I have to remove all of the support structure to reveal the actual statue.
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I’ve never heard of 3D printing before. I went to your website and checked it out. This is very interesting, thanks for sharing.
3D printing is good stuff. I have a printer at my school an the only downside of it is breaking away all of the plastic that surrounds the image. Nice job though.
also called “rapid-prototyping” and “stereolithography”
Maybe it’s just me but I don’t see the man…
Also isn’t stereolithography with a laser in a vat of liquid. This is 3d printing.
-John
I need one of those.
I believe that the statue portion is cocooned within the support structure, which has yet to be removed in this picture.
We have one of those in our Intro to Engineering Design class…Its pretty neat but its all delicate…You can’t do too much without the small parts breaking but the big parts are kind of sturdy. Neat though. Looks like my friend’s chess piece. He forgot to dimension all of the parts and it ended up being like 2" diameter with 2 spots that had like .2" diameter so it broke before we even took it off the black board thing, except yours is the opposite.
He is fully detailed so I had to censor him. :eek:
I took about two hours to break away all the grey support structure.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=5659&d=1186210048
There are many forms of rapid prototyping.
FDM, SLS, SLA, 3DP, and LOM.
I would be here all night typing out how they all work, so it would probably be best to Google them if you want to know more about each.
Fused Deposition Modeling, Selective Laser Sintering, Stereolithography, 3D Printers and Laminated Object Manufacturing.
I happen to have a FDM machine. Basically its the same as a 3 axis milling machine except that it adds material in .01" layers rather than cutting material away.
There is NO programing involved with it. If the file has no major problems or errors, the Catalyst 3D printing software writes all the toolpaths.
I wanted to start a thread several weeks ago on how they work, but I never finished it.
I am juggling three things at the same time. Working to pay my personal/business bills, running my business, and trying to keep active flying my RC aircraft.
Well, I always say it’s a good day when you learn something new! I told my husband today that if I were 30 years younger I’d definitely be studying CAD, CNC, and this kind of stuff.
My goal is to educate everyone I can about this technology and gain customers by doing so!
Hopefully everyone should soon be seeing my ad banner here on CD.
so, i send you how many pictures of our robot, and you charge me how much to send finished product back to us?
Well if it can be “sparsed” www.printo3d.com/solidvssparse.html then its obviously going to be much cheaper, but it will probably cost more than what the rules allow.
I’m not sure it’s going to have the functionality you are looking for though.:eek:
Oh, and its only going to be 12" tall after I scale it.
Here is what the software looks like if anyone is interested in that sort of thing.
http://www.printo3d.com/sonofman.pdf
It is not official yet, but a final version of this may soon be appearing right here on CD. http://printo3d.com/cdadbanner.jpg
I took a Solid Works class at IVY tech. The teacher said if we get all the assignments done we could submit something for the 3D printer.
I was the only one who got everything done on time 
Actually I was a full month ahead of the class. I bought the student version of Solid Works.
My 3D project was fairly simple. I made a Rook. But not just any Rook. This one had stairs leading to the front door, windows and ramparts. It stood about three inches high.
I got an A in the class.
We at AndyMark have used Brad’s 3D printing services recently, and we loved his work. He is quick and reliable. If anyone out there needs their design proved out by having a 3D print made, Brad is your guy.
Andy Baker
what if i wanted a toy like copy of our robot. something to give out ,like an award. not alot of detail. maybe student could paint it. our bot has an arm. would model be to delicate to be holding a tube? could you work off pictures, or would you need cad? or do you think this would cost to much for a poor little first team?
johnr I sent you a private message about the robot model.
Wayne congrats on getting to 3D print your project! I would love to see a picture of it!
Andy thanks for those nice comments. I greatly appreciate when customers give me feedback good or bad!
What is the ballpark price range on a rapid prototyped part? I’m completely unfamiliar with how much this actually costs, but I always come up with things I’d love to get printed. How much would something roughly the size of a softball cost?
correct … processes are different … not entirely synonomous, but close cousins
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I can’t speak for brad but I work with the rapid prototype machines at RIT(we have the same one as brad, plus a few others) Typically we don’t work with outside companies, but have been known to throw a few parts in as favors from time to time. When we bill inter-departmentally we charge $15 per hour the machine is running and about $20 per square inch of material. So for example that sculpture that brad made would have cost $509.35 (24.25 hours to print and contains 7.78 cubic inches of material)
now obviously in a university environment we have some flexibility with the billing, and take into account past parts and departmental relationships.
