John, I can tell you for sure that the parts end up being much stronger than you might at first guess from being printed hollow. That isn't to say that they are indestructable -- but I was skeptical at first, too. The application you mentioned is actually perfect for 3D printing -- the various one-off'ish bits and bobs that you would rather not spend much time tooling up to make.
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Viesturs Lācis <viesturs.la...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2012/5/30 John Stewart <alex.stew...@crc.ca>: >> Kent; >> >> Take the sunglasses off. (smile) >> >> On 2012-05-30, at 2:56 PM, Kent A. Reed wrote: >> >>> These exchanges are beginning to remind me of the people would wander >>> into microcomputer stores back in the late 1970s/ early 1980s and demand >>> that the store staff convince them why they should buy a microcomputer. >>> The staff would usually respond "it's limited only by your imagination." > > Kent, thanks for the nice example! > >> >> So, if you hear me, or someone else say "I have no use for a makerbot or >> rewrap or .. " it's because, well, there's not a need. Sure, I can change >> hobbies and create a need for a makerbot rp machine, but my wife and I have >> a couple of hobbies that we enjoy, thank you! >> > > Thank You, everyone, who shared! > I am building CNC machines for living and I do need different sensor > holders and sometimes they are difficult and/or timeconsuming to make > from sheet metal etc. So from time to time I have been thinking that > 3D printing might be the way to go, but I always had the doubt about > the strength of that material. But the responses seem to indicate that > it is not that bad, not to say that it seems pretty usable. Thanks! > > -- > Viesturs > > If you can't fix it, you don't own it. > http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
