Recommendation for bureau 3d printing?
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Thought I'd ask on here as 3d printing is talked about often enough...
A few years ago I had some custom air bricks made for my house. Great job done in terracotta.
I now need another 1, maybe 2 bricks, but unfortunately the guy who made them passed away. I've tried to find other places to make them the same way but am struggling finding anywhere capable/interested.
Then the though arose that I could possibly cover this with 3d printing.
The bricks are in no way load bearing, and they don't need to be terracotta coloured but will need to be able to be coated in lime wash (ideally) or matt white paint (possibly). Rough size is about the size of a house brick, the front face has an ornate pattern of holes on it, but from a 3d printing perspective I reckon they'd be straightforward to do.
Does anyone have any recommendations for places that can do this sort of work?
A few years ago I had some custom air bricks made for my house. Great job done in terracotta.
I now need another 1, maybe 2 bricks, but unfortunately the guy who made them passed away. I've tried to find other places to make them the same way but am struggling finding anywhere capable/interested.
Then the though arose that I could possibly cover this with 3d printing.
The bricks are in no way load bearing, and they don't need to be terracotta coloured but will need to be able to be coated in lime wash (ideally) or matt white paint (possibly). Rough size is about the size of a house brick, the front face has an ornate pattern of holes on it, but from a 3d printing perspective I reckon they'd be straightforward to do.
Does anyone have any recommendations for places that can do this sort of work?
A housebrick is 215mm wide, which may be a hair over the bed size for smaller printers (mine is 200x200), but people running a print to order service would likely have one large enough (or you can print it in two pieces and stick it together).
Do you have a CAD file of some kind from when you originally had them made, or would one need to be generated?
Do you have a picture showing the design?
Do you have a CAD file of some kind from when you originally had them made, or would one need to be generated?
Do you have a picture showing the design?
InitialDave said:
A housebrick is 215mm wide, which may be a hair over the bed size for smaller printers (mine is 200x200), but people running a print to order service would likely have one large enough (or you can print it in two pieces and stick it together).
Do you have a CAD file of some kind from when you originally had them made, or would one need to be generated?
Do you have a picture showing the design?
I currently just have a PDF template of the patterned face...am looking to see if I can convert that to a 3d drawing/model. Though if I could find somewhere to do that bit too it would probably be better Do you have a CAD file of some kind from when you originally had them made, or would one need to be generated?
Do you have a picture showing the design?
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