RevK 3d ago
And now for a much more complicated test. #3d
Show threadThomas2d ago
@revk @LovesTha @flangey That's a scary print, hope it worked out.
Show threadRevK 2d ago
@tripplehelix @LovesTha @flangey close. May try again.
Show threadRevK 2d ago

@tripplehelix @LovesTha @flangey I'm going to try the print again.

I checked the Z-axis and it was juddering again, so did a few up/down and it seems clear. So this issue is not completely clear, which is annoying.

I'll how this print goes - more supports...

Show threadRevK 2d ago

@tripplehelix @LovesTha @flangey FYI this is the first time we have used 3D (FDM and resin) to test out a case design for a product.

What is fun is that maybe 30 years ago, this was possible, but very expensive. I recall in Nokia when we got printed sample cases for new phone. Allowed testing of how it all goes together.

These days it is dead cheap and easy, but I recall it was really expensive and justified because the setup cost of injection moulding was so high as well.

Show threadjamesb (MW1CGG)
@revk
Back in a previous life, around the year 2000 we got 5 case prototypes 3D printed in resin for a new product. From memory they cost about £26,000. Still far cheaper than having the moulds for the actual product go wrong. And this was a small company producing process instrumentation.

I could knock them out in a day now for less than the price of a pint.

@tripplehelix @LovesTha @flangey
Mar 26 at 7:25pmWeb
Show threadRobin Davies1d ago
@jamesb @revk definitely cheaper than the stereolithography machines we were using in the late 80s…
Show threadjamesb (MW1CGG)1d ago
@g7vkq Gestetner! @revk
Show threadRobin Davies1d ago
@jamesb @revk oh the smell of those machines was amazing! And the ink colour always seemed to be purple…
Show threadIvor Hewitt1d ago
@jamesb @revk @tripplehelix @LovesTha @flangey it's just crazy (to me) just what we're able to make as individuals/hobbyists now. I look at a small 4 layer SMD circuit board I thought of, designed, and manufactured and it's just mind blowing.
Now I just need to work out how to make more time for the ideas I keep having! We don't seem to have solved the "finite time" issue yet.