Hi I’m looking to have a storage shelf printed and produced. It has come to my attention that it may present a problem as its faily large roughly about just over 3 foot in length is its largest measurement, id like to see if anyone can help me as I would like to do a bulk order as I have a lot of people interested in this project. Thanks in advance.
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Luuk
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Hey @Jamie_Lee_White,
although I would love to help you with this project, I think the measurements are too large for most 3D printers. I’m sure there would be some around which can do this, but the costs for production would be extremely high, since prints of this size would take half a week for a single item to be printed. I’m sorry to let you down, but I think you should look into different production methods.
Best,
Luuk
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Yeah Luuk is right here, an object that size would take an enormous amount of time to print. You could split the object into separate smaller sections however it’s still not ideal for 3D printing. You may want to look into vacuum forming.
Cheers,
T
MB3D
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Hi Jamie,
I wouldn’t recommend 3d printing for those parts, they are incredibly large and would have to be printed in at least 3-5 pieces and the shelf would be quite expensive (what price did you think this would cost).
My recommendation would be to get this shelf modeled in CAD software and then lasercut it out of plywood. If you lasercut those web-like slots into the plywood you can bend it to get the curved shape as displayed in your picture.
To give it a good look you could cover the plywood with fabric/cloth. This could be glued to the plywood with normal carpet glue, it think.
To cut the fabric to size you can print the surface from the CAD file layed out flat to get yourself a template made in a large (normal 2d) printer.
I would like to get this project done for you, but i only offer 3d printing, not lasercutting. If you still want to get this made in a 3d printer, then please contact me, also I could give you some further advises and recommendations as soon as you respond with more details about this project as well as your opinion towards lasercutted plywood and price estimation.
-Marius
What is the best way to get this item copied then as I have a lot of people desperate for this part
The item is to valuable to split/damage
MB3D
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As long as you dont want to make such a large mold and cast all those shelfs with some resin you probable can only print them or get them made out of lasercutted plywood. There is no other reasonably priced and efficient method of getting copies. You could get one shelf printed, then smere silicone over it (hobby stores and internet will guide you) and -since silicone is flexible- you add another layer of something solid, most likely resin with glass fibre fabric or similar. You should come out with a solid mold in which you can place the silicone mold, in which you can fill resin to get another shelf. However it is really tricky to do this, you have to be experienced or ask someone with experience to know, where to place holes for the air to leave the mold. Also just a tiny bit of too less silicone, or some air bubbles will cause permanent holes or bubbles in the casted copy. What is the estimated quantity that you need ?
Your kind of blowing my mind at the moment and haven’t a clue what your on about lol the idea is that as long as the genuine item (to be copied) is not harmed and what ever metherd is used to create the copy is good I’m willing to try it, it also depends on where you are and costs to make the final product.
MB3D
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Ok, I’ll try to make things clear now, so: There are 3 methods that you could use : 1) 3d printing, printed In parts that get glued together ; expensive, durable, reliable precision, long production time, free color choice (color combinations), CAD work required 2) Lasercutted plywood glued together, covered with some fabric ; more personal work required, pricing unknown, limited geometies, color dependent on the cover, medium durability, CAD work required, not many people offer custom Lasercutted plywood + CAD services (compared to 3d printing) 3) making molds and casts out of resin; mold can be used multiple times; no CAD work, color limited to resin unless painted, difficult to get good quality if your a beginner in mold-making and casting, high change of errors (bubbles, holes in the cast), very expensive if you pick a professional business to do that, skills in craftsmanship required, cheapest if you do it yourself. I need to know the following to give you more informations and recommendations : -What are you willing to pay for each shelf ? -How does the shelf get mounted in the car ? -Does the shelf need to resist heavy load (in kg) ? -What are the exact dimensions of the shelf ? -When the shelf gets designed in CAD Software you can modify the shelf, for example add extra separations or remove them, do you want to do something like that or do you want other changes ? -Marius
There are no weight requirements as its not really designed for heavy loading more tit for tat can’t give exact measurements atm however roughly looking at 3.5 ft by 1ft and half ft in depth. Price I’m looking at possibly £50 each roughly where are you based?
Ps no fixtures just slots in place
MB3D
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I’m living in germany, shipping worldwide. If you don’t really care about looks i would recommend to go with a rough plywood box, doesn’t even have to be lasercutted when you want a simple design (without seperations and differnetly staged shelf depth etc.).
I could design you a box for this with CAD programms and send you screenshots with the measurements of each plywood pannel, then you just have to find someone, that crafts it for you. Pricing would still be around 70€ (equal to 50 pound) if you take the working effort and material cost into account. If you are experienced in woodworking you could even do it yourself and rip the cost down to i guess 20 pound (paint, fabric surface etc. not included).
If you’d choose 3d printing i guess 70€ is a price estimation that is discussable (depending for what material you go 70€ is realistic) please note, that there is no CAD service included, however the pricing of that would be splitted down to each shelfs so the redesigning of this gets cheaper for the more shelfs you want.
I’d like to do further discussion in a private chat, please contact me via my hub:
https://www.3dhubs.com/siegen/hubs/marius/
Just click on “contact this hub”
Depended on @gabriela3d 's approval you could also contact me via skype, because 3dHubs offers no way of voice chat.
Nickname “railes123”
Gabriela i post my skype contact in the hope that this is in line with the forum’s guidelines. If not please tell me and feel free to remove this part of my comment. (the upper 3 lines and this one).
Awaiting your response on my hub,
Marius
Hey Jamie,
I’m with Marius here. It would cost comparatively little to construct in laser-cut plywood, which you could form and possibly strengthen with fibre glass. I know a couple of guys in the Bristol area ( UWE ) who could point you in the right direction but it’s really pretty simple.
Cheers,
AndyL
Pot8oSh3D
Ok Andy sounds positive I’m willing to give it a go
All good, Marius, thanks for the heads up!
