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Buying 3D printer
Discotech:
--- Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on August 16, 2018, 01:35:28 pm ---3D printed enclosures usually look terrible
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Surely that's just opinion based ?
Of course injection moulded plastic looks better than 3d printed but to say 3d printed looks terrible is just false
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2070417/makes/#makes
Those enclosures for the famed LCR tester don't look at all bad and for the cost of filament probably work out cheaper than buying an injection moulded one
mikeselectricstuff:
--- Quote from: Discotech on August 16, 2018, 01:51:27 pm ---
--- Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on August 16, 2018, 01:35:28 pm ---3D printed enclosures usually look terrible
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Surely that's just opinion based ?
Of course injection moulded plastic looks better than 3d printed but to say 3d printed looks terrible is just false
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2070417/makes/#makes
Those enclosures for the famed LCR tester don't look at all bad and for the cost of filament probably work out cheaper than buying an injection moulded one
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but not remotely comparable to a proper enclosure - looks totally homemade.
exe:
--- Quote from: Discotech on August 16, 2018, 01:51:27 pm ---Those enclosures for the famed LCR tester don't look at all bad and for the cost of filament probably work out cheaper than buying an injection moulded one
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I try to make front panel either the first layer (so it is very smooth and shiny like glass), or make it of vertical layers. Horizontal layers are often very visible and I don't like them. But that's my personal preference. My approach may need to print enclosure in multiple parts.
Discotech:
--- Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on August 16, 2018, 01:56:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: Discotech on August 16, 2018, 01:51:27 pm ---
--- Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on August 16, 2018, 01:35:28 pm ---3D printed enclosures usually look terrible
--- End quote ---
Surely that's just opinion based ?
Of course injection moulded plastic looks better than 3d printed but to say 3d printed looks terrible is just false
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2070417/makes/#makes
Those enclosures for the famed LCR tester don't look at all bad and for the cost of filament probably work out cheaper than buying an injection moulded one
--- End quote ---
but not remotely comparable to a proper enclosure - looks totally homemade.
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Surely the fact that you can design with CAD and print out custom prototype enclosures instantly far outweigh the negatives of any home made look your enclosure has, unless of course you know of affordable injection moulding for a single enclosure or can suggest a better alternative to 3d printing ?
exe:
BTW, plastic can be sanded/painted/smoothed, so even bad-looking enclosure can be made much better.
Yet, some practice needed to avoid that "amaturish" looking. Like, the onces I mentioned above, or, for example, crank temperature up for the last layer, reduce layer width, pick another type of plastic, different color, translucency, etc. So, I admin, it's not simple to make a good-looking enclosure. Most photos will show badly looking enclosures, but that's because people don't care, not because 3d printers cannot do it :).
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