3D Printing

[Stybar]

For the people who live in Belgium (Mave, and I'm sure others as well), if you know anything about 3D modeling, or have a model lying around, check out http://i.materialise.com/

It's a company based in Leuven, which prints your design for a price. It has about 20 different materials to choose from, starting at 0,55€ per cm3. They also print in metals, such as Silver, Brass, Titanium, Bronze, and others. Those cost a bit more though.

For example, I quickly made a tube, 10mm in diameter, 1,6mm thick, and 10mm high. Costs in Silver: 45€. Costs in Titanium: 97€. In Polamide plastic: 17€.

In silver might look expensive, but imagine making your own design ring for about 45€. Even though a human finger is a bit bigger (mine is 25 mm in diameter), it still might be pretty cheap for something you made yourself.

Of course, people who do not live in Belgium have little use of this site, which is why this:

For people in France, based in Paris:
http://impression-3d.com/english/engtechnologies.html

For people in Germany:
http://www.fluid-forms.com/

For people in Italy, based in Turin:
http://www.protocube.com/

For people in the Netherlands, based in Amsterdam:
http://www.freedomofcreation.com/

For people in the UK:
http://www.3dcreationlab.co.uk/

For people in the USA:
http://www.moddler.com/

Full list, and source:
http://www.3ders.org/3d-printing/3d-print-services.html

Or buy your own printer:
http://www.3ders.org/pricecompare/3dprinters/

 

[Mave]

This is awesome, I'm so gonna try this after exams, still have some 3D designs laying around from C4D.