3D Printing Supports, Why Are They Needed?
Home Introduction In this post, we’re going to cover what 3D printing supports are, when they’re required and how they can affect the quality & price of your print. We do all the leg work at our additive manufacturing service and add support placements to your models free of charge. We’ll always try to remove these […]
Blog Post: 3D Printing Price – 11 Tips to Help Reduce Your Project Cost
It’s no secret that 3D printing costs & prices can be expensive compared to other manufacturing processes, however the advantage of 3D printing with additive manufacturing services such as SGD is there’s no upfront fixed costs such as tooling, low volume requirements (yes we accept single part orders!) and flexible production for just in time […]
Using 3D Printed Jigs & Fixtures For Manufacturing
Often when we hear about 3D printing, we hear about recent headlines such as; Defence Distributed or the amazing advances in medical design. Such as the National Health Service (NHS) incorporating rapid prototyping into their routines for carrying our complex surgical procedures and planning the operation using accurate parts produced from CT scans: https://www.med-technews.com/features/london-nhs-trust-uses-3d-printing-to-transplant/ However there’s a bigger, […]
Blog Post – 3D Printing Emergency Supplies
3D printing usually has some weird and wonderful functions and applications, the one key factor that consumers and businesses seem to love with the process is instant access to parts & components. A great personal example of 3D printing’s benefits was recently for me at home with an annual gas boiler inspection. Unfortunately somewhere along […]
Case Study – Helicopter Gearbox Project
Our latest creation at SGD is the following print completed for a local Aerospace customer. They tasked us on creating a Helicopter Gearbox that would be used for trade shows, as a way with interacting with new potential clients and also in their main offices foyer. The print itself is made up of 29 printed […]
Blog Post – 3D Printed Car Part
At our 3D printing service we get quite a few quirky and wonderful printing requests. This week we completed a custom 3D print for a customer who was a vintage Alfa Romeo vehicle owner. Unfortunately due to the dishonesty of someone, this part was stolen from their car. The owner spent countless hours trying to source […]
Backlash Nut Needed?
Blog Post: Most Important 3D Printing Tool – Fire Extinguisher
Throughout past experiences, I would hands down say this is one of the most important 3D printing tools / accessories available. It may not get much use, however in the case of an emergency can be the difference between your life, business and property . .
Fulfilled by 3D Hubs Closing To Outside Hubs
This afternoon I received this email from 3D Hubs announcing that 3D Hubs will no longer be allowing outside manufacturing out of their ‘fulfilled by 3D Hubs’ system. Luckily we managed to get out of the system early and build a good steady revenue, without paying the 15% commision that 3D Hubs demanded. I feel […]
Blog Post: Always Check Second Hand 3D Printers on eBay
Purchased a “new, never opened” Wanhao D4S on eBay earlier this week. Apart from the fact the printer arrived with the Y Axis gantry completely snapped. Plugged in the printer to test other functions and the entire hot end set on fire! Always important when buying second hand to check all the cables thoroughly before […]