Andy to my comment wrote: >> Do you really need a 3D printer?
> No, nor do I need a lathe or milling machine, I could get parts made > by machine shops. Or simply not bother making stuff at all. True enough, although a group of us do tend to share tools - last foreign user of my machine shop made some over-size BA bolts by printing at work in nylon a 43 tooth 1 Module gear and using one of my metric feedscrew change-wheel lathes - it was just easier for him to do this and continue on his restoration project. He calculated the gear train, designed the required gear in MATLAB, got it printed by watching the machine squirt it out, and then had the pleasure of using it - all without actually owning a 3D printer. The olde Stratasys that I had access to at work (I have since left) produced items about 1,000x better than I ever got from my home printer, despite weeks and weeks of tweaking the home printer. Am I glad I got my 3D home printer? Yes! Am I glad I put it on a shelf never to touch it again? YES!!. ;-) Regards - John. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
