Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] 3D Printing

I have used resin 3D printing service quite a bit and feel that my $ is better spent having a service provider do the printing.    If you are looking for a quality end product rather than the "experience"  go for a service provider.   If you want to play with 3D printing then a plastic squirter is probably the best bet and a specific machine is probably more suitable than attempting to retrofit a cnc router.   Make magazine has a 3D printing special publication on news stands which I found interesting.  


From: Jamie Cunningham <jamie@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 7:42 AM
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] 3D Printing

There are two things that prevented me from putting an extruder on my CNC
machine - my CNC just isn't fast enough - and while you *could* print
slowly I did not want to wait days for something to print :) and also the
*need* for a heated bed - the best prints are on a heated platform and I
did not want to make one for the size of my CNC machine (36"X47") plus I
have problem with lifting on my small bed as it is - I can only imagine how
bad it would be with something bigger!

I was in that 3d printing and fabrication group on Yahoo but it was mostly
about the resin stuff that I was not interested in so I unjoined... the
reprap forums are probably the best place to go http://forums.reprap.org/


Jamie
Check out my CNC projects (and more) at http://www.backyardworkshop.com/

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:12 PM, John Dammeyer <johnd@...>wrote:

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> Any suggestions on which Yahoo groups to follow for 3D plastic printing.
> I don't really want to build a reprap or buy a makerbot. More like
> thinking of adding the head to my CNC JGRO type router.
>
> But I'm wondering what sort of rates these units need for the X and Y
> axis.
>
> Wondering if anyone has substituted their router with a heated extrusion
> head.
>
> Thanks
>
> John Dammeyer
>
> "ELS! The Solution"
> Automation Artisans Inc.
> http://www.autoartisans.com/ELS/
> Ph. 1 250 544 4950
>
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