3D Printer/Printing thread

[UltraMarginal]

Thanks to Tober for printing some things for me. Here's a direct comparison between Shapeways (left) and the Anycubic Photon resin printer (right).

Removing supports is just about always going to be tricky.

All in all, it's not terrible. :/

Very interesting comparison, I'm curious just how small that boot is?
I also wonder if they were printed in the same orientation, that would produce different results on different surfaces as well.

These are my first two successful models uploaded to Shapeways:




This is what happened when I cut the supports off from my Shapeways dual rifle set:

And it's the not the first time it's happened with a Shapeways item.

I am curious why the inside is white and the outside is red.
Why isn't it red all the way through?

I'm using FreeCad to build my 3D objects.
It's a bit complicated at times, but I think I've gotten good enough at the program to design 3D printable objects.

Thats most interesting, I'm guessing that the colour is a dye. what material are you printing in?

I can see where the resin printer would excel. Things like figures and organic shapes.
Front and back of the shapeways print plus the sides of your resin print would be the best result. The ribbing on the side I was really impressed with.

Theoretically any 3D printing/Additive manufacturing method is suited to organic shapes, it's the greatest strength of the technology