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lcmgadgets:

Hi all,I

'Newbie here, to both this forum & to posting. I hope that if I make a mistake that you'll b patient with me. I discovered a device a few days ago called 'Makerbot'. Here's the link: http://www.makerbot.com/. Makerbot is a 3d printer that can make just about any shape out of abs plastic, up to 10cm x 10cm x 13cm. Needless to say, such a tool would b great for making arcade stuff. But the price--$950 (relatively cheap, but I'm having a hard time justifying it)! I was wondering; would anyone b interested in buying custom made joystick tops, buttons (the plastic parts of them, at least), etc.? If I could sell some of what I made, maybe I could justify buying one...

bkenobi:

It's a rapid prototyping machine.  They are cool!  The problem you will see with making final parts is the surface finish.  Watch the second video where they show a dodecahedron at the end.  the finish is pretty rough.  If you made anything with it, it would require some finishing work for most things.

While the concept is cool and it can save lots of time and money in industry, I'm not convinced it can produce parts at an affordable price point unless you strictly deal with one-off stuff.  Also, one off stuff would not give you any profit, so I don't think it would make sense.

If you can figure out a way to justify it, let me know.  I need ammo to use with my wife on why I need one!  That and a CNC would be SWEEEEEET!   :afro:

Ginsu Victim:

I'm trying to figure out if this is just spam or not....

bkenobi:

That was my first thought, but I figured I'd give him the benefit of the doubt.  If he's serious, he doesn't understand rapid prototyping at all.  I was trying to nicely point out that it's not a good fit for most things people here need.   :dunno

solidteezme:

When i was shown around Renault F1 they showed us there rapid prototyping area, it was on an epic scale compared to that makerbot thing. they had made a 1/24 version of one of their cars on it but like bkenobi said the finish is fairly rough. and im not sure if you can paint the stuff or not.

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