Hackaday: The quality of consumer-grade 3D printing has gone way up in recent years. Resin printers, in particular, can produce amazing results and they get less expensive every day. [Squidmar] took a miniature design and printed it (or had it printed) on some cheap resin printers and a 65,000 Euro DWS029. How much difference could there be? You can see for yourself in the video below.
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I would love to know who this article was written for. I know that I could never afford the expensive printer and anyone who could afford the $73,000 printer would never buy a $350 one. Now, I’m not one to say that articles like this aren’t entertaining. There seems to be a social media presence for stuff like this, testing expensive items versus their cheaper competitors. I do think that it is super cool that we have gotten to a point in 3D printing where the average consumer can afford one if they want to. My brother-in-law has one, I don’t know what he paid for it but he has made some pretty cool stuff. I also don’t know anything about 3D printing so I have to just trust that what this article has to say is true. I thought it was nice that this article did include some other options that are in between the two main printers they focused on. The most interesting thing about this article by far is that the $73,000 printer isn’t actually that much better than something that costs less than a smartphone. I don’t plan on buying a 3D printer anytime soon but this article gave me some insight into what people look for in their 3D printers.
This is a really cool and specific comparison. I love to see new materials that can be used for different set designs, and I like articles like these because there’s so many materials out there that people can use that are so outside the normal idea of what a set theatre material is, and reading articles like these are so important because you always wanna explore not only the design of a final set but also what materials you are going to use. On another note, I feel like it’s really cool to see how 3D printing can be used in the design process I feel like things like this are very important to read as well, because you also want to see how other designers work and how other designers think in their creative process in order to learn perhaps, ways to make your own design process more efficient. I guess what I’m trying to say is that by looking at other peoples design processes You can also cross check that with your own design process, and see how to make it more efficient.
While the more expensive printer definitely produced a much more polished and detailed final product, I don’t personally see a big enough difference to spend so much more unless it’s a realistic investment in a business. In that case, such a smooth print would be very beneficial to people who print, paint, and sell high quality figurines, as you save time perfecting the base and are able to sell for a higher cost because they look better. Comparing the first print to the final one, it’s clear that there is a significant difference in the sharpness, detail, and smoothness. Some of the comments on the article point out that paint could add thickness to the piece and obscure the fine details, and that perhaps the most expensive machine is more useful for small machinery parts that need to be very precise. I would also guess that the more expensive machine is more efficient.
My guess going in and what seemed to be reinforced by the article was that you end up paying large amounts for smaller and smaller improvements in the product, which is the way anything tends to go, learning new skills or in science. It was $350 for a solid version of the printer, but perhaps $100 if you were getting the bare minimum, those $250 go for some improvement in quality of life features but in the end you are paying tens of thousands of dollars to get some more explicit details on the figure, that in this case at least, was printed. Unless you need that fine detail or are going to be selling these figurines it seems to be something almost impossible to justify the spending on. This concept is probably pretty useful to bring forward into things like budgeting, it might be nice to have something but what is the level that I need to put the show on?
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