Don Foley makes some nice 3d models. He's got a steampunk picture frame design here: http://donfoley.com/3d-printing/project-details/steampunk-photo-frame
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Don Foley makes some nice 3d models. He's got a steampunk picture frame design here: http://donfoley.com/3d-printing/project-details/steampunk-photo-frame
I agree. It looked pretty shaky and that never leads to good parts. Notice they didn't show you the finished parts side-by-side!
@Illiad - You joined these boards so THAT could be your first post??? You must have really been waiting for the right situation to use that cartoon in a post!
It's not our place to judge Japanese culture. It's up to them to define what works for them. Prime directive anyone? ;-)
OH, so it's more like "heli" as in helicopter. It's the spinning that's the big differentiator? Hmmm... Keep the laser steady and move the part? I could see problems with that too, but I'm no...
Check out ORD Solutions RoVa3D - has up to 5 water-cooled print heads. They have a forum on here. it looks interesting.
@Feign - please share your thoughts! I can't tell how this works! "Helio" means sun as far as I know. I'd like some explanation too. Until then, looks like more vaporware to me.
The use case they describe on the website is for printing things on little acrylic baseplates (which they sell of course - but pretty cheap), like busts or letters. I could also see it being used...
Seems like they're missing the point of "local manufacturing". As always, profit rules...
Eddie - I'm on the east coast, Delray Beach.
I've been collecting websites for physical 3d Printing stores. Some of them are already opening up their second and third locations. There are stores...
Actually, I think it even gets it's own acronym - LOM (Laminated Object Manufacturing). To me it seems like it's a hybrid between additive & subtractive. It adds the paper layer by layer, but it also...
CaptainObvious - do you consider yourself a pessimist or a realist? ;-)
Larry,
I'm in South Florida and I was considering doing the same thing - a physical store front. Where are you located?