but I think it might be!
Fuck it 🤷🏻♀️ my uncle dropped 8k on a 3D printer post-divorce, and if working on a lil art and engineering makes him feel better I can support that.
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In case anyone is curious, the printer in the picture is 1100x1100x820 mm and costs $50k USD.
https://builder3dprinters.com/us/product/builder-extreme-3000-pro/
curious machine. I'm surprised to see such mediocre specs with that price tag.
claims to be industrial yet uses 1.75mm hot end and can't print any industrial grade materials
There's a reason you don't often see machines over 300x300x400. At that point it gets hard to keep tolerances tight, requiring manufacturing changes or else you end up with printing artifacts.
This thing prints at 300mm/s at 1100x1100x820 and it's manufactured in a first world nation at low volumes.
It's hard to see, but I think they made the gantry (the whole Z platform, I mean) out of two plates of aluminum. They didn't bolt i beams together, it's just two massive plates with holes cut into them. That's the sort of engineering they did to get this thing to work at that size, with that speed.
Doing that is expensive.
The support is awesome.
The mixing nozzle/extruder is one of the better ones.
What you call medicore specs are decent parts. They use ball bearings fan, Misumi stepper, etc. paired with decent workmanship like strain relieving the cables.
~~What could be cheaper are the nozzle replacements at 70€ each.~~ Still not the worst out there in terms of nozzle pricing (e.g.150€ for a brass nozzle + heater ... [different company]).
Edit: It was 70€ for 2 builder nozzles or 175€ for 6.
don't get me wrong, getting a printer this big to run at those speeds must be quite a feat of precise engineering and craftsmanship. but in my opinion this machine is no more than a novelty; a machine no more capable than an off-the-shelf ender 3.
can you imagine producing a prototype from this machine? I have half a notion to build a profile for it in my slicer just to see how long I'd be waiting for a part 1m in any dimension.
is it cool? without a doubt. but FDM at this scale using 0.4mm to 1.0mm nozzles and 1.75mm filament is pointless. I think they missed the beat here by not engineering a hot end with greater extrusion capabilities. if it were fitted with, say, a 2mm nozzle it would be much more capable of producing large parts in a reasonable time frame.
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I built a 36" x 18" x 18" by welding a Prusa style aluminum frame up from scrap aluminum plate, and running the bed on 8mm rods and bearings. Dual Volcano 1.2mm hotend, it prints nearly as fast as that. It has about a dozen 110V heater pods mounted to the aluminum/glass bed. I've printed some big things on that since I built it about 8 years ago.
I might be $500 into it.
My AI girlfriend says she is in there waiting to get out
If some one wants to buy me one, I’ll be happy to report back,
Just outing myself here as female should someone wish to do a comparison study across genders.
Gotta do the study properly. Diverse pool, control groups. Relatively long periods…
I'm not lonely. I could be part of the control group.
it's a hard job, but it's for science, and you have to do science right.
so we really need every one in on this.
Somebody call Anthony Michael Hall, it's time to Weird Science our way to mental health!
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Just last meal time we enjoyed stuffing foodstuffs into our primary face holes to acquire energy. Afterwards we used said face holes to communicate inanities to each other. We then ingested ethanol to impair our brain function and attempted to create more humans by mashing our ridiculous meat bodies together.
Checks out.
I am a human.
I just got a huge CNC, will that work?
Depends on the number of axis.
anything below 7 doesn't count
We got a baller over here!
:swooon:
Depends on the soft jaw chuck
Is…to print sex dolls? Is that the goal? Building the girlfriend?
No, there is no goal only you'll be so busy calibrating and optimizing and upgrading the printer you won't have time to be lonely.
There is only printer.
fucking microplastics
And macroplastics
sounds good!
Nah, you dont need to print the whole woman.
Uh, question. What if you don't have a 3D printer, but need something 3D printed? I've asked around, and there are no 3D printers available in this area. Is there an online fabrication service you can use? I want to get a higher profile D-pad for my Switch Lite, to replace the crappy one Nintendo put in there by default. Unfortunately, there's limited size tolerance, and it seems that specific equipment is required.
Reddit had a community called something like 3dprintmything where you could post what you were looking for and get bids from folks who could get it to you. I dunno if we have anything like that here.
Stratasys, Protolabs, Shapeways, Hubs, etc. Tons of options out there. Search 3D printing and your closest city and I'm sure there will be something.
I had this exact question last week. Found a UK based hub service with providers in many countries. Search for Treatstock and see if you find it useful.
Ps. I'm not affiliated, not an ad bot, etc.
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My library does prints for almost free
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Already a reality here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2iaMCmOrh4
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=P2iaMCmOrh4
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No!... but please continue! 🤔
We already have the technology for AI waifus. I bet we'll be able to print AI body pillows before the end of next year.
Getting back into 3D printing is doing wonders for my depression.
I'm designing a tabletop war game.
Ask Pygmalion.
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