new to 3d printing

[dave6]

hello, ive been tasked with moving a small company into 3d printing small/medium aluminum parts/brackets. budget for a new machine is around $750, not including start up materials. can someone suggest a user friendly, dependable machine and where to start on educating myself on the subject. thank you kindly in advance.

[Bikeracer2020]

Recommending a printer is a question that gets asked a lot and posters will reply with different opinions frequently based on youtube reviews. Suggest you ask for recommendations from owners and users of the machines that they are recommending.

[airscapes]

hello, ive been tasked with moving a small company into 3d printing small/medium aluminum parts/brackets. budget for a new machine is around $750, not including start up materials. can someone suggest a user friendly, dependable machine and where to start on educating myself on the subject. thank you kindly in advance.

Not to be unhelpful, but a simple google search for 3d printing metal machines returns this:
A Metal 3D Printer may cost you anywhere between $50,000 and a few million.

[dave6]

Not to be unhelpful, but a simple google search for 3d printing metal machines returns this:
A Metal 3D Printer may cost you anywhere between $50,000 and a few million.

so this is THAT type of forum..... gotcha.

[airscapes]

so this is THAT type of forum..... gotcha.

What type would that be? You asked a question and I tried to answer it.
i had no idea how much metal printers cost but I did know they are not in the sub 1K range, so I searched and posted the answer I got.
Good 3d Printer that prints plastic and are user friendly are made by https://bambulab.com/en . I do not own one, i have older unfriendly Markergear printers that were a real pain to master. I hear Bambu is as plug and play as they come.
Good luck and sorry if I offended you.

[Roberts_Clif]

Hi airscapes

I had three older 3D Printers but none of them can 3D Print aluminum.
I still have 2 Older Hictop 3D Printers and 2 Newer Anycubic Kobra 3 combo color printers. and they cannot 3D Print aluminum.

I could not find any aluminum 3D Printers that would be in that price range If I could would have purchased a couple.

What if you tried a "lost wax burn out casting method using 3d prints models"

Using this method you could purchase a couple 3D Printers using water soluble filament you could clean out your molds for aluminum pours.

Similar to what is being done in these you-tube videos.
https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...+prints+models