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Model Forum / General / Railroads / September 2010Print your own models
The Bits for Bytes BFB3000 printer can produce models from CAD files ! Yours for a shade under £2000 http://www.bitsfrombytes.com/ I'll have two! The Bits for Bytes BFB3000 printer can produce models from CAD files ! Yours for a shade under £2000 http://www.bitsfrombytes.com/ > The Bits for Bytes BFB3000 printer can produce models from CAD > files ! Yours for a shade under £2000 > > http://www.bitsfrombytes.com/ I saw the output of a 3D printer the other week. One of the open source hobby versions, I forget which. I was underwhelmed, to say the least. Definitely a long way to go before it's suitable for producing that elusive item of rolling stock. MBQ On Sep 21, 8:02 pm, Dragon Heart <chris.bret...@o2.co.uk> wrote: > The Bits for Bytes BFB3000 printer can produce models from CAD > files ! Yours for a shade under £2000 > > http://www.bitsfrombytes.com/ I saw the output of a 3D printer the other week. One of the open source hobby versions, I forget which. I was underwhelmed, to say the least. Definitely a long way to go before it's suitable for producing that elusive item of rolling stock. MBQ Am going to train the tot to build kits, he's far more expensive but got to keep him anyway. Cheers, Simon > Am going to train the tot to build kits, he's far more expensive but got to > keep him anyway. Tried that, then they discovered WarHammer, traitors. MBQ On Sep 21, 8:02 pm, Dragon Heart <chris.bret...@o2.co.uk> wrote: > The Bits for Bytes BFB3000 printer can produce models from CAD > files ! Yours for a shade under £2000 > > http://www.bitsfrombytes.com/ I saw the output of a 3D printer the other week. One of the open source hobby versions, I forget which. I was underwhelmed, to say the least. Definitely a long way to go before it's suitable for producing that elusive item of rolling stock. MBQ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Saw an industrial model around 1981-82. Looks like zero progress. >On Sep 21, 8:02 pm, Dragon Heart <chris.bret...@o2.co.uk> wrote: >> The Bits for Bytes BFB3000 printer can produce models from CAD [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >least. Definitely a long way to go before it's suitable for producing >that elusive item of rolling stock. I can see its use for cutting out overlays to create panelled stock, the way Jim Whittaker and David Jenkinson did by hand. >MBQ > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Saw an industrial model around 1981-82. Looks like zero progress. >>On Sep 21, 8:02 pm, Dragon Heart <chris.bret...@o2.co.uk> wrote: >>> The Bits for Bytes BFB3000 printer can produce models from CAD [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I can see its use for cutting out overlays to create panelled stock, > the way Jim Whittaker and David Jenkinson did by hand. Seems like you can already do that with laser cut panels. Still expensive > On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:49:11 -0700, "Lobby Dosser" > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > I can see its use for cutting out overlays to create panelled stock, > the way Jim Whittaker and David Jenkinson did by hand. You use them for building up, by "printing" repeated layers of material, not cutting out. What you describe can be done with a thingy like a plotter that has a blade. can't remember what they're called but they're popular with crafters. MBQ > What you describe can be done with a thingy like a plotter that has a > blade. can't remember what they're called but they're popular with > crafters. CraftROBO at http://www.graphteccorp.com/craftrobo/ I use one at work for cutting self-adhesive labels and when it works, it's great. Put it this way, if you want it to read registration marks so that the cutting matches your printing, you'll be pulling your hair out! For overlays though, that isn't a problem.  SignaturePaul Boyd http://www.paul-boyd.me.uk/ >The Bits for Bytes BFB3000 printer can produce models from CAD >files ! Yours for a shade under £2000 > >http://www.bitsfrombytes.com/ Bulleid-Firth-Brown, like the wheels? |
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