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<br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Greig Stewart <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:greig2@gmail.com" target="_blank">greig2@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">You could also try local 3D printing hobbyists that use<br>
<a href="https://www.3dhubs.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.3dhubs.com</a>, although you might need a company to do the<br>
scanning part. There are companies on there too.<br>
<br>
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On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Martin McGrath <<a href="mailto:mcgrath.martin@gmail.com">mcgrath.martin@gmail.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
<div><div class="h5"><br>
> On 21 March 2017 at 08:55, Jon Minton <<a href="mailto:nate.minton@gmail.com">nate.minton@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Hi all,<br>
> ><br>
> > I've been interested in printing demographic data for a few years. An<br>
> > introduction to the basic idea is here:<br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="https://ije-blog.com/2016/06/27/lexis-cubes-1-from-maps-of-" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ije-blog.com/2016/06/<wbr>27/lexis-cubes-1-from-maps-of-</a><br>
> space-to-maps-of-time/<br>
> > (basic concept)<br>
> > <a href="https://ije-blog.com/2016/06/27/lexis-cubes-2-case-study-" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ije-blog.com/2016/06/<wbr>27/lexis-cubes-2-case-study-</a><br>
> log-mortality-for-males-in-<wbr>finland-1878-to-2012/<br>
> > (illustration and annotation of a printed cube)<br>
> ><br>
> > I went to Maklab when they were based in the Lighthouse. There seemed a<br>
> lot<br>
> > of enthusiasm but they seem to steer people away from focus on 3D<br>
> printing<br>
> > to other CAD/CAM techniques. Unfortunately they couldn't offer a precise<br>
> > estimate for the cost of manufacture; as I was in charge of a small<br>
> budget<br>
> > to print some of the cubes above I really needed to be able to enter a<br>
> > specific amount in invoices.<br>
> > In the end I've kept using a company based in London:<br>
> > <a href="https://www.3dprint-uk.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.3dprint-uk.co.uk/</a><br>
> > The quality is very high, with objects produced at very high resolution<br>
> in<br>
> > a durable nylon. Their pricing isn't cheap but is transparent: they<br>
> charge<br>
> > for 'swept volume' - basically the smallest cuboid that could contain the<br>
> > structure to be printed; their staff are friendly and their turnaround<br>
> > times quite short. I've had one or two objects printed using University<br>
> of<br>
> > Glasgow machines and the quality has been much lower, though the range of<br>
> > materials is higher.<br>
> ><br>
> > I think I've seen somewhere offering 3d printing on Woodlands Road<br>
> recently<br>
> > but haven't been in. I couldn't find reference to this online but did<br>
> find<br>
> > the following:<br>
> > <a href="https://step3d.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://step3d.co.uk/</a><br>
> ><br>
> > Like 3dprint they offer online quotes.<br>
> ><br>
> > I think in general paying a professional company with a very high end<br>
> > machine will be better value than buying a low end machine to use<br>
> yourself,<br>
> > though it depends what you want to use 3D printing for. I can imagine the<br>
> > various problems with fabrication - with trying to print something that's<br>
> > unprintable and ending up with strings of melted plastic after waiting<br>
> > overnight and using up a lot of material in the process - represent an<br>
> > interesting challenge, and using the machines is a good skill to learn,<br>
> but<br>
> > I'm primarily interested in the output, and if the aim is to have<br>
> something<br>
> > to exhibit and explore using an online company takes out a lot of the<br>
> > hassle.<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > Best wishes,<br>
> > Jon<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
><br>
> Podbox are Glasgow based, you can pop in and speak to them:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.podbox.co.uk/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.podbox.co.uk/</a><br>
><br>
> Martin<br>
><br>
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