3D printing companies

[Michael Cox 1Participant @michaelcox1]

A friend has asked me where to source some plastic parts. The are part is for broken office stapling machines. The part is small weighing only 0.4 grams. It sounds like a perfect job for a 3D printer. He has several of these staplers to mend and would be looking for about 30 of the parts. I have drawn up the part and can supply the drawing in .DFX or .DWG format. I think the part printed in PLA or ABS would be strong enough.

Does anyone know of a small company or individual that might be interested in doing this work?

Mike

[Michael Cox 1Participant @michaelcox1]

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Without knowing what the part does it would be impossible to say if a printed one will be strong enough. The fact that 30 have already broken suggests it may need to be quite strong and if it acts as a spring or needs to flex then the right sort of medium will be critical.

[simondavies3Participant @simondavies3]

Michael, most 3D printing people use .stl files to generate the output G-code for printing.

PM to you as well.

Simon

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Shapeways, they also have a very wide range of materials to choose from and specifications for what can and can't be printed in each material, such as wall thickness, minimum hole sizes etc..

Neil

[Michael Cox 1Participant @michaelcox1]

Thanks Neil. I am following up the Shapeways option.

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