MEP EP#313: Another Tool for Your Toolbox

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?