Could use some advice

[Mathew Saunders]

Roxy,

That was more than the answer I expected!Haha, I really appreciate you clearing that up for me. I'll look more into that Open_SCAD, however I might go with solidworks/autocad unless you can let me know about one I might like more. So an 8x8 bed would be safe, as for the printer and price tag, for a first you're saying the reprap. I need something that is really good quality print, so maybe if a bumped my budget up I could ensure that? Honestly you know best so maybe you could toss a few options out there at me.


Here are some other Items I may print (and similar would be what I would design).
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:264955/#collections
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:94920
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:246858/#made
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:261415

[Roxy]

Pretty much, any printer you get will be able to print those items. But here is the one thing that comes to mind. All of those items you want to be strong with minimum weight. You might want to set your slicer program to produce very thin walls with no infill. If so, that might affect what size nozzle (very small) that you want and it might affect what plastic you choose to use for the print. You are going to have to experiment to get things where you are happy with them.

[Mathew Saunders]

Pretty much, any printer you get will be able to print those items. But here is the one thing that comes to mind. All of those items you want to be strong with minimum weight. You might want to set your slicer program to produce very thin walls with no infill. If so, that might affect what size nozzle (very small) that you want and it might affect what plastic you choose to use for the print. You are going to have to experiment to get things where you are happy with them.

Yeah, I don't expect things to be a "put it together and go" situation. I expect a lot of trial and error and a lot of frustration! I will keep on the search for the best printer that will suit my needs, but other than that I'll continue the research.