Quote Originally Posted by curious aardvark View Post
the plastic frames and parts - no problem - any fdm machine will easily print those
Probably starting at around £250 and working your way up.

As far as scanning the frames goes - it's a LOT easier to just design the frame from scratch - usually faster too.

Unless you've got £20'000 for an industrial scanner :-)

The metal frame - trickier.
Yes it could be 3d printed in a metal printer. The printers start at £85'000

There are print bureaus who could probably do both.

Once you've designed the part - you can print as many as you like :-)

What sort of money were you thinking of spending ?
Cheers for the reply! I am looking at about 30-35.000 euros as a budget. The metal brackets - I can do without the metal printers. The scanner - I DO need one!

I've been watching some youtube vids the last couple nights, am particularly fond of Ultimaker S5, because I've been talking with the Ultimaker reps in my country and it seems like a great printer from the youtube reviews.

Looking forward for your recommendations on printers and scanners! Maybe there's a way to scan cheaper than 85 grand? these frames are small, 99.9% are within 40cm*30cm*10cm
Looking for all the possible creative solutions out there. Some frames are hella complex and there's no way in hell I'd be able to replicate them in an 100% accurate model made from scratch. No sir, no way, not me at least lol.