On 29/04/2018 21:11, dennis@home wrote:
On 29/04/2018 19:36, Nightjar wrote:
On 29/04/2018 19:19, dennis@home wrote:
On 29/04/2018 17:03, Nightjar wrote:
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One of the Ultimaker videos shows a Oscar statuette they have
printed. The finish is good, but it took them 20 hours to print. Not
a problem for a one off master, but not desirable if somebody wants
to buy several of them.



More printers.

They cost £2k each. I would need to go into business doing 3D printing
to justify buying more than one and I am looking to cut down on my
work, not increase it.



You can have 10 for £2k and have a lot of change.
The £2k ones don't actually print better, but they may be easier to use.

Which printers in that price range can achieve a 20 micron layer height
using a 0.08mm nozzle, which is what the Ultimaker 2+ can do?

You could get a prusa multi-material machine for about £1k

https://shop.prusa3d.com/en/3d-print...3-mk3-kit.html

Which says it has a 50 micron layer height.

Or maybe you want colour..

https://www.xyzprinting.com/en-GB/pr...da-vinci-color

Which uses PLA filament, while I would want ABS, PVC and Nylon.

or a resin printer..

https://www.xyzprinting.com/en-GB/pr...obel-superfine

Again, wrong materials.


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