I'm looking at getting a couple of small plastic parts made up and thought I might give this a go. Has anyone used any companies and can you give your experiences please

 

We have an HP 3D printer at work for making prototype parts to check fits and visuals. It prints small "blobs" of molten ABS plastic which stick to each other. The parts aren't very strong, they are very porous (like sintered metal) and the surface finish isn't very good. It all depends on what you want the parts for/to do. If they are visual parts only and don't have a specific function then they would probably be fine. Any strength requirements or sealing ability then forget it. They are also very slow to print so probably aren't cheap.

 

This months custom pc magazine has a feature on it.

 

this place can do metals and ceramics

http://www.shapeways.com/materials?li=nav

i was wanting some spacers for my motorbike mirrors. was going to make them out of 1" thick nylon, but was wondering what printed ones would be like.

 

I saw it being done up at Strathclyde Uni. Very very interesting to watch!

 

A nutter has made a gun using one