On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 12:46:53 +0100, "dennis@home"
wrote:

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More rubbish from whiskey I see.
He sure knows a lot about stuff he has never tried.

;-)

I think this obsession with resolution must be because people are
wanting to print tiny or high resolution items with the wrong tool.

It would be like trying to fix a watch with a hammer.

However, if you are printing 'appropriately sized' things and that
actually suit the *actual* finish needs of the job, many of even the
cheaper printers (these days) will do a perfectly good job.

It's like basics baked beans versus Heinz, yes basics taste
'different', primarily because they often contain less sugar and salt
but they are still just haricot beans in a sauce. ;-)

After actually / regularly using 3D printers (and my point) you
'learn' that that is equally acceptable for the function ... not
everything we use *needs* to have a mirror finish or be 'perfect' to
perform it's goals admirably.

It's like Morrisons now selling 'wonkey vegetables' ... aren't they
just 'vegetables'?

Nothing I've ever printed has failed to be suitable for the job in
hand. No one has ever questioned the finish or the detail (often the
opposite) and most have been fascinated to see something being
designed on a PC and to have that object in their hands a while later.

*That* is more the point of them from my POV and the whole point of
the RepRap / Maker type movement, not the manufacture of perfect works
of engineering art (even though they often can). ;-)

Cheers, T i m