3D Printer Questions

[iBorg]

What's the standards I should look for in a 3D printer. I think the price is getting to a point its worth considering.

 

Thanks,

Mike

[Ace-Garageguy]

I saw some parts yesterday at the Atlanta ACME show that had astounding resolution...made on a $350 machine. If you want specifics, let me know.

[iBorg]

Please send me info.....I'm wanting to up my game. I'm also looking at CNC equipment.

 

[peteski]

Are you proficient in 3D CAD drafting? If not, I would say that this is the first thing you should be looking into when getting a 3D printer.

Edited November 4, 2019 by peteski

[iBorg]

I'm pretty good with Illustrator.....I typically learn much better when I have a project I'm trying to complete.

[peteski]

1 hour ago, iBorg said:

I'm pretty good with Illustrator.....I typically learn much better when I have a project I'm trying to complete.

OK, but that is pretty much 2D drawing.  3D is quite different in complexity.  I'm also fairly good win CorelDraw, but when I dove into SketchUp, it was quite a new experience.  You have to think in 3D space.

[iBorg]

Not a problem for the design work I do.

[peteski]

Cool. In that case you have an important obstacle behind you.

[Ace-Garageguy]

On 11/3/2019 at 2:20 PM, iBorg said:

Please send me info...

Yes sir...this from Pico Elgin, our local 3D guru who showed me his parts this last weekend..."Anycubic Photon. To get the latest news on it and other printers get on Facebook and go to the Anycubic Photon Owners page and the LCD SLA Printers Shoot Out page. The shoot out page is done by Andrew Gott of Athens, Tn., he has recently been appointed by the Elegoo Mars company to do repairs and development on the Mars, which has an excellent reputation, also."

[peteski]

Yes, Anycubic Photon is very popular printer on a model railroad forum I frequent. Several members own them, and they can produce some really high quality items (and this is in N scale, or 1:160).  But hat printer can only produce fairly small items (perfect for small scale modeling).

[my66s55]

13 hours ago, peteski said:

Yes, Anycubic Photon is very popular printer on a model railroad forum I frequent. Several members own them, and they can produce some really high quality items (and this is in N scale, or 1:160).  But hat printer can only produce fairly small items (perfect for small scale modeling).

What size prints are you wanting to do?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[peteski]

On 11/6/2019 at 12:43 PM, my66s55 said:

What size prints are you wanting to do?

I don't need anything large. I was just adding some information to what Bill posted about Photon in his post above mine.