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Shapeways has gone bust
crueby:
--- Quote from: Kim on July 07, 2024, 06:04:57 AM ---That's sad. Seemed like such a great business too... :(
Interestingly, I did a little Googling and came up with this article:
https://www.tctmagazine.com/additive-manufacturing-3d-printing-news/latest-additive-manufacturing-3d-printing-news/shapeways-ceases-operations-and-files-for-bankruptcy/
Just below the short article about the bankruptcy, there is a post from what seems to be a plant manager from Shapeways which seems to imply that they are looking to start up the business on their own. So hopefully something good will come out the other end of all this?
Kim
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I hope they can restart it - quite a surprise when they stopped!
crueby:
--- Quote from: Jasonb on July 07, 2024, 07:02:12 AM ---I think there are quite a few other companies offering similar online services these days so maybe they were not set up for competition.
Couple of people over on HMEM have got quite good results with metal prints from https://www.pcbway.com/rapid-prototyping/ who will also print in plastics, CNC machine, cut and fold etc
I tried uploading a couple of aero type crankcases and prices seemed quite reasonable.
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There are a few places like that one, think they started out as PCB board makers, got into CNC and printing later on. The PcbWay place and jlc3dp.com where the two I narrowed it down to when I was looking for womeone to print my Ruston excavator bucket in stainless steel, wound up going with jlc3dp based on final price, looked like equivalent services. One thing I havent seen at too many is printing in brass, most seem to be steels and aluminum.
crueby:
--- Quote from: Vixen on July 07, 2024, 08:35:32 AM ---I have always used Sculptio in preference to Shapeways. I'm a very satisfied customer
Mike
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'sculpteo.com' ?
Vixen:
--- Quote from: crueby on July 07, 2024, 04:20:27 PM ---'sculpteo.com' ?
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Yes Chris, that's the one. The do brass and bronze as lost wax castings. Binder jet printing in steel bronze, as well as metal filament printing and laser sintered printing and much more.
Mike
crueby:
--- Quote from: Vixen on July 07, 2024, 05:20:45 PM ---
--- Quote from: crueby on July 07, 2024, 04:20:27 PM ---'sculpteo.com' ?
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Yes Chris, that's the one. The do brass and bronze as lost wax castings. Binder jet printing in steel bronze, as well as metal filament printing and laser sintered printing and much more.
Mike
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Thanks!!
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