Let's take a look who we are? Tell us about your job.

i30joe · **Reply #1111: October 31, 2015, 20:13:47**

I'm a prototyping Engineer. I make small batch plastic 'stuff' anything plastic I can probably make it for a price.

Dazzler · **Reply #1112: October 31, 2015, 21:02:48**

Quote from: i30joe on October 31, 2015, 20:13:47

I'm a prototyping Engineer. I make small batch plastic 'stuff' anything plastic I can probably make it for a price.

Will the availability of affordable 3D printers help or hinder your business prospects?

i30joe · **Reply #1113: October 31, 2015, 21:04:38**

It's killing us to be honest designers that would come to us to spend maybe 1000 a month have now purchased there own 3d printers for maybe 10k.

The quality is terrible but sometimes they just want a model in there hands.

Dazzler · **Reply #1114: October 31, 2015, 21:08:44**

Quote from: i30joe on October 31, 2015, 21:04:38

It's killing us to be honest designers that would come to us to spend maybe 1000 a month have now purchased there own 3d printers for maybe 10k.

The quality is terrible but sometimes they just want a model in there hands.

I thought that might be the case!

i30joe · **Reply #1115: October 31, 2015, 21:09:32**

We still do well just not as well as we could be.

Dazzler · **Reply #1116: October 31, 2015, 21:11:26**

Quote from: i30joe on October 31, 2015, 21:09:32

We still do well just not as well as we could be.

They are still fairly slow. The wife and I want one but still waiting for them to mature.

i30joe · **Reply #1117: October 31, 2015, 21:18:25**

Depends on your idea of slow lol

Dazzler · **Reply #1118: October 31, 2015, 21:28:50**

Quote from: i30joe on October 31, 2015, 21:18:25

Depends on your idea of slow lol

I believe they take hours rather than minutes most of the time!

i30joe · **Reply #1119: October 31, 2015, 21:31:40**

Certainly hours will be a long time before its done in minutes for best quality it builds layers of 0.1mm at a time.

Dazzler · **Reply #1120: October 31, 2015, 21:34:35**

Quote from: i30joe on October 31, 2015, 21:31:40

Certainly hours will be a long time before its done in minutes for best quality it builds layers of 0.1mm at a time.

There is apparently new Technology in 3d Printers that extrudes rather than layers the plastic and it ahs the potential to be much quicker,

Sorry for the

folks!

i30joe · **Reply #1121: October 31, 2015, 21:35:39**

Yeah there is FDM but the quality is awful.

i30 Active Pete · **Reply #1122: November 20, 2015, 22:57:38**

I am a Returns Administrator for a computer parts company, 9-5 Mon-Fri, then weekends I am a football league referee in & around Warrington, Cheshire, also a Referees Appointment Secretary for the same leagues in & around Warrington, Cheshire.

The Gonz · **Reply #1123: November 20, 2015, 23:48:09**

So the Active applies to both the car and you.

Doggie 1 · **Reply #1124: November 21, 2015, 01:59:15**

Damn.
I knew I should have bought an Elite.

The Gonz · **Reply #1125: November 21, 2015, 02:12:44**

Just be glad your car is tyred and/or exhausted.

Doggie 1 · **Reply #1126: November 21, 2015, 02:18:05**

And well sprung.

FatBoy · **Reply #1127: November 21, 2015, 02:19:22**

It has only got a little motor though, but does give plenty of torque.

Doggie 1 · **Reply #1128: November 21, 2015, 02:23:25**

Absolutely.
Pulls like a ~~teena...~~ train.

liability · **Reply #1129: December 19, 2015, 05:13:29**

Retired cop, who bought a new CDRi a week ago with part of my super payout

Now doing consultancy work for some government and private clients.

Get to travel all over the countryside, so the economy of the CDRi will come in very handy!

Dazzler · **Reply #1130: December 19, 2015, 07:13:42**

Quote from: liability on December 19, 2015, 05:13:29

Retired cop, who bought a new CDRi a week ago with part of my super payout Now doing consultancy work for some government and private clients.

Get to travel all over the countryside, so the economy of the CDRi will come in very handy!

Yep, you made a ~~good~~ great choice.

Doggie 1 · **Reply #1131: December 19, 2015, 10:09:18**

neptune · **Reply #1132: December 19, 2015, 14:11:21**

Found a new friend , Doggie....

PS...coffee this week in Mdrh?...

mattymoo · **Reply #1133: December 19, 2015, 15:40:32**

I'm a web developer and the wife is a potter.

Jt8240 · **Reply #1134: December 19, 2015, 17:50:08**

im a firefighter and on my days off a driver on the docks get to drive a lot of new cars and to be fair my i30 stands up well next to them

Dazzler · **Reply #1135: December 19, 2015, 22:29:54**

Nice diversity here..

Lester · **Reply #1136: December 19, 2015, 22:31:08**

Quote from: liability on December 19, 2015, 05:13:29

Retired cop, who bought a new CDRi a week ago with part of my super payout Now doing consultancy work for some government and private clients.

Get to travel all over the countryside, so the economy of the CDRi will come in very handy!

Welcome Brother, I had 36 yrs in the 'job' myself (NSWP) Enjoy your retirement, your new Hyundai i30 and of course i30 owners club.

Lester · **Reply #1137: December 19, 2015, 22:34:09**

Quote from: Jt8240 on December 19, 2015, 17:50:08

im a firefighter and on my days off a driver on the docks get to drive a lot of new cars and to be fair my i30 stands up well next to them

Welcome mate, enjoy the site. There sure are a lot of new cars at Southampton Docks, zillions in fact, saw a lot of Renaults. I was there a month or three ago, doing a couple of cruises.

Lester · **Reply #1138: December 19, 2015, 22:35:29**

Quote from: FatBoy on November 21, 2015, 02:19:22

It has only got a little motor though, but does give plenty of torque.

Sounds like my Missus.

The Gonz · **Reply #1139: December 19, 2015, 23:08:19**

Probably like a lot of our partners!
Not sure what to call myself over the next year. Officially an Air Force Staff College student, there is zero formal learning to be had. My mission is to 'smile and wave', to demonstrate solidarity and comradeship to my Indonesian counterparts in an environment designed to test our sanity. 'Strategic' is very much the case because the benefits will be felt way down the track when the long-term friendships are used to avert undesirable strains in our international relations. The house, maid, car, chauffer, gardeners and guards are not really perks - rather important components to both show status and help keep sanity as compensation for when our military's finest (and somehow I slipped in) are required to give up a year to otherwise engage in futility, where other than building relationships, none of what we do here will matter.