I recently designed and 3D printed a CMM fixture for an oddly shaped part. (It turned out amazing)
I was just wondering if anyone else uses a 3D printer for work or pleasure and what applications have you found your 3D printer the most useful in a manufacturing environment?
I did a lot of research before landing on the Ender 3 V2. And I went cheaper because I wanted to make sure I would actually use it consistently before dropping big money. I can tell you that thing runs just about 24/7 for the few months I have had it.
I'm not sure about the E3v2, I thought it had the upgraded mainboard for silent operation. But I believe you can buy and add the BL touch to it for auto bed leveling.
A-machine-insp That is pretty awesome I would love to take on a larger project like that. I need to get all my little stuff printed first, I have a lot of projects in the pipeline right now
LaserJay After my wife passed away this year, I gave up on 3d printing because it was something she got me into. I ended up giving my printers to my dad. Now my dad has 12 printers total. I am thinking about having him get one tuned up and bringing it back home.
I think I may have convinced my shop to buy a 3D printer. I printed a custom tool for our rivet gun (to test fit, the actual tool will be steel) and just playing around they tested the 3d print on a real rivet and it held up. I don't know how much pressure it was actually under but the production supervisor was impressed how strong it was
LaserJay I have a friend that owns a suspension shop for motorcycle racing. He is printing spring spaces for the forks out of PETG and it is working great. Some of his customers run in the MotoAmerica series so his prints are under pressure at the highest level or racing in the country with no complaints or failures. He is printing them on an Ender 2 V2.