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Cost - 3D printed enclosure vs Project box?
tooki:
Am I the only person who, despite understanding the aforementioned advantages of custom 3D printed enclosures, just can’t stand the look of them, since the surfaces come out so terrible? (I know that professional 3D printing can achieve much better quality, but that’s not what we are discussing here.)
Monkeh:
--- Quote from: tooki on October 30, 2017, 01:30:33 am ---Am I the only person who, despite understanding the aforementioned advantages of custom 3D printed enclosures, just can’t stand the look of them, since the surfaces come out so terrible? (I know that professional 3D printing can achieve much better quality, but that’s not what we are discussing here.)
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Use ABS and smooth it. Just.. please don't put mains powered stuff in regular ABS prints.
sokoloff:
--- Quote from: tooki on October 30, 2017, 01:30:33 am ---Am I the only person who, despite understanding the aforementioned advantages of custom 3D printed enclosures, just can’t stand the look of them, since the surfaces come out so terrible? (I know that professional 3D printing can achieve much better quality, but that’s not what we are discussing here.)
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Look at the video above. Click to around 8m30s. The surface quality on that looks pretty damn good to me.
--- Quote from: Monkeh on October 30, 2017, 01:49:32 am ---Use ABS and smooth it. Just.. please don't put mains powered stuff in regular ABS prints.
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Why not? A quick Google search didn't turn up anything obvious.
Monkeh:
--- Quote from: sokoloff on October 30, 2017, 01:53:09 am ---
--- Quote from: Monkeh on October 30, 2017, 01:49:32 am ---Use ABS and smooth it. Just.. please don't put mains powered stuff in regular ABS prints.
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Why not? A quick Google search didn't turn up anything obvious.
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It burns. Really rather well. Normal filaments have no flame retardants added.
tooki:
--- Quote from: sokoloff on October 30, 2017, 01:53:09 am ---
--- Quote from: tooki on October 30, 2017, 01:30:33 am ---Am I the only person who, despite understanding the aforementioned advantages of custom 3D printed enclosures, just can’t stand the look of them, since the surfaces come out so terrible? (I know that professional 3D printing can achieve much better quality, but that’s not what we are discussing here.)
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Look at the video above. Click to around 8m30s. The surface quality on that looks pretty damn good to me.
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Only because the video compression is smoothing it out in the embedded YouTube (it’s clearer if you load it in the YT app or website). Look at around 41:37: the surface looks like shit. And even at the 8:30 you suggest, look at the edge of the main chassis: it’s totally ragged.
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