[TriLUG] Any 3D printers to rent in the Triangle area?

[Brian Henning]

Mike,

What kind of build quality do you need?  Is your project something that
could be done with hobbyist-level 3D printing or do you need industrial
quality/size?

I, and I'm sure others of our esteemed TriLUG colleagues, own a MakerBot
Thing-O-Matic.  It's a little fussy sometimes but I've printed plenty of
useful doodads for myself.  Its print volume is roughly a cube four inches
(10cm) on a side.  If that kind of machine would meet your requirements, I'd
be happy to print an object for you for little more than material cost (say,
$0.25/gm by weight).  This does assume that you have the widget already
designed in a CAD package capable of exporting to .stl format.

Otherwise yeah, you're definitely looking at a fairly stiff price tag.  Back
when we had a TechShop, they wanted $50 per cubic inch (which I thought was
a silly way to price, as volume has only the smallest connection to actual
material usage).

Best of luck!
~Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On Behalf
Of Mike Shaw
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 3:04 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Any 3D printers to rent in the Triangle area?

Ouch!  That is WAY out of budget.

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On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 1:54 PM, John Riselvato <jdriselvato at gmail.com>wrote:

> Well I have a plan B. The company I work for has been using TouchStone 3D,
> located in Cary.
>
> http://touchstone3d.com/
>
> The hardware guy built his 2D model in AutoCAD and then their team looked
> over his 2D CAD and converted it to an STL file. After about a week we had
> a multi-piece stackable object.
>
> Our object was about the size of a Redbull Can with 7 different parts for
> about $1k and this includes the fact that their team needed to convert the
> AutoCAD 2D print into the STL file.
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Mike Shaw <mdshaw89 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Looks like not for public use:
> >
> > *Makerspace services are available to all current NCSU students,
faculty,
> > and staff.  <http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/spaces/makerspace>*
> >
> > ---
> > What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
> -
> > Hitchens' Razor
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 12:36 PM, John Riselvato <jdriselvato at gmail.com
> > >wrote:
> >
> > > NC State has a 3D printer at it's library. I am unsure of how much it
> > costs
> > > or if it's open to the public, (even though I have been told it is).
> > >
> > > More information here:
> > > http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/spaces/makerspace
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Mike Shaw <mdshaw89 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I wanted to see if there were any places in the Triangle that
someone
> > > might
> > > > know of that would allow usage of their 3D printer and what the
> > > > cost/requirements might be?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Mike
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