[OpenTRV-dev] Mass box printing

[Bo Herrmannsen]

hehe

np... only tina has put her foot down and said no print during night, to noisy

otherwise it will try and see whats the difference is between 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3

/bo

Den 27/11/2013 kl. 10.18 skrev Damon Hart-Davis:

> I do 0.3mm layers; 2h is about right.  Which is why I don’t want to tie your life up on mass production.
> 
> Rgds
> 
> Damon
> 
> 
> On 27 Nov 2013, at 08:56, Bo Herrmannsen <EMAIL ADDRESS HIDDEN> wrote:
> 
>> Pronterface says:
>> 
>> 4631.27473342 mm of filament used in this print
>> 
>> that is for all 4 layers in one go at best resolution the printer can (0.1mm layer hight) print time is an insane 6 hours... at 0.2 mm it would be half... and at 0.3mm it would be 2 hours
>> 
>> 
>> Den 27/11/2013 kl. 08.41 skrev Stuart Poulton:
>> 
>>> "Most service bureaux charge per unit volume of material used in the building of the model, and not the total volume. We like to do it a little different…. we charge for the total swept volume of the part, but at about a tenth of the cost of the going rate!"
>>> 
>>> Which seems like a fair way to do it.
>>> 
>>> On 27/11/13 07:39, Bo Herrmannsen wrote:
>>>> 90cm3 seems like a lot... does that assume its hollow?
>>>> 
>>>> /bo
>>>> 
>>>> Den 27/11/2013 kl. 08.36 skrev Stuart Poulton:
>>>> 
>>>>> Ok, taking the URL below, and making the following assumptions
>>>>> 
>>>>> OpenTRV box is ~ 5.5cm x 5.5cm x 3cm
>>>>> 
>>>>> This gives a swept volume of 90.75 cm3, at 10pence per cm3, total price is £9.75 + VAT
>>>>> 
>>>>> I appreciate that 3d printing is great, but for that sort of price I can get a nice case that looks like this
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6014682/IMG_0434.JPG
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Stuart
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 26/11/13 21:26, Bruno Girin wrote:
>>>>>> I got some prints done by those guys before I had a 3D printer: http://www.3dprint-uk.co.uk/
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> They are based in Brick Lane and the prints are of very good quality. The only downside is that they do any colour as long as it's white.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 26 November 2013 17:03, Damon Hart-Davis <EMAIL ADDRESS HIDDEN <mailto:EMAIL ADDRESS HIDDEN>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>   Hi,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>   I would like to have a small number of the current OpenTRV box
>>>>>>   design printed by (say) 2 different organisations in preparation
>>>>>>   for printing up 40 or more very soon for the trial, to find out
>>>>>>   who is reliable and produces good prints and is easy to deal with.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>   Would you like to suggest one or more to test out in this way?
>>>>>>    Might be commercial or not (eg TVRRUG).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>   Rgds
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>   Damon
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Bruno
>>>>>> Visit my weblog: http://brunogirin.blogspot.com
>>>>>> 
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