New 3D printer
Is this the printer so many of us have been waiting for ? At only $6,990 it's certainly within the budgets of more people.
http://www.3ders.org/articles/20111130-asiga-releases-uvled-3d-prin...
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Permalink Reply by Bokeh on -
any video footage of Jeffs 3dwaxmill.com machine in 'motion'
website looks interesting and NO RENDERS!
pat schmidt said:I don't think too many r.gold users have mill/growers or you would probably see more finished jewelry...seems to be alot of companies making printers now and finding the best surface finish at the cheapest price could be a big job remember 'good and cheap do not go together' if the asiga works great! here's another way to look at things what's the cost of a solidscape a known printer? the $900 you paid for models is all supposed to be charged to your customers anyway so you get your $900 back in the end and you did not have to buy a printer or actually do the work and no maintenence/material costs....$900 in 4 months = $2700 a year...quality printer cost $30,000? 11 years to pay for it's self ...your doing better to send them out and saving your money! unless your a factory making hundreds of rings a week if you just want to do alot of design experiments and see how they look in wax get a mill first you'll be able to make alot of things fast and cheap go to 3dwaxmill.com and you will see all jewelry pictures no renders! of pieces milled, things you could do right away with very little exspense but let's hope asiga pulls through then I might buy one ..might...
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Permalink Reply by pat schmidt on -
it's just a roland mdx15 you can buy one of those from a roland rep for apx $3500.00 US or buy from jeff and get his rotary and my flip fixture and you'll have everything you'll need for awhile ..a long while! then use rhino/gold to design with, save as a stl and mill it... as you can see there are alot of mdx15 owners out there producing some fantastic jewelry with this mill I should know I own one as does tariq on this site... runs at 15mm per second that's pretty fast! there might be some vids on youtube I have one of the mdx40 in 'action'
again NO RENDERS ALL JEWELRY!
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Permalink Reply by Julian Chatt on -
I had a big LCD screen in my store with a slide show of renders of things I hadn't actually made and it produced a lot of orders.
The day I put an MDX 15 in the window display there was a crowd outside watching it working away. From that day they then came in and bought my work as fast as I could produce it.
I can see the appeal of just going as far as the render for some designers but I agree with Pat that at the end of the day it's the solid piece of jewellery that the customer can hold in their hand then wear that matters.
I'm sure Rhino was first thought of as a tool to ultimately produce solid objects, not just pretty pictures - that came as a bonus in later stages.
As an owner and user of mills for some years now I am both aware of their abilities and also their limitations. I don't own a 3D printer yet, but likewise, I'm aware of their abilities and limitations.
If I had a choice and someone else was paying I would only have a 3D printer as they can do everything I ever need.
A mill cannot do what a printer can do, even with the 5th access added. I would still keep an MDX 15 to scan in gemstones and cabochons as I find this is an extremely accurate way to produce perfect settings. Considering how old the MDX 15 is now it's surprising there have never been any Roland upgrades or newer versions. It seems like they just got it right the first time !
All I wish for anyone reading this is that we all enjoy what we are doing, be it to earn a living or as a hobby.
With or without rendering !
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Permalink Reply by pat schmidt on
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I agree...even if I had a printer I would still use the 15/40 for jobs that don't need to be grown.... milling is faster then growing
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Permalink Reply by Mike Tarbuck on -
I agree Andreas I have seen many "designers" with cool designs that won't support the stones in a ring. That's where being a jeweler really helps. Also I have seen some grown models that have big grow lines and you loose so much of the ring smoothing these out. With a high "res" grower it may not be that bad. I would still like a printer especially if it's in this price range. You can grow more that one ring which would speed things up.
Mike
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Permalink Reply by khayreyah amani wahaab on -
Julian - out of curiosity, what date did you pay for your Asiga printer? - we tried to order ours tonight but worryingly - paypal screen when trying to checkout says "this vendor is unable to receive payments"
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Permalink Reply by Mike Tarbuck on
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As last I heard they are not shipping as of yet. Most likely why they won't accept payments right now. This has been a big concern to those who already place orders. They were to ship in March.... Makes you wonder about the company. Do they have the backing to produce the printer and then stay in business.
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Permalink Reply by khayreyah amani wahaab
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this is very concerning news. thank you Mike. I think I have just made my decision to go with another company.
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Permalink Reply by pat schmidt
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which one are you going to get?
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Permalink Reply by khayreyah amani wahaab
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i will post up a new thread about it!
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