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They reason they both have the "pile of spaghetti" look is that they're both FDM printers. The fact that even the most expensive FDM machines still give that cr
by ascorbic 12y ago
They reason they both have the "pile of spaghetti" look is that they're both FDM printers. The fact that even the most expensive FDM machines still give that crappy-looking result is because that's all the technology can handle. If he'd compared it with the results from even a consumer-grade SLA machine like the Form 1, let alone professional SLA, SLS or inkjet such as Objet then it would be completely different results.
- drzaiusapelord 12y agoI'm completly bewildered by the current 3D printing fandom. Every FDM print I've see just looks... off. I certainly am impressed people can make these things casually, but from an aesthetic and even practical point of view, it just looks terrible. I can't imagine using it for some of the more interesting use cases I hear about like replacing a cosmetic part in your car or house. I spent a bit of time on 3d printing forums and from what I can tell its just figurine printing and hobbyist screwing around. These photos are very telling: http://maukcc.blogspot.com/2013/03/comparison-between-sla-and-fdm.html http://maukcc.blogspot.com/2013/03/comparison-between-sla-an... A low price SLA would be a serious game changer. The Kudo3D project will be interesting to watch. I'd much rather spend $2000 on something that prints beautifully than $600 on something that will print "piled spaghetti." Interesting comment from the Kudo3D person on reddit with some details: http://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/25teeg/kudo3d_celebratory_tshirt_contest/chmt25g http://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/25teeg/kudo3d_ce...