Re: Is this even remotely possible ?

2016-10-14 Thread Morten Bartholdy
Also, lasercutting is not just cutting - it can also provide relief and engraving, so you could laser engrave the pages. http://www.cutlasercut.com/showcase http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/04/geometric-laser-cut-wood-relief-sculptures-by-gabriel-schama/ Morten > Den 14. oktober 2016

Re: Is this even remotely possible ?

2016-10-14 Thread Chris Marshall
Shapeways is a very cool service with lots of material options, as Morten mentioned. They do specify the min and max dimensions, thicknesses etc on the site. Some of the materials are also designed for high levels of detail https://www.shapeways.com/materials/high-definition-acrylate?li=nav On

Re: Is this even remotely possible ?

2016-10-14 Thread Morten Bartholdy
Perhaps I m missing what you need, but there are available 3D printers that can handle that level of detail. That said - if you need very flat and thin letters, it sounds more like you need to use CNC foil cutting, or lasercutting. http://www.shapeways.com/materials/frosted-detail-plastic

Re: Is this even remotely possible ?

2016-10-13 Thread Pierre Schiller
Just explain there will be no space between letters. Explain printers (at most) will make an entire toothpaste letters together. On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Michael Amasio wrote: > I think I'm missing the point of why this would be 3d printed if it's > going to be

Re: Is this even remotely possible ?

2016-10-13 Thread Michael Amasio
I think I'm missing the point of why this would be 3d printed if it's going to be super thin, (?o?)but I've printed things that are incredibly fragile but structurally feasible at like 50 microns. In two axis. Like a wire made out of plastic that you could lay 20 copies of adjacent in 1mm. That's

Is this even remotely possible ?

2016-10-13 Thread Sebastien Sterling
Hey guys, I have some people on to me for a job, they need some 3d printing. They want to make a transparent book with 3d printed letters stuck on sheets of transparent plastic, the whole thing being half an A4 sheet, I told them, to the best of my knoledge this is impossible, no commercially