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MEP EP#313: Another Tool for Your Toolbox3d Printing - Is It Time To Get Into It?
Types of printers at the personal hobbyist level
Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
Stereolithography (SLA)
Stephen's Hopes and Dreams
Budget $400 to $600
Biggest print surface
0.001” (0.0254mm) accuracy
Requires only setup/calibration/maintenance
No mods just to get it to work
What does Stephen mean by "work"
What to use the 3D printer for
Jigs and fixtures
Wire harnesses
Complex Air manifold
Testing adjustments to injection molded parts
Calibration
What is needed
How often?
Software
Own vs subscription
Slicers?
Consumables
What is needed?
How often?
What kind of cash we looking at?
Maintenance
Periodic?
How often?
Show Notes
MEP EP#313: Another Tool for Your Toolbox
3d Printing - Is It Time To Get Into It?
- Types of printers at the personal hobbyist level
- Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM)
- Stereolithography (SLA)
- Stephen's Hopes and Dreams
- Budget $400 to $600
- Biggest print surface
- 0.001” (0.0254mm) accuracy
- Requires only setup/calibration/maintenance
- No mods just to get it to work
- What does Stephen mean by "work"
- What to use the 3D printer for
- Jigs and fixtures
- Wire harnesses
- Complex Air manifold
- Testing adjustments to injection molded parts
- Calibration
- What is needed
- How often?
- Software
- Own vs subscription
- Slicers?
- Consumables
- What is needed?
- How often?
- What kind of cash we looking at?
- Maintenance
- Periodic?
- How often?
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