3d printers... anybody used one?

flame polishing wont help.. crud from the stickers cant be removed and burning creates a burnishing from melted sticker goo... ive tried getting the adhesive off but nothing seems to work that doesnt eat plastic... i use mapp gas to burnish with and it has proven most effective... i think im gonna try this...




 
Mr Wilson said: "I think a lot of people weren't expecting that this could be done."
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they must be idiots because I KNEW this would happen
 
Looking at this thread, I've run across an absolutely "terrible" idea, and I can't thank you enough for that.. :)

Once upon a time, I used to use plaster and casting molds to build castles for play with role-playing games such as D&D. Typically, I used the casting molds that I bought from castlemolds.com.

The reason I stopped (aside from the fact that the ex-wife got the molds) was the somewhat tedious process of creating plaster blocks, 10 to 12 at a time, each building, dungeon layout, etcetera, taking probably 30 castings.

Now, suddenly my mind is aflutter with
  1. buying a portabee, then
  2. designing blocks and,
  3. combining them into bigger parts, such as an entire layer of a building or tower
  4. use said bigger printed parts to go back and create my own casting molds to sell online (or just to speed up the process of creating dioramas).
Oh.... How I hate getting hobby ideas stuck in my head... :)

That being said, any thoughts? How does one create the original 3d model anyway? Guessing I'll need a copy of AutoCAD?

Wayne
 
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