What ~$20 - $30k 3D printer would you get?
What ~$20 - $30k 3D printer would you get?
(OP)
And why?
It's a subjective topic and the choice is weighed heavily by the intended use. I personally don't make large quantities of parts and would choose one that does most of the work for you... I wouldn't want anyone's primary job description to be running and maintaining the machine.
But what do you think?
It's a subjective topic and the choice is weighed heavily by the intended use. I personally don't make large quantities of parts and would choose one that does most of the work for you... I wouldn't want anyone's primary job description to be running and maintaining the machine.
But what do you think?





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Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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Dan
www.eltronresearch.com
Dan's Blog
RE: What ~$20 - $30k 3D printer would you get?
Shouldn't be too hard. If they don't want to try it - quit looking at them!!
RE: What ~$20 - $30k 3D printer would you get?
My engineering department started off with a Dimension BST1200 7 years ago, and just recently upgraded to a SST1200es with a 10 x 10 x 12 work envelope, soluble support structure, and increased strength ABS build material.
We commission about 2 dozen injection moldings, diecastings, and forgings a year, and this is the best investment we could have ever made. We also build FDM parts for outside companies at a handsome rate.
We have all of the tooling, the CNC machines, the very well equipped shop, and their is NOTHING for the money that can give you a functional and nearly exact facsimile of a proposed part like these machines can. I can't recommend it highly enough, and no, I am not a paid promoter :>)
Good luck in your decision!
It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
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Christopher K. Hubley
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Sunpower Incorporated
Athens, Ohio
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RE: What ~$20 - $30k 3D printer would you get?
On the other hand, there are advantages to sending them out as a good RP house will have a multitude of machines and can tailor the process used to your requirements.
I can't recommend a specific machine because I don't have one. Good luck with yours.
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