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This is an unfair comparison.. Having used a Stratasys Objet of around a similar price point, the amount of detail you can get is incredible -- down to fraction
by aleon 10y ago
This is an unfair comparison.. Having used a Stratasys Objet of around a similar price point, the amount of detail you can get is incredible -- down to fractions of a millimeter.
Sure, for the prints that were pictured in the comparison, either can do relatively well, but the point of higher end printers is for higher resolution prints, different materials, shapes of the print, etc. To ignore all of those use cases and focus on a generic print that a hobbyist would make, of course a hobbyist printer would suffice!
- graeham 10y agoExactly - this is a pretty simple part, without fine details that would actually test an expensive printer. Its like comparing how Facebook or Word works on a netbook vs a top-end desktop. And I'd say furthermore, although not knowing how the part is used - with such flat features and 90-degree corners, probably the best way to make this would be sheet metal, which with a waterjet cutter, press break, and spot welder could be produced in 1/100th the time and cost.
- kragen 10y agoEvery hobbyist printer can get down to fractions of a millimeter. I think 100μm surface roughness is typical.