All I can say is when it comes to these machines you get what you pay for. The machines that are in the $1800-$3000 range are not really good for model parts on the kind of things we do. As Bo said maybe for fixtures and things...it might be acceptable?
Maybe? The machines that go for $100,000+ make nice parts that could be used. The only machine that I have seen that might, and it's a big might is the Formlabs 1 machine. It's around $3000. We had one and it worked okay in the beginning, then it totally stopped working properly. Now for another $1200 they are going to refurbish it and supposedly make it so we can use it again. I really don't feel the technology is there yet for the really fine things we do. However they are always getting better. But they are still relatively expensive and the resolution is not great on the lower end machines that most people could afford.
