RL02 to PC image

[Vincent Slyngstad]

From: Ethan Dicks: Friday, December 15, 2017 6:15 AM
> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 2:36 AM, Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk
> <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>> Mine are available here:
>> http://www.so-much-stuff.com/pdp8/cad/3d.php
>>
>> It's a fairly finicky print.  Fine detail and cantilevered thin pins that
>> need to be straight and reasonably strong.
>
> I printed out one on a FormLabs Form1+.  Came out very nicely.

Yeah, I think a resin printer should handle the detail nicely.

>> Shapeways does a fine job printing them for about $4, though.
>
> I don't know that it was much cheaper when I did it - the resin is $125/liter.
>
> The advantage of Shapeways is you can have it made out of something
> less brittle than FormLab resin.  My part will work, but I wouldn't
> want to drop it - the legs would probably shatter.

I hear there are less brittle resins these days, but yeah.  If the resin
is like the resin print from Shapeways, I'd even worry that a bit of
torque inserting or removing it would snap off a pin.

The sintered nylon from Shapeways, on the other hand, is tough,
only a few bucks, and minimal hassle (except for the wait).  Even
comes out in translucent white :-).

Are there another print vendors/technologies folks have had luck
with with small, finely detailed replacement parts?

    Vince