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Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 8:04 am
by sweet victory
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.
Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 9:21 pm
by FRUNKenstein
I saw this the other day at Compucenter.
Glad I could finally make a meaningful contribution to this thread.
Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 10:01 pm
by gnat
FRUNKenstein wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2019 9:21 pm
I saw this the other day at Compucenter.
Microcenter != Compucenter
Glad I could finally make a meaningful contribution to this thread.
Sooooo... Not so much then....
Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2019 2:18 pm
by FRUNKenstein
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.
Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2019 4:28 pm
by 5chn3ll
Your computer guy lets you touch any hardware at any point?
He's more trusting than I am.
Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:00 pm
by 5chn3ll
Sorry if this is an Enzo, but GODDAMN. Continuously extruded carbon-fiber matrix, allegedly as strong as aluminum.
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Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:05 pm
by 32wildbilly
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.
724-wf-pylzqehm-46.jpg
Now that would make a pretty cool indestructible toy tug boat.
Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:09 pm
by 5chn3ll
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
Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:20 pm
by 32wildbilly
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.
Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?
Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2019 10:16 am
by gnat
Hey Schnelly, been having some print issues lately. Any ideas?
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.