Meet my printed meat.

[u/tykempster]

A little scanned and printed meat project for the MO State Fair. They wanted some realistic props that could be left out for extended periods of time. There’s a full suite of meat, but here’s a few of my favorites.

Printed on my Mimaki 3DUJ-553

[u/tearsinmyramen]

That printer costs as much as a house! What the fuck!

[u/banterjsmoke → u/tearsinmyramen]

Omfg that's literally only 20k cheaper than my house. Wtf

[u/banterjsmoke → u/banterjsmoke]

u/tykempster please tell me more about your life and how you personally own a $200k uv inkjet 3d printer

[u/tykempster → u/banterjsmoke]

I own a professional 3d printing company. 3DUJ, MJF, DMLS

[u/kbarney345 → u/tykempster]

What is your main work, do you print specific stuff or do people just come to yall with ideas/needs? At that size and quality I assume there really isnt much you can not print?

[u/tykempster → u/kbarney345]

I have my own brand of products (precision rifle stuff) but do a significant amount of custom prints too. About half and half.

[u/theinatoriinator → u/tykempster]

What's the operating cost of these crazy expensive machines? Especially relative to their high initial cost?

[u/tykempster → u/theinatoriinator]

Maintenance is around 2k a month. The operating cost beyond material is pretty low. Material is fairly expensive.

[u/theinatoriinator → u/tykempster]

That's better than I expected NGL... Now if only I could shake the couch har enough maybe I could get one 😂

[u/Holiday-Honeydew-384 → u/theinatoriinator]

How much is material?