Just completed coursework at Uni where we used a CNC router and an FDM machine to make a prototype of an adjustable egg cup.
The egg cup manufacturing cost using the FDM was only £7 for the material.
Poll: Do you have a 3d printer?
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#22I got together with 15 of my friends and bought one for us to share. We each had to pay under $50, which made it very attractive. None of us use it enough to justify owning one ourselves, so sharing was the obvious solution.
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#23I would love to be able to use on on a hourly base
Most hacker spaces offer rental of maker bots (3D printers), laser cutters, powder printers, and more:
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#25If you are looking to buy a 3d printer as a business investment/opportunity, let me know. I'm exploring that market and would like to talk to people with the same mindset. Note that 3D printing is a huge, huge industry. Due to how it will allow companies to print or buy parts for their machinery at a fraction of the current costs.
I dunno, 3D printed ABS parts are nowhere near the injection moulding strength of ABS. The construction of a part tends to be porous, and the inter filament bonds are weak. Geometry alone suggests layering tubes ontop of tubes is not the best way to make a strong solid. If a machine keeps breaking due to wear you don't want to replace its metal parts with ultra fragile plastic parts. Maybe it depends on the machine a…
I am in the process of acquiring a 3D printing machine because I have some factories interested in buying plastic parts from me. These are not for precise machining, but mostly maintenance parts. You don't need to compete with CNC machining, because there are so many things you can do with this that its ridiculous.
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#26I think 3D printers are firmly in the "Linux desktop" stage for now. You will hear it's revolutional arrival announced every year, but it will never materialize.
ouch, that is cruel, but strangely relevant...
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#27You should include "I have access to one that I can use".
I agree with this. I'm not sure I'll ever buy my own, but the one I have access to at the local hackerspace sees much use from me.
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#28I don't have one currently. I sorely do want one though.
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#29I think 3D printers are firmly in the "Linux desktop" stage for now. You will hear it's revolutional arrival announced every year, but it will never materialize.
I don't know, all my close friends and family are running Linux as their main OS. You might just wake up one day to realize that Linux on the desktop has already happened.
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#30In my former lab we had two.