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04-14-2014, 04:27 PM #11
Well said. Even with VERY expensive pro printers, printed "stuff" will still need to have a little bit of post processing to get a good, clean prototype product. 3D printing is not simply print and sell, probably never will be, you should consider all printed parts to be non sell-able prototypes.
EDIT: Let me rephrase that. Even the prints coming out of the very best printers right now will still need to reworked in some way or form. Earlier in the thread you mentioned that it seems in order to make money from 3D printing, you'll need knowledge from other fields as well. This is very true, nothing is easy in life LOL.
Here's a list of knowledge I've accumulated in my years just sculpting from clay to present day digital sculpting.
-Tools
-Medium of all sorts
-Casting Methods
-Plastics/silicones
-Physics
-Mathematics
-Computer tech and building
-Computer software and troubleshooting
-Electric work
-Electronics
-Hazardous material handling and disposal
-and probably a ton of other things.
In the end one does not simply buy a 3D printer and expect to make major bucks without some sort of other effort. It honestly seems like that's what you're looking for, printing out a perfect piece that will sell right away without any work to it. It won't happen. Sorry. You're into 3D, you should know that gravity does not exist in a 3D environment, if you sculpt a dynamic human sculpt, be prepared to reprint that sculpt at least twice or three times before you get your master copy perfectly the way you want it, with the correct balance etc. Then you have to post process it.
OR you can simply take your first print and cast it to a workable material such as wax and make your adjustments there and then use that wax master to make resin copies. It takes work, but hey, nothing is easy.
I'm just rambling now but it just seems like you expect these printers to be mini factories that'll do all the work for you. It's just a toolLast edited by MeoWorks; 04-14-2014 at 04:44 PM.
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