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How Can I Get My Models Printed?
At this stage, you must be wondering how to get your own models printed. Luckily there are many com-
panies today who are offering this service and the price is dropping. Usually prices are determined by
the volume or height of the figure. Price can be lowered by printing the figure laying down rather than
standing or by hollowing out the figure and cutting it into parts so it can be more efficiently placed on the
printing tray. This means a figure laying down prints faster, but the build lines will be oriented length-
wise down the body.
The following list is a selection of companies who offer 3-D printing services to consumers. I had the
Interdimensional Traveler 3-D print for this topic printed by Ownage, and I can personally vouch for
the exceptional quality of the print as well as the great customer service. I highly recommend you get in
touch with them for your printing needs. Desmoda and team will stun you with their high-quality, fast
work.
Ownage
http://ownage.com/
GrowIt3D
www.growit3d.com/
Morpheus
www.facebook.com/morpheus.prototypes
Offload Studios
http://www.offloadstudios.com/core/
Shapeways
http://www.shapeways.com/
One day soon we will have desktop 3-D printing. The Objet company already has the Objet24 and Ob-
jet30 personal printers. These machines have a 28 micron layer thickness. That means they will print fine
details but not as fine as the 16 ยต layers by the Eden line of machines. It is only a matter of time before
they become a consumer product. When this happens, manufacturing will be forever changed just like
music and film were changed by MP3 and MP4 files. Imagine downloading a toy and printing unlimited
copies from home. Imagine being able to scan and replace parts from your vintage toy collections by
simply printing them. Imagine scanning your head with your webcam and printing a custom action figure
head of yourself. These are all available technologies.
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