Tesla styled screen setup

Originally Posted by asorg31

I had to take a step back and do some rethinking on it. I got a couple of quotes from different companies that can print in large scale. The prices ranged from $800 to nearly $2000. So I am trying to cut out excess material that isn't structurally needed now to lower my overall cost. That was way more than I wanted to pay for a prototype print.

Originally Posted by Venom13132

could you make it sort of a skeleton? Just have a frame with all the moutning points. Worst case you could fiber glass that in after.

also for those numbers I would buy my own printer!

Originally Posted by asorg31

The skeleton is something I am looking into as well as reducing the total volume of the dash (thinning out the walls). I wish i could buy a 3d printer in that range. There are a lot of printers you can pick up for that price but to print somethint 14" x 14" x 5" in on go would be more in the range of $5,000+

Originally Posted by Venom13132

hah yeah i just started looking them up and only the tiny ones are affordable. We have one somewhere here at work but I don't have access to it unfortunately. Maybe ask around on here to see if someone has access to one that is large enough.