I saw some prints from Carbon3D last week. Quite incredible quality in functional elastomeric materials. At $40,000 p.a. its not cheap. Above my pay grade.
For cheap desk-top I like the Ultimaker. Not much difference in them for around $2k . But I think Ultimaker is top of the heap for...
Plenty of linear stages out there to search through. Cost will go up sharply with accuracy. Go through the Misumi automation catalogue and you will get an idea of what you can get
https://www.thorlabs.com/navigation.cfm?guide_id=2060...
Not sure if these guys do overmoulding.
http://www.protolabs.co.uk/injection-molding/rubber-injection-molding.
You could consider trying something yourseld with RTV silicone
Thanks for the information.
The Markforged machine looks interesting but I think it may be dedicated to high strength and functional parts for tooling and engineering parts. I would really like to have one though.
My immediate needs are for better finished parts. Really I am looking for...
Working better now. No issues since previous post.
Only problem I had was in one part which wouldn't update unless SE restarted. Luckely it wasn't too complicated so I made up new version.
I use a Makerbot Replicator 2 for making prototype parts for consumer products and I would like to upgrade.
Could anyone recommend printers in plastic that would be better in finish , speed and reliabilaty than Replicator 2. I am sure there have been many enhancements this type of machine...
not knowing the specific machine or what may be wrong but I am sure it could be repared without resorting to whole manifold valve replacement. Could be just dirt or an electrical fault. We have forklift and hose repair mobile services in country.
Assuming you need replacement valve. There...
I'm on MP5 and still having problems.
Most of issues are fairly small like display problems. However they are very annoying and time consuming. I am not geting much help from tec. support.
I wonder is it because I am working in ordered mode?
I wish to join alu. foil to ss foil by soldering or welding.
I would like to keep join low profile so a riveting or clamping is not suitable.
Foils are about 50 micron thick and 12 mm wide.
So far soldering with 60/40 solder has proved unsuccessful. Especially with SS.
I am sure the...
Is this entry level? Budget $2k scanner extra . Look at : https://ultimaker.com/ for range of materials and options. Colours limited.
This field is in its infancy and there are plenty of low cost FDM machines pretty much the same. I have a Replicator and cant recommend it.
Much more...
ST8 seems to have quite a few bugs in my experience.
Test not visable in dimensions. Extrude command fails in all parts whe working in ordered mode. The latter can be fixed by generating new part and making a base extrusion. After that there is no problem until issue pops up again.
I'm...
Anybody out there know of a Makerbot forum giving technical advice on problems with Replicator 2?
I am having ongoing issues and not getting much satisfaction from technical support. Now they are giving me the "out of warranty" line despite this going back to virtuslly to when printer was new...
I wish to pot some temperature sensitive electrical components in a hard resin that doesn't heat up above 30C during setting. Is there a slow set epoxy of polyurethane that wont heat up too much. I assume mass and area of product have effect on ultimate temperature. Part is 4" square and...
I wish to maintain the potential difference so theoretically there should be no current once the device is charged. However I assume there will be some leakage of potential through ths air or through insulators. How much I cannot say at the moment but given that the appartus should be...
