From dave at thefletchers.net  Sun Oct 15 17:32:41 2023
From: dave at thefletchers.net (David Fletcher)
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2023 18:32:41 +0100
Subject: [Wiltshire] 3D printers
Message-ID: <408be3f1fc29dc23ac6087bd0764330d7561321f.camel@thefletchers.net>

Hi,

I last asked here two years ago and received great advice thanks.

Now, I keep thinking of jobs for which I could ideally do with a 3D
printer so, I'm wondering if there are any recommendations?

I've had a play with FreeCad to draw up an in car smart phone cradle
that I made a couple of years in the old fashioned way via pattern and
silicone rubber mould and am quite pleased with my effort at 3D CAD. I
tried feeding prusa-slicer with that design which seemed happy.

Now, I've been researching further and found a slicer called slic3r
that can apparently be configured for all sorts of different printers
so has options for
RepRap
Repetier
Teacup
Makerware
Sailfish
etc....

Can anyone recommend a decent printer please? I am thinking plastic
filament squirting nozzle type, not sure what build volume, maybe
300mm^3 upwards would be great for what I currently have in mind.
Prefer not to have anything that wants to keep "phoning home", just
stick in a USB drive with a manufacturing file on it and press GO, if
possible.

Thanks for all suggestions.

Dave