[Lab] Lab Digest, Vol 47, Issue 21

[John Nicol]

Hi Steve,

 

Nice!

 

To answer the original question, I have a Makibox 3D printer  www.makibox.com, however haven't really got it going yet.  The original extruder broke after about 10 minutes and I only got my replacement yesterday.   It was $399 and was originally a kickstarter project.  I also have a 4' x 8' CNC that I am putting the final touches on to complete it in the coming few days.  It is going, but needs tweaks.  I have been thinking of putting a 3D extruder on the Z axis and making the whole thing a PLA printer.  Not very practical though, it would take weeks and probably a truck and a half of PLA to do a full bed print!  It would be fun to do a largish print though that is bigger than a few inches cubed.

 

John


 

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> 1. Re: 3d printing in general - equipment and opportunity
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> Well, I don?t have my own 3D printer at home yet, but I do get to use the 3D Systems ProJet HD 3000 we have at our office.
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> The neat thing is, members of this list also get to use the ProJet HD 3000 at my office.
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> This printer uses acrylic plastic and wax support material. Layers are 32 microns, and the accuracy is within 0.002?, so the parts are quite high quality.
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> Envirolaser offers a 3D print service and sometimes we have extra space on the build plate.
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> For members of this list, any non-commercial 3D printing is done at a huge discount if we can include the part with one of our commercial builds.
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> Generally, the cost is simply materials and maybe $5 ? $10 in time charges.
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> Stephen Burke
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