Its tricky to understand what the ask is ?Anyone had anything 3d printed ? I'm looking to develop some of the harder to source pieces for our vehicles and would like recommendations for people / companies that carry out small batch 3D printing at reasonable rates ?
What's the point of having clips to keep empty crisp packets closed?Little plastic clips should be easy enough and ideal for home printers. One of my faves is to print the clips which keep bags closed like a packet of crisps or something.
You could spend weeks tweaking it to get it right. I see there is an ashtray 3d Print but its about 1cm thick and takes 32 hours to print... I mean its an ashtray it just doesn't need to be like that. To get it right it needs some good thinking in the print config and the design. So many times its one or the other which makes it a fail.
Its tricky to understand what the ask is ?
Are you asking for
First is easy I/anyone can do that for you.
- 3D Print
- 3D Design and Print
- 3D Scan and Print
The second takes more effort and depends what the item is.
The third is hardest but do-able with £££ or ingenuity and again depends on the item.
Happy to help if you want to try something out.
Did you manage to get the strength issue sorted mate,there could be a market for those trim clips.
If you dehumidify ABS before you print, you get more strength and better results in general. PLA is fine for mockups but has very limited life for finished parts.I find larger objects with a minimum of around 5mm wall thickness are ok, anything thinner has very little strength if printed on a domestic type printer. IMO there are expensive printers that use a different printing process that would be fine but as you say are very costly to use.
Bit like bolting the stable door after the horse has leftWhat's the point of having clips to keep empty crisp packets closed?
If you dehumidify ABS before you print, you get more strength and better results in general. PLA is fine for mockups but has very limited life for finished parts.
If anyone manages to print the clips in Dopey's post, I need some as well.
No I gave up in the end, It's hard to fine ppl with a printer in the first place, there are people that do it as a business, but they charge a lot of ££Did you manage to get the strength issue sorted mate,there could be a market for those trim clips.