3d printing

SnDvls · 12-11-2018, 11:35 AM

I don't own a printer but have a file I want printed. Anyone know where I can get it printed I'm not in any time rush either.

thanks

Lathum · 12-11-2018, 12:50 PM

Local university maybe?

PilotMan · 12-11-2018, 01:49 PM

What do you need? How big is it? I know some people.

Atocep · 12-11-2018, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by SnDvls

I don't own a printer but have a file I want printed. Anyone know where I can get it printed I'm not in any time rush either.

thanks

Depending on the size some local libraries have 3D printers.

SnDvls · 12-11-2018, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by PilotMan

What do you need? How big is it? I know some people.

2 small cookie cutters. maybe the size of an average human hand (LOL)

Groundhog · 12-11-2018, 03:49 PM

I can print them, but shipping is not economical. Thingiverse has a few "make this object" links, I've never used them but it looks like the different options are "Print A Thing", "Treatstock", and "Ninjaprototype".

Lathum · 12-11-2018, 04:05 PM

Just buy one, think of how awesome the cookies will be!

Bobble · 12-12-2018, 08:51 AM

Off-topic: I keep wanting to get a 3D printer but I don't know what I'd print except toys. I'm a 50-mumble-year old man. I don't NEED toys. I'd print out mini's for games I don't play. I'd print out weapon props and walk around the den with them going "pew pew" for 5 minutes a year. I can't convince myself that it's worth -- not only the cost, but fiddly time and effort to set up and run.

I seem to have trouble separating "I wish I had that" and "I wish I had that when I was 12".

Surtt · 12-12-2018, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by SnDvls

I don't own a printer but have a file I want printed. Anyone know where I can get it printed I'm not in any time rush either.

thanks

There are a lot of online places that will do it for a fee.

I need a part made and used:
Shapeways - Create Your Product. Build Your Business

They did a nice job.
Little spendy, but that is to be expected.

Groundhog · 12-12-2018, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobble

Off-topic: I keep wanting to get a 3D printer but I don't know what I'd print except toys. I'm a 50-mumble-year old man. I don't NEED toys. I'd print out mini's for games I don't play. I'd print out weapon props and walk around the den with them going "pew pew" for 5 minutes a year. I can't convince myself that it's worth -- not only the cost, but fiddly time and effort to set up and run.

I seem to have trouble separating "I wish I had that" and "I wish I had that when I was 12".

I bought mine for a little over $200 AUD (a Wanhao duplicator i3 mini clone) mainly to print terrain & tokens/bits for games I play sometimes.

Sometimes it's just printing other people's things from Thingiverse, but I've started building my own through simple CAD programs and printing those, and there's a weird sense of satisfaction around creating something on a computer screen and then holding it in your hand.

I try to print something useful every other day. I've found a stack of things on Thingiverse that I certainly don't need, but I've enjoyed printing & painting a variety of things - toothbrush holders, soap dishes, self-watering planters, etc.

But yeah, definitely not a necessity, and there is a steep learning curve. I'm a month in and I still feel like I'm about 5% of the way there.

Bobble · 12-14-2018, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Groundhog

I bought mine for a little over $200 AUD (a Wanhao duplicator i3 mini clone) mainly to print terrain & tokens/bits for games I play sometimes.

Sometimes it's just printing other people's things from Thingiverse, but I've started building my own through simple CAD programs and printing those, and there's a weird sense of satisfaction around creating something on a computer screen and then holding it in your hand.

I try to print something useful every other day. I've found a stack of things on Thingiverse that I certainly don't need, but I've enjoyed printing & painting a variety of things - toothbrush holders, soap dishes, self-watering planters, etc.

But yeah, definitely not a necessity, and there is a steep learning curve. I'm a month in and I still feel like I'm about 5% of the way there.

3D Printers are getting so cheap that it's just making it harder to resist. I could get in to this hobby for an initial outlay of less than $300.

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Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	I can print them, but shipping is not economical. Thingiverse has a few "make this object" links, I've never used them but it looks like the different options are "Print A Thing", "Treatstock", and "Ninjaprototype". __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

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Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Local university maybe?

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Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Just buy one, think of how awesome the cookies will be!

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Bobble College Prospect Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: High and outside	Off-topic: I keep wanting to get a 3D printer but I don't know what I'd print except toys. I'm a 50-mumble-year old man. I don't NEED toys. I'd print out mini's for games I don't play. I'd print out weapon props and walk around the den with them going "pew pew" for 5 minutes a year. I can't convince myself that it's worth -- not only the cost, but fiddly time and effort to set up and run. I seem to have trouble separating "I wish I had that" and "I wish I had that when I was 12".

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