06-05-2019, 07:24 AM
(06-04-2019, 08:49 PM)Pete O Wrote: ... I'm reluctant to ask anyone else to put time into it on my behalf.
Pete,
What you are currently doing looks great but if it does go pear shaped (I'm sure it will not) then let me know.
Just wanted to give you some idea of what the 3D printing process is ... at least in my case.
As far as the time ... you will spend a lot of it looking for the correct font and determining size. I then spend a small amount of time (an hour at the most) taking the .stl files associated with the font you have selected and running it thru a slicer to get the gcode file. I would then get the gcode over to the printer and start the printer ... minutes max.
The printer then clicks, beeps, and makes stepper motor sounds for multiple hours. Note that this is a totally unattended process and I get other things done while that happens so my time would be zero for that phase.
Then pack it up and send it to you ... another hour max.
TL;DR; You will spend more time picking out the font than I would printing it.
I spend much more time with my CAD software coming up with the model and getting to a .stl file than I spend actually printing the .stl file. The actual printing takes a lot of clock time ... multiple hours ... but for me that is usually a 'set it and forget it' deal.
Arvid