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3D Printing masterclass: lessons from 3 years of hard printing
Date and Time
Wednesday Jul 11, 2018
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM BST11 July 2018.
9:30am - 11:30amLocation
Chamber Offices, Cardrew House , Cardrew Ind Estate, Redruth, TR15 1SP
Fees/Admission
Free of charge.
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Description
This class is aimed at individuals who are actively thinking of investing in a 3D printer.Louis Turner will:- draw on his experiences over the last three years, during which he has evolved from printing trinkets for children, to challenges like tackling a prototyping job which involved running a machine for 5 days solid, while also simultaneously producing a digital image of a statue in Fowey, which turned into a 3 day print, which was then, through casting, replicated as a bronze replica.
- Demonstrate a printer
- bring an extensive display of items he has printed during this period.
- give candid advice on the ease or otherwise of working with 3D printers
- discuss the range of materials which are now available for printing
- reflect on the various ways in which clients have used 3D printing
- talk about the economics
- Advise about next steps forward
3D Kernow is a Community Interest Company with the social goal of spreading knowledge of 3D printing and design round Cornwall.
The company is Falmouth based and has run for three years. It now maintains 5 printers, with a new resin printer about to be added.
Clients include corporate prototypers in a number of sectors; artists, students, yachtsmen, hobbyists, dental technicians, marionette designers and do-it-yourself mechanics wanting to replicate obsolete componentsImages
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