{"id":376,"date":"2010-08-02T14:22:12","date_gmt":"2010-08-02T14:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/?p=376"},"modified":"2010-08-19T15:40:12","modified_gmt":"2010-08-19T15:40:12","slug":"shapeways-cheap-3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/02\/shapeways-cheap-3d-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"Shapeways &#8211; Cheap 3D printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/model\/61398\/y_motor_bracket.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/y-motor.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"y-motor\" width=\"318\" height=\"243\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-380\" srcset=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/y-motor.png 318w, http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/y-motor-300x229.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shapeways is geared towards the arts and crafts crowd, so they don&#8217;t offer the professional options a place like <a href=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/17\/tips-for-3d-printing\/\">Quickparts<\/a> does. But they do offer very competitive prices. In particular, if you want to build something big, it&#8217;s hard to compete with them on price (most of their materials are < $3.00 per cm<sup>3<\/sup>). Pictured above is user <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/model\/61398\/y_motor_bracket.html\">Alun&#8217;s y-motor mount<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Your first stop should be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/materials\/material-options\">their materials comparison page<\/a> to see if they offer a material that meets your tolerances and specifications. In particular, they don&#8217;t do anything better than 0.2 mm, which could be a dealbreaker for some applications. But keep in mind that you can design it to be cleaned up in a second step. For example, you can have a large structural piece made and then drill the precision holes yourself or have your local workshop do it for you.<\/p>\n<p>Delivery time is just okay, 1.5-2 weeks for most processes. But shipping is free!<\/p>\n<p>For example, here&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/model\/72941\/stereo_macroscope.html\">an adapter<\/a> by tones3-d for using two digital cameras as a stereo macroscope (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/model\/128814\/macroscope_3_5.html\">version 3.5<\/a>). It&#8217;s a completely custom part for less than $100. Making this with optomechanics parts would be way more expensive, bulky, and might still require some custom parts. This is a great application for 3D printing.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/macroscope.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/macroscope.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"macroscope\" width=\"449\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-379\" srcset=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/macroscope.png 449w, http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/macroscope-300x221.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/model\/61398\/y_motor_bracket.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shapeways is geared towards the arts and crafts crowd, so they don&#8217;t offer the professional options a place like <a href=\"http:\/\/labrigger.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/17\/tips-for-3d-printing\/\">Quickparts<\/a> does. But they do offer very competitive prices. 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