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TinCanTadpole


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Good news, according to the Daily Mail. It seems Maplin is starting to sell a cheaper 3d printer. Not that the price they're quoting is cheap, but like DVD players a decade ago, it seems that the cost is starting to come down. Hopefully in a few years more they'll be within the reach of many model-makers. 

One thing I notice in this article is that it says the plastic reel supplied is PLA, which I recall the Makerbot website (perhaps?) describing as the stuff plastic drinking cups are made of and that it melts at about 70c. Would have to look at Maplin to see if it can work with ABS like the Makerbot can.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2358357/Velleman-K8200-First-3D-printer-available-high-street-goes-sale-700.html



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Here's a link to to the Velleman Printer 

It doesn't say it can use ABS, but it available as a spare... does though come with a PLA reel. Not a fan of that stuff. ABS I find so much easier to sand and filler.

It looks ok to me.

Having been using my brothers Makerbot for some time now, I can honestly say 3D Printers are for those with the patience of a Zen Master... glad I'm not working at Maplins as their expert. I can see them getting through a few staff members by the end of the year. :)

All I can say is although 3D printing drives me mad, it has opened up a whole load of prototyping I could never have dreamed of doing previously. So more and cheeper is what we need.

Helen x

 



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For anyone wanting to get into 3D printing I would suggest trying one of the online services such as Shapeways. Apart from investing in decent CAD software, and learning how to use it, you only have to pay for what you produce. Friends with 3D printers say it is not a quick process, setting it to run in evening and letting it run overnight.
Also big step will be when 3D scanners get cheaper, then it will go nuts. 3D printing shops on your high street possibly.



-- Edited by rue_d_etropal on Wednesday 24th of July 2013 10:52:02 AM

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Yes, there's apparently already a 3d print shop in London, which offers 3d miniature figures - of you! The Daily Mail had an article about a week ago about this; you go in, they scan you - well, actually, it said they take photographs from 64 different angles and the software pieces these together. Two days later you get a Mini-me figure in the post.

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