3D printing ECU case - cost?
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Re: 3D printing ECU case - cost?
Let's compare different services. To be honest I have no clue what is the proper material for a Proteus case so I kind of clicked to the best of my limited understanding
So specific file https://github.com/ksmola/proteus-case/blob/main/proteus_case-top.STL
xometry.com: $720 for 10 copies
So specific file https://github.com/ksmola/proteus-case/blob/main/proteus_case-top.STL
xometry.com: $720 for 10 copies
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Same exact https://github.com/ksmola/proteus-case/blob/main/proteus_case-top.STL
shapeways.com "random plastic" option. Same price $36 per copy regardless of qty 1 or qty 10
shapeways.com "random plastic" option. Same price $36 per copy regardless of qty 1 or qty 10
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Re: 3D printing ECU case - cost?
@kon says that the magic formula is ender 3 (auto leveling, silent motherboard, direct drive extruder, all metal hotend, octoprint, glass bed)
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An open printer like that will be a problem if you try to run ABS, which is higher temp and way less brittle than PLA so more appropriate for car parts. I think you'll be happier with something you can put sides on and maybe a more rigid frame or you end up running it pretty slow.
I bought a folgertech ft-5 some years ago....and ended up spending the purchase price again in upgrades to get it printing good so I'm scared of super low prices now.
Re: 3D printing ECU case - cost?
I'd suggest that instead of investing in a 3D printer, you invest in a milling machine
What was rationale behind the 3d-printed case vs aluminum one?
What was rationale behind the 3d-printed case vs aluminum one?
Re: 3D printing ECU case - cost?
A delta printer with magnetic joints, a duet smart effector, and a BMG dual drive extruder makes for a bulletproof printer. I will never, ever go back to those piece of junk prusa style Cartesian machines, they are a pain in the ass. I would temper your expectations of how autolevel works on a flat bed like that, and getting everything perfectly square and level so that it stands a chance is work, every time you move or bump it you're in for more of the same.
I don't mean to offend anyone, but the ender 3 I see on a google search looks like a pile of shit. It's got the floppy bed, it's got the shitty coaster wheels running against the aluminum extrusion for a linear rail as if it doesn't move at high speeds all the time, and it's got nothing reinforcing the z towers, all things that made my prusa clone a terrible mess. It looks like it has a bowden setup, it has the cheap china hotend, and it looks like it runs on a mega. So, it sounds like step 1 is replace everything. Seems kinda wasteful.
The only thing is you have to buy good mag arms with a delta, not the cheap Chinese junk.
Last, forget buying a kit printer, as everyone who ever bought one ends up replacing half the shit anyway. Just go ahead and build your own from parts. Better that way.
I don't mean to offend anyone, but the ender 3 I see on a google search looks like a pile of shit. It's got the floppy bed, it's got the shitty coaster wheels running against the aluminum extrusion for a linear rail as if it doesn't move at high speeds all the time, and it's got nothing reinforcing the z towers, all things that made my prusa clone a terrible mess. It looks like it has a bowden setup, it has the cheap china hotend, and it looks like it runs on a mega. So, it sounds like step 1 is replace everything. Seems kinda wasteful.
The only thing is you have to buy good mag arms with a delta, not the cheap Chinese junk.
Last, forget buying a kit printer, as everyone who ever bought one ends up replacing half the shit anyway. Just go ahead and build your own from parts. Better that way.
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Re: 3D printing ECU case - cost?
Has anyone tried JLC 3D service yet?
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Here is the JLCPCB as ordered above
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cool stuff is this nylon! probably feels even better than it seems!
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Re: 3D printing ECU case - cost?
craftcloud3d is a marketplace for 3D printing services. Got two parts in SLA in 8 days for $80.
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They use a bunch of different file extensions in this 3D game I need to take notes https://github.com/rusefi/rusefi/wiki/3D-printing-101
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this doesn't look like sla. did you mean PLA?
Re: 3D printing ECU case - cost?
btw, recently I discovered onshape.com - basically, it's an online CAD and it looks way better than fusion360