I agree with Richard. 3D technology has advanced much further than most of you realize. Shapeways is a start-up company that operates in a niche market. If you...
Pete & Richard - Thanks for your comments! When I wrote "the 3D-printing technology", I meant the printing technology currently used by Shapeways. I should...
... Speaking of wow-factor, I just received my latest build from Shapeways on Monday. It is a single part (what do we call these? "Stereolithograms"?) ...
Hi Rene If you don't mind me asking what was the cost of Shape ways to do the wagon and what material do you have it done in. ... -- Regards Keiran Ryan ...
Hi Keiran, Here it is in their most expensive material, Frosted Ultra Detail, and it was about $35 USD. Frosted Detail (which might not be able to resolve the...
Do you have to sand the model before painting to remove the stair-stepping? Or is it smooth enough that you can just point the model? I ask because there...
Hi John, ... Don't know yet, but I suspect I will paint then sand then paint again. It's really hard to see what's going on without some colour there. Cheers,...
On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:26:17 +1200, you wrote: Brian, I almost feel like a dinosaur at the moment with all this discussion of 3D printing. :-) My work at the...
Well, I say you have fantastic work there. I've saved up for a cnc-mill to do rather similar types of vintage paneled cars and locomotive coach work. I believe...
On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:08:17 -0500, you wrote: Mike, ... Thank you. ... I have to confess that I haven't thought about the structural stability of the...
Hi Jim, Thanks for the news of your CNC milling and for the photos of your coach sides. This work is excellent and it’s the first decent model work I’ve ...
On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:24:25 +1200, you wrote: Brian, ... I got the machine last year when I retired myself and wound down my business. I had had reasonably...
On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:24:25 +1200, you wrote: Brian, ... A big word of warning about Multimat. For my sins, I assumed it would be flat to quite tight...
Billy, Some rapid prototyping machine manufacturers quote different resolutions achievable for each axis (X, Y and Z). One would need to experiment to see if...
... One of the algorithms built into many pricing formula is x * 10y * 100z. So re-orientating a piece so that the long axis is vertical usually makes for a...
Well, regarding pricing, I really wish I would have taken more advantage of Printapart.com while it was still around. It was absorbed into Fineline Prototyping...
... Shapeways use the Projet 3000s that superseded the Invision machines. They are also considerably cheaper than Printapart ever was. -- Bill Bedford "Man is...
Jim, Thanks for noting your experience with Seklema MultiMat. Further to our comments about very small diameter cutting tools, I have just received a good...
This BBC clip makes the process look - I suspect - rather more simple than it is in reality. But interesting! Here they are starting out with a laser scan...
Shapeways may be using the replacement to the HR, but they are not utilizing it to its fullest (high resolution) potential. I got very good quality prints...
... I had exactly the same issues with these machines when I had print done by a bureau that was part of the 3D Systems franchise. *Nothing* I've seen or heard...
STL file output can be "tuned" to a finer resolution independent of the 3D printing machined used. The down side is that the CAD conversion to the STL format...
Shapeway did some pro bono work for me a couple of years ago. They printed the bell brackets and lanyard lever in stainless steel I used the default STL...
Hi Bill,  Is there a way to optimize one's part/.stl file for Shapeways, that will print with accepable resolution using FUD material, regardless of...
... The resolution is 375 x 375 x 790 (x y z)DPI for FD and 750 x 750 x 890 DPI for FUD ... Like all similar machines there are surface artefacts that need to...
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