plastic printing

[David Lee]

Originally Posted by FireSale

The trick with 3D printing of custom parts is that they need to be designed in CAD files. That requires fairly expensive software and a good deal of skill to prepare the file to feed the printer. Couple of grand to set this up for a bracket lighter but not as strong as 6061 aluminum. I'd much rather have a mill and lathe.

there is sw that is vert very good and for free, one is made by the makers of autocad. while i would love to own a nice lathe and mill, the cost and space required would be prohibitive.