Another Good 3d Print Co

[darkeye]

http://www.clintburgin.com/index.html

this guy runs a Co called Claybox Studios and seems to get good press on the Clubhouse and good results as you can see. thought some of you digi guys might like it as a potential bookmark. prices look fair too.

hope its useful -- tim.

 

[Meehan34]

http://www.clintburgin.com/index.html

this guy runs a Co called Claybox Studios and seems to get good press on the Clubhouse and good results as you can see. thought some of you digi guys might like it as a potential bookmark. prices look fair too.

hope its useful -- tim.

Tried emailing him for a quote but didn't get a reply. Got any other printers that are good and will communicate with you.

 

[RKapuaala]

Tim,
It takes a while, but I finally got a response. But he could not answer my critical question about layer dimensions and minimum detail level,,, or at least, he hasn't responded to them.

 

[Meehan34]

Tim,
It takes a while, but I finally got a response. But he could not answer my critical question about layer dimensions and minimum detail level,,, or at least, he hasn't responded to them.

That's not a good sign.

 

[darkeye]

apparently guys, it was some computer issues he had on the afore mentioned thread. i might give him a try if i get anything worth a print. prices are nice.

atb --tim

 

[darkeye]

Meehan, not sure where you live but i did get given the address of a Printer local to me in Bucks. he's in Oxfordshire about 45 mins from me. you could try there if you like. i havent rung him yet as i dont have anything to print off yet.

http://www.3dprint-uk.co.uk/contact.html

let me knowwhat you find out folks if any-one has something printed. uses Objet printers which i watched in action on U Tube. looked very clean prints and many options too.

atb --tim

 

[Meehan34]

I found a local one to me too. I have sent them a request for information but they appear to do mainly oil field prototypes. I'll post back what I find.

Thanks for the info. I am in the US.

 

[RKapuaala]

Be great to have a local shop do it. If I ever win the lotto or make any money I'm going to have to invest in one of these printers.

 

[darkeye]

you n me both! i would love an Objet desk printer or one o the biggies!!

i'll amend the title to be a repositry of 3d printers .

atb --tim

 

[darkeye]

cant seem to edit the title ..... want to change it to ' 3 print companies'

atb --tim

 

[JonP]

Meehan, not sure where you live but i did get given the address of a Printer local to me in Bucks. he's in Oxfordshire about 45 mins from me. you could try there if you like. i havent rung him yet as i dont have anything to print off yet.

http://www.3dprint-uk.co.uk/contact.html

let me knowwhat you find out folks if any-one has something printed. uses Objet printers which i watched in action on U Tube. looked very clean prints and many options too.

atb --tim

Nick from 3D Print was up at Scale Model World, Telford with a stand last year and I had quite a chat with him. The stuff he'd got there looked pretty good and he can do the design work as well.

 

[RKapuaala]

Jon,
does he have a web site?

 

[JonP]

He does;

www.3dprint-uk.co.uk

 

[darkeye]

hey thanks for that John. i havent been to a model show in years. good to know the samples looked nice.

atb guys --tim

 

[RKapuaala]

Thanks Jon,,,, btw,,,, don't you have access to printer??? I seem to recall you work in design or something,,, my memory is aging more rapidly than my body.

 

[JonP]

Thanks Jon,,,, btw,,,, don't you have access to printer??? I seem to recall you work in design or something,,, my memory is aging more rapidly than my body.

Yes I run an engineering design consultancy along with the Sphere stuff which is the manufacturing part of the company. We've got a Rapman, build-it-yourself 3D printer which we use to create rough prototypes. It can be a bit un-reliable though as the thermocouple in the extrusion head is a bit fragile. It's a great talking point at shows though
If we need RP components to a good quality then we do outsource to 'boutiques' like 3D Print or 3D Creation LAB; www.3dcreationlab.co.uk
I'm currently CAD modelling some artillery pieces with the intention of getting RP masters for resin casting .

 

[darkeye]

Jon, thanks for the extra address there. added it to bookmarks.

http://store.makerbot.com/replicator-404.html
any one feeling flush could try one o these i guess- seems to do good print offs . there is a video to demo its abilities too. might interest some one....

atb --tim

 

[RKapuaala]

You could also get em cheaper http://store.solidoodle.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=59&product_id=56 for around about 600 bucks you can get a single extrusion machine with a 6x6x6 bed (3" shorter than the 1700 USD makerbot and 1 print head shy).
Both makerbot and this one print at .3mm layer thickness,,, which IMHO isn't very detailed at all and will leave a lot of extrusion lines..... but if I was going from medium quality prints, I would get the cheaper machine which at 600 bucks is totally covered and includes feeder spools.
The makerbot is open, and the second extrusion head doesn't speed up the process, but allows you to use different colors and materials. Not worth 1100 USD more in my opinion.

 

[darkeye]

well thats good to know Richard. now we both only need 25k to get a decent one!! lotto day today!

atb --tim

 

[RKapuaala]

If they ever go down to 5k I'm going to have to find a way to buy one. The applications are endless. I do a lot of scale modeling and it would be great to have one at my disposal to print out parts for models when ever I needed. The cool thing is the ability to scale that print if differently for casting in resin or in metal.