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Offline FlumpTopic starter

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I need something 3D printed
« on: August 24, 2015, 10:01:12 pm »
Is there anyone in the UK that could make me 1 of these please ?
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:29295

I might want 2 or 3 more at a later date for friends.
It is cover up the blade connections on a server PSU.

Please PM me with a price for 1 including P&P if you can help.

 

Offline unitedatoms

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Re: I need something 3D printed
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2015, 05:56:52 am »
There is https://www.3dhubs.com/ community printing service. I did not try it myself, but it seems to be most convenient way to find a person with 3D printer.

The map on this site shows UK as the most dense point of all countries with 3107 printers.
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Offline kedr_vostok

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Re: I need something 3D printed
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2015, 06:23:30 am »
I have used 3dhubs here in Australia and found it very useful.
 

Offline lostboy

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Re: I need something 3D printed
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2015, 06:38:00 am »
I'd be willing to print one up for you if you're happy to cover materials & post costs. PM me and we can discuss. There are a few issues to be aware of - primarily the choice of plastic will influence shrinkage and also how tolerant the part is of high temps in use. This means that it might take some adjustments & trial prints to the model to get it to fit just right. Models on thingiverse will usually have been tweaked by the originator for their plastic choice, printer & settings. There isn't any info about that with the model so we could find that the first print is a couple of mm out. I often find I have to go through 2 or 3 print/adjust cycles for a part that is dimensionally critical, so this may take some time.

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Offline codeboy2k

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Re: I need something 3D printed
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2015, 05:16:13 pm »
There is https://www.3dhubs.com/ community printing service. I did not try it myself, but it seems to be most convenient way to find a person with 3D printer.

The map on this site shows UK as the most dense point of all countries with 3107 printers.

Wow. thanks for that link... 3dhubs is great!

Vancouver, Canada has plenty, and I just found a 3D printer within 5 mins from me, starting at $11.80 + $1.80 per cm3 of material used.  I don't know yet if that is a good price or a bad price, but at least I can get some things printed for myself without a huge investment, even if I chose a different printer.
 

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Re: I need something 3D printed
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2015, 05:28:13 pm »
The question is how good they are. Some may be just kids with printers made from kits.
Anyway let us know how it turns out for you.
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Offline hagster

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Re: I need something 3D printed
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2015, 06:21:44 pm »
3D Hubs has a good rating system, so you can see feedback from other customers.
 

Offline codeboy2k

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Re: I need something 3D printed
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2015, 12:10:29 am »
The question is how good they are. Some may be just kids with printers made from kits.
Anyway let us know how it turns out for you.

The one near me runs their own business and uses the printer for parts they sell in their business. Their page says when they aren't using it for their own inventory printing, they will print for others. So should be quality work. 
 

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Re: I need something 3D printed
« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2015, 09:39:05 am »
 

Offline szhighstar

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Re: I need something 3D printed
« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2015, 08:35:42 am »
our one of supplier has 3D printed machine, we often make bobbin samples using 3D method.
 

Offline FlumpTopic starter

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Re: I need something 3D printed
« Reply #10 on: December 06, 2015, 03:30:10 pm »
I forgot all about this

I did get spannherhands to do it and he did a good job with fast delivery
was cheaper than i expected too.

https://www.3dhubs.com/cardiff/hubs/spannerhands
 


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