quality is pretty good for printing replacement parts, Rhinokey is always printing out brackets, webcam mounts, combs, dice, etc... One of my project plans is to print out goggles to house my brain machine (custom fit to the 3D scan of my head I did with the Kinect)
print quality (resolution) + print volume (size of printout) + reliability (printout success rate) + cost (printer, delivery, customs, material) are the variables that i look at. in that order.
Yeah FDM has it's share of issues when it comes to quality. right now it may be the best when it comes to price per foot in terms of building bigger objects. Since a build plate is only so large it comes down to being able to break a design into smaller pieces and engineer them to fit together after the parts are printed.…
If I was a character artist I think it would be really cool to see my characters in a print. Printing the tiny barrels, props, and other crap I make will probably feel less rewarding lol.
Depends on the type, Nasa prints with metal for jet engines, China prints with concrete for houses. Gold? Yes probably on specialist printers. Some printers have their own software for the real world size calibration. As for manual, get some HQ measuring equipment build to scale in program, print off rapid prototype at LQ,…
very little to be honest they have become so affordable i'm thinking of making it a priority purchase soon, realistically they cost as much as a good monitor or a small TV right now. No idea what I would print yet, would probably just break open my archive of models and print off some of my weirdest ones Edit:That said 3D…
Hmm I'd be interested in a 3d printer to replace small broken parts around the house that are hard to find in stores/online. For example, I lost a few of those little feet from a few kitchen chairs. If I could just mockup/print some replacements, that'd be pretty cool. Or when the dishwasher loses a clip that holds one of…