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Apr 2016

I can’t really view the model right now, but assuming it fits the prerequisites for laser cutting (must be made from either a single flat sheet or stacked flat sheets) it might indeed be better to have it laser cut. 3D Hubs charges by volume, and a 66cm part’s volume would be quite massive even if you could find a hub able to print it for you. Laser cutters (at least around where I live) usually charge per job, and size doesn’t have nearly as much of an effect on the price than it does with a 3D printing hub.

Also, food safe is a property that actually depends about as much on how a material is processed as it does on the material itself, and honestly 3D printing is not good for food safe products. The crevices between each individual layers are breeding grounds for bacteria, and aren’t really easy to reach when being washed. In that regard I do imagine laser cutting to be a better option for food safety, though with laser cutting the issue might be finding a food safe material to cut in the first place.

Hope this helped!

-Karl Zhao