chrisjward Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Sorry, there is no way those parts shown on Chris webpage have been printed on a . Thats the machine that Fineline Prototyping prints those green little wonders on. BTW, I have got quotes for parts from FLP, and a part app. 2,5X60X25mm would cost a cool USD 190,- I would love to be wrong, an alternative to FineLines rather stiff prices would be very welcome. -Hawk Sorry cant afford a Viper, just an Objet 3D printer, we are always working to get the finest detail out of our machine, I cant show you one part we have produced but suffice to say its a Z Gauge Wagon with underframe & brake gear! best rgds ChrisJWard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 Sorry cant afford a Viper, just an Objet 3D printer, we are always working to get the finest detail out of our machine, I cant show you one part we have produced but suffice to say its a Z Gauge Wagon with underframe & brake gear! best rgds ChrisJWard I saw the Z gauge tank wagon at the Exeter show last Sunday. It looked very good indeed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etched Pixels Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 One from the other extreme... http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2012/08/12/this-giant-3d-printer-can-construct-house-little-20-hours/ Looks like in time the real railway will be copying us and 3d printing their stations too 8) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbanbery Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 the technology is getting better all the time and i would say that at the moment it would suit some peoples needs but not others. some people at university bought a kit form rapid prototyper to make models, but that only worked intermittently, and even then the results wernt very good. it might be good for some scenery stuff...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54Strat Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Just returned from Siggraph , a special interest group for computer graphics convention and 3d printers were all over it. Shapeways, Objet, 3D Systems ,Stratasys and a few others where all there. Must say it's getting much better having handled and closely inspected products from all, and I'd expect that in a few years we really see no difference from other manufacturing processes and with companies like Autodesk making this all very accessible from mobile devices we'll see this everywhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etched Pixels Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 My feeling too - it's actually brilliant seeing how many people both with and without CAD experience are taking up their mice and modelling and producing new and interesting models. I'm having trouble keeping track of the N scale ones at this point ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbanbery Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 i guess it shows how the industry moves on. i reckon within the decade it will be possible to spend a few hundred pounds on a 3D printer, especially with ingenious communities like www.instructables.com and such like. i really do love this technology! i'm going to see if it works with sketchup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjward Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 What is the current state of the art when it comes to 3d printing? I see lots of people dipping the odd toe in the water, but where has it got to? Can I goto a company and get a model of a loco body printed? Does anyone make freely available designs, either through Creative Commons, or similar? What is the finish like on the models? Do different companies produce better finishes than others? Thanks J What is the current state of the art when it comes to 3d printing? I see lots of people dipping the odd toe in the water, but where has it got to? Can I goto a company and get a model of a loco body printed? Does anyone make freely available designs, either through Creative Commons, or similar? What is the finish like on the models? Do different companies produce better finishes than others? Thanks J Many companies produce parts for others from their own 3D CAD some companies like us specialise in Model Railway parts, also be aware of the different standards available from different machines, our machine has Layer thickness of 28 microns, (0.0012") less than 1.5 thousands of an inch. their are some multinational bureau companies, with fantastic machines $300,000 etc. and others with machines that cost less than £2,000 so you will get what you pay for.best rgds chrisJward Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisjward Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 My feeling too - it's actually brilliant seeing how many people both with and without CAD experience are taking up their mice and modelling and producing new and interesting models. I'm having trouble keeping track of the N scale ones at this point ! Ref 3D CAD be careful where you start from we have had a lot of customers just lately starting with SketchUp and its not producing good data when converted to STL file types. Try 123D.com which is a free AutoDesk product best rgds ChrisJward Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbanbery Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Ref 3D CAD be careful where you start from we have had a lot of customers just lately starting with SketchUp and its not producing good data when converted to STL file types. Try 123D.com which is a free AutoDesk product best rgds ChrisJward Sketchup is a fantastic program, but you have to work hard to get your modelling nice and tight with polys. due to its nature, you frequently end up with messy meshes that can play havok with other file types when you convert. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbedford Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Ref 3D CAD be careful where you start from we have had a lot of customers just lately starting with SketchUp and its not producing good data when converted to STL file types. Try 123D.com which is a free AutoDesk product best rgds ChrisJward Any 3D CAD program is likely to throw errors when converting from native file formats to STL. The easy way around this problem is to use NetFabb or MeshLab to check for and repair errors in the STL file. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petri Sallinen Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Origins of grey resin parts in these models were printed by 3D printer that uses wax (like we did when making the double deck coach that you are able to see also in this topic). We have found that the smallest width of lines are by this technique min 0,15 mm. The body of the goods wagon is one part, like a box. Wax prints are not cheap, the price level is the same as Finelines has, but this is quite cost effective way when you are producing small series kits. Petri Helsinki, Finland Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petri Sallinen Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 We will make the small serie kit of Finnish steam locomotive from 1800´s. Litt C5 locomotive was made by Hanomag. We need the master for making the boiler by white metal casting system. So we made the 3D print for that. We used Fineline services and we are very satisfied for the quality they make, please look at my pictures. The boiler is quite small in 1:87 scale, but you are able to see very well printed rivets and details in smokie box. Some gears will locate inside the fire box so we made the burrow for these in drawings. The price for these prints were 350 euros, not very cheap but the price is suitable for us when we are making several kits - the cost for one kit is not very much. Please enjoy my pictures. Petri Helsinki, Finland Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dan Randall Posted September 2, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 2, 2012 That looks excellent! Thanks for posting Petri. Regards Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardJones Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 That does indeed look fantastic, who made it and what's the material? Edit must put glasses on! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petri Sallinen Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 That does indeed look fantastic, who made it and what's the material? Prints were made by US Fineline Prototyping and the material was MicroFine Green. http://www.finelineprototyping.com/ Petri Helsinki, Finland Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petri Sallinen Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Next time when we are producing a kit I might be able to use EnvisionTec -printer to make the master... http://www.envisiontec.com/ ... or maybe the mold. One resin casting service company has bought EnvisionTec machine and at this moment they are making tests with that. http://www.envisiontec.com/index.php?page=machines&id=25 Petri Helsinki, Finland Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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