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petum

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saor said:
What exactly are you after?
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I have a physical sample. Around 25mm Dia and about 60mm long.

Not to complex. No overhangs (think I used that correctly). Just a 3/4" thread and some 2mm through holes. Difficult to explain.

I need about 30 units for now and on going.
 
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petum said:
I have a physical sample. Around 25mm Dia and about 60mm long.

Not to complex. No overhangs (think I used that correctly). Just a 3/4" thread and some 2mm through holes. Difficult to explain.

I need about 30 units for now and on going.
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Any reason you're not just getting it machined? Metal 3d printing is still a bit niche locally so can't imagine it'll be much cheaper than getting it cnc'd.
 
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We have a cnc shop. Will need a 5 axis machine which we don't have.

Its either printed or high pressure metal casted. Just seems perfect for 3d printing
 
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My mom paid over R1000 for a couple of these as Christmas gifts, said the quality was poor and had to return them.

My wife then asked me to print some for bathroom, not 100% sure how you'd actually get them to print poorly, was a very easy print.
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xrapidx said:
My mom paid over R1000 for a couple of these as Christmas gifts, said the quality was poor and had to return them.

My wife then asked me to print some for bathroom, not 100% sure how you'd actually get them to print poorly, was a very easy print.
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I notice the Etsy crowd print on fast-n-crap setting while using low-quality filament.

Where did you get those files, they look amazing.
 
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Kosmik said:
Could very much have to do with infill levels etc.... and decent filament. but I've printed a few functional prints with cheap filament and a tuned printer does fine with it.
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That makes the biggest difference and not everyone takes the time to do it. I struggled like crazy until I learnt how to dial it in and now all my print look good regardless of filament quality.
 
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Other Pineapple Smurf said:
That makes the biggest difference and not everyone takes the time to do it. I struggled like crazy until I learnt how to dial it in and now all my print look good regardless of filament quality.
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Yeh, I got mine fairly well tuned, and after I added the CR touch - prints come out near perfect. I "recreate" the mesh each time I remove the glass - and then kick off the print.

Other Pineapple Smurf said:
I notice the Etsy crowd print on fast-n-crap setting while using low-quality filament.

Where did you get those files, they look amazing.
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No clue actually, I've had them awhile, came up from one of the sites when searching for Robert planters
 
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saor said:
Someone here might be willing to take it on as a job? What are you after.
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Printing many small models with relatively precise details. I'm looking for a baseline cost of one model if the volume in which it resides were to be estimated around 10cm high with a girth between 4-2 cm on the x and z-axis. That's just the area in which the printing head would need to operate. I'm guessing the actual filament needed would be around a third of that area. Each model has different proportions and changes from that should be added to or subtracted from the cost. I am not very knowledgable as to what the actual cost of filament is separately, but I need to compare quotes.
 
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WB Creative said:
Printing many small models with relatively precise details. I'm looking for a baseline cost of one model if the volume in which it resides were to be estimated around 10cm high with a girth between 4-2 cm on the x and z-axis. That's just the area in which the printing head would need to operate. I'm guessing the actual filament needed would be around a third of that area. Each model has different proportions and changes from that should be added to or subtracted from the cost. I am not very knowledgable as to what the actual cost of filament is separately, but I need to compare quotes.
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Talking cm's most FDM machines can do that, base size is 0.4mm nozzles and can be done between 0.08mm and 0.2mm ( standard ) .

Precise detail is vaugish but if its extremely fine would have to be resin. Functional modeling or are you talking decorative? Functional shouldn't need resin really.
 
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Talking cm's most FDM machines can do that, base size is 0.4mm nozzles and can be done between 0.08mm and 0.2mm ( standard ) .

Precise detail is vaugish but if its extremely fine would have to be resin. Functional modeling or are you talking decorative? Functional shouldn't need resin really.
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Definitely decorative. Details are small and would have to be as fine as 1mm in width at the smallest. I'm not looking to buy a machine though.
 
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WB Creative said:
Definitely decorative. Details are small and would have to be as fine as 1mm in width at the smallest. I'm not looking to buy a machine though.
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Maybe post a model stl. Can either FDM with a 0.4 or 0.25 nozzle or you might want to consider resin print.
 
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