Topic: Shapeways.com - 3D Printed Parts (Read 96550 times)

rickles23 · « **Reply #200 on:** December 01, 2014, 02:01:08 pm »

Hi,

Re your Its Cyber Monday and there is 20% off all orders placed today!

Next time can you make allowances for the time difference here in Australia?

I just got your email at Tuesday 01.00 AEST or Monday 14.00.

Regards

gingyer · « **Reply #201 on:** December 01, 2014, 02:13:20 pm »

Quote from: rickles23 on December 01, 2014, 02:01:08 pm

Hi,

Re your Its Cyber Monday and there is 20% off all orders placed today!

Next time can you make allowances for the time difference here in Australia?

I just got your email at Tuesday 01.00 AEST or Monday 14.00.

Regards

im trying to order something in the UK and it says the offer has expired!! its only 14:15

Marmoi · « **Reply #202 on:** December 01, 2014, 02:27:18 pm »

Sorry, its all under the control of Shapeways, I put it up as soon as I read the email about it.

Marmoi · « **Reply #203 on:** December 01, 2014, 02:45:05 pm »

I have just checked and the promo should work as it is only 6:42 in the morning PST time???

Marmoi · « **Reply #204 on:** December 11, 2014, 11:25:00 am »

A must have piece of kit if you are building a Post war Royal Navy County Class - 901 Sea Slug Director and telemetry MBA

1:96
https://www.shapeways.com/model/2944515/901-sea-slug-director-and-mba-1-96.html?li=shop-inventory&materialId=61

Subculture · « **Reply #205 on:** December 11, 2014, 07:52:06 pm »

I notice you do figures in some of your earlier posts. I have to say, it's quite difficult to find good figures in some scales e.g. 1/8th, 1/10th, 1/12th and also 1/24th. 1/6th is well catered for with action man type figures.

Perhaps you could modify some of your smaller figures and make them larger?

rickles23 · « **Reply #206 on:** December 12, 2014, 08:47:39 am »

Hi,

Some Navy figures in 1/72 would be helpful to me.

Regards

mudway · « **Reply #207 on:** December 12, 2014, 08:48:51 am »

I'll second that, all periods from WW1 onwards even.

TailUK · « **Reply #208 on:** December 12, 2014, 09:22:08 am »

Quote from: rickles23 on December 12, 2014, 08:47:39 am

Hi,

Some Navy figures in 1/72 would be helpful to me.

Regards

You'd have to go a long way to do better than the Gunthwaite figures! What would be useful would be articulated armature figure in all the major scales (Using 5' 10" as an average height) Then you could create individual figures with a minimum amount of work in any position. That would be dead handy.

mudway · « **Reply #209 on:** December 12, 2014, 09:49:32 am »

I agree but they are metal and on smaller 1/72 models, weight is a problem.

Marmoi · « **Reply #210 on:** December 12, 2014, 11:02:53 am »

The figures project has been put on hold subject the release of a new higher resolution 3D scanner.

Trials with the original figures proved they could be printed down to a scale of 1:96 (and larger although cost may be an issue as they get bigger). The only problem I had was making the figures look realistic. The new scanner will should allow me to scan action men down to a smaller scale in various posses, although I doubt they can be articulated at such small sizes.

Mark

rickles23 · « **Reply #211 on:** December 12, 2014, 01:36:35 pm »

Hi Marmoi,

Re your: although I doubt they can be articulated at such small sizes.

Never underestimate a ship modeller and a hot soldering iron. :)

Regards

Marmoi · « **Reply #212 on:** December 12, 2014, 02:16:19 pm »

Thats not articulated, thats just re-positioning

Stavros · « **Reply #213 on:** December 12, 2014, 03:37:42 pm »

ok this might sound as a really stupid question but what do you print the parts on to.....are they blocks of plastic then they are machined out by CNC or on to sheets of plastic and the buyer assembles them....I find it very difficult to actually see what you get ad all your pics are computer generated ecept for a few that you show that have been painted....maybee you could show us a complete say gun as you would get it from yourself......I simply can not work this strange one out

Thanks

Dave

TailUK · « **Reply #214 on:** December 12, 2014, 04:45:50 pm »

This is a good video showing a 3D printer in action. Kinda self explanatory once you've seen it. We show this one to our students when we're explaining about 3D printing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcgPRTBPm9o
Shapeway's 3D printers are much more sophisticated but the principal is the same.

Marmoi · « **Reply #215 on:** December 12, 2014, 04:58:33 pm »

This is how Shapeways produce the Fine detail small models

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkjQlyWljzY

Stavros · « **Reply #216 on:** December 12, 2014, 05:01:28 pm »

so where does the plastic to print come from. I can see no Plastic sheets to be printed at all.

This is not exactly printing as we know it this to me is molten plastic blobbed to build an object....similar to hot glue comming out of a hot gun BUT obviously in a PRECISE way.....is that the TRUE definition of 3d printing

Dave

Marmoi · « **Reply #217 on:** December 12, 2014, 05:04:24 pm »

There is not just one way of 3D printing there are many process that can be used, here is a video showing just 4 and how 3D printing is done on an industrial scale;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTTnaI4EYnY

Stavros · « **Reply #218 on:** December 12, 2014, 05:14:29 pm »

Right so it is NOT printing as we know it

It is as I thought a substrate layerd up to create an object,wherther it is nylon plastic silica etc

Dave

TailUK · « **Reply #219 on:** December 12, 2014, 05:16:13 pm »

The cheaper desktop machines use a plastic filament that is melted and fed to a nozzle very much like a glue gun. High end machines like the Connex machine we have at work is a cartridge similar to a Laser printer's toner cartridge but the powder in is again heated and goes through a printer head along with the wax matrix that supports the printed object. There are other types that use a liquid polymer that is cured with a laser. It's a fascinating process.

Stavros · « **Reply #220 on:** December 12, 2014, 05:19:30 pm »

THANK YOU it is as I thought an extrusion process and NOT printing as we know it...........Please do no think for one min I am trying to cause trouble on this thread FAR FROM IT......I couldnt get and still CAN NOT for the life of me understand why it is called printing when it clearly is NOT ........

Dave

barriew · « **Reply #221 on:** December 12, 2014, 05:36:59 pm »

Quote from: Stavros on December 12, 2014, 05:19:30 pm

...I couldnt get and still CAN NOT for the life of me understand why it is called printing when it clearly is NOT ........

Dave

Dave, I agree printing is not the correct term, but I suspect it came about because you design your part on the computer and send it to the 3D printer, just like you send a document to the printer to put ink onto paper. Just my explanation

Barrie

TailUK · « **Reply #222 on:** December 12, 2014, 06:03:30 pm »

A more correct title might be "Rapid Prototyping" which is how I was introduced to it. IMHO, 3D Printing is commonly used now for 2 reasons. Firstly, with run times for complex objects streaching into days, there aint nothing "Rapid" about it and secondly "3D Printing" is a catchier name for it.

vnkiwi · « **Reply #223 on:** December 12, 2014, 06:06:07 pm »

Stav, there is another type of 3D printer which uses inkjet technology.
It literally 'prints' onto a fine layer of powder, instead of paper. The "ink" is coloured and is also a solvent. You get full colour 3D prints of it.
A vacuum inside the machine removes the excess powder for reuse, then the part is taken from the machine and rinced off.

rickles23 · « **Reply #224 on:** December 13, 2014, 07:44:01 am »

Hi Marmoi,

Just went to the website to order the 12 Pounder Gun in 1:72 but could not find any.

Have they been removed?

Regards

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