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I bought a 3D Printer. Much fun.
After some home work, I bought an UP plus 3D printer. Mostly for the hell of it and partly so I can make a proper servo motor support structure for my (and Phil Harts) TL machine on canon 5D MK2 cameras.
UP aint the cheapest, but support, documentation and accuraccy was supposedly excellent, so what the hell.
Set up was a bit confusing, the software version was ahead of the manual, so I just left stuff like table set up (critical they mention) as default and pushed print, worked a treat. It was preassembled, so I guess that helped. The table was set up as smick as.
I made the 3D image in free google Sketch up. There are many 3D apps, most expensive. I figured google wouldnt bother with it unless is was pretty stable and easy to use, the learning curve wasnt too bad.
The supprise though, given the few 3d printed sample ive seen, is that the default printed finish is very smooth. I expected to have to do sanding etc, but print layers were almost invisible and almost looked extruded.
The support structure was also very easy to remove by hand. Very little stanley knifing was required for odd sharp bits.
Im chuffed at the result, better than I expected.
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