and this is what I found this morning when I tore it down.

Joking aside, I did finally get the nozzle off, clear the jam, and other than needing a Live Z adjustment it was still printing flawlessly. So well in fact I figured I couldn't have bent the heat break like I thought. Figured that maybe some of the plastic housing had gotten soft and deformed instead.

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