Has anyone of you tried online 3D printing services ?

[LambdaFF]

Hi, like all of you probably here, I am very interested in buying a 3D printer but I wanted to get the feel of an end result before being (financially) too involved.

So I decided to try 4/5 online 3D printing services. Local 3D hubs here only have FFF, not really what I wanted. I tried to stay on iso-perimeter for size, material. I wanted 2 projects : a business card and a 3D printer.
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Here below is an example of the Sculpteo user interface for print parameters and feasability. For various personal reasons I ended up placing the order there.
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Heralded by various mails from the post office I received part of my order today nicely wrapped. Don't judge the result on the picture I blurred it a bit intentionally.
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For the dice itself, the print order was cancelled after a day, because of the smaller details analyzed in their software (see red areas above). I thought (but I'm no pro admittedly) that I had respected the minimum dimensions for feasability. When I discussed with the support team they told me that the issue was the high pressure cleaning process. So, they could do it if I accepted a delay in the cleaning process, which I did and they re-validated the order. A very nice exchange overall.

Pictures of the dice in a few days.

So, what online printing services have you used ? What was your experience ?

[pardonme]

Do you consider Shapeways to be a 3D Printing service? I've ordered several things from there, and have been very happy each time.

[LambdaFF]

Annd the dice arrived ! Now I can see what they meant at Sculpteo. The feeling for the thickness is not the same when you actually hold it in your hands.
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