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Originally Posted by Boe
I see your point it, it would probably take about the same time on the mill, or on the printer. I would recommend having both at your disposal because while other parts are being made on the mill we could easily print our spacers at the same time
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Printing spacers is really a waste of a 3D printer, as you can buy spacers much cheaper than it takes to make them on a 3D printer. You could make them on a lathe even cheaper.
If you wondering where to get spacers from, McMaster sells a really nice set of plastic spacers that we dye black (stolen from 973). Really helps putting together a robot and saves a ton of time/money.
A 3D printer IMO is best used for low stress hard to find/get/make parts. Its also great for crazy pot mounts, plastic gears that are not taking load. etc...
-RC