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Originally Posted by Mike O'Pray
Thanks Bob. A reality check should have told me that a home 3D printer might not be up to the job but two things may have stopped this check.
1. Photrio tends to be full of members for whom 3D printers seem to be part of the furniture and with no mention of cost and 3D seems to be the stock solution to many of these kind of problems raised there.
Mind you the U.S. seems still to be full of small workshops run by nice Jed Clampett kind of guys who will willingly turn their hand to any problem a customer turns up with
The U.K. or certainly this region of the U.K. seems to have none of the small engineering shops left
2. Someone with access to a school 3D printer and a bit of spare time was able to make me a superb model of Ralph Lambrecht's test strip printer. Ralph has freely given out the details for anyone to use to construct a printer
So I never made the connection but should have between what a school has and needs for its design and technology classes compared
to what is available and within the average budget of a home user
Mike
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Well, as I say, making a few items for yourself will be OK (I don't know what part the OP has in mind so can't tell if it is suitable for a home 3d printer). It's just that in general, the slow speed and relative low finish quality rules out commercial use of this low-cost type of printer.
Perhaps when I get mine working again I can look at what might be involved in a one-off 4x5 easel! Should make an interesting project which, while it will not be as good as an injection moulded item, should still be useable.
I made one of Ralph Lambrecht's test strip printers out of mount-board many moons ago now - it's still going strong
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