3D printing cases

[dfukuba]

Hey guys,

I've got a 3D printer at my office which we use for personal projects every now and then. I was thinking this would be an excellent resource for some case builders on these forums. It is a dimension uPrint, specs can be found here:
http://www.dimensionprinting.com/3d-pri ... print.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I've attached a photo of some parts i just printed, the red one is printed with some nice coats of spray paint :")

I plan on using this machine a lot for my case building, and if it would be useful to some people out there, they can take advantage of it too.

normal places charge ~$50/ cubic inch of material (the lowest place i know of it $35/ cubic inch, and you have to be a member of their shop). We would charge $20/ cubic inch. Which does add up when your building something big, but there are a couple of tricks to cut costs.

So if any one is interested, please let me know and I'd be glad to help out. I would need a ".stl" file, which can be produced in just about any 3d Modeling software, including Google sketch up.

I'll post some pics of my cases once i get them going :")
--Danny

edit: sorry for the bad photo, just took it when i posted this with my phone. dont' have amazing lighting at my desk :") check out the dimension website and see how the parts actually look.

[marshallh]

Very cool This would be excellent for smaller cases.

Is it precise enough to do small embossed text?