cast tooling plate not available in France :(
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Hi,
clever3D in Germany offers fine build plates from cast & milled aluminium, they make custom plates at very reasonable cost. Maybe they also ship to France, it's worth a try:
https://clever3d.de/Druckplatte-Aluminium-Guss-feinstgefraest
best of luck,
Niklas
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@sonderzug I don't see the thickness tolerance. It's very flat ?
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@pipersw said in cast tooling plate not available in France
:I don't see the thickness tolerance. It's very flat ?
i would say, mail them and ask. the site says they are custom made.
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Tolerance thickness is 0.1mm so very good.
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@sonderzug said in cast tooling plate not available in France
:clever3D in Germany offers fine build plates from cast & milled aluminium, they make custom plates at very reasonable cost. Maybe they also ship to France, it's worth a try:
Hey, aluminyumburada.com in Turkey also makes milled cast tooling plates and ship to the EU. Perhaps it's interesting for the readers to check out?
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@eng1212 said in cast tooling plate not available in France
:@sonderzug said in cast tooling plate not available in France
:clever3D in Germany offers fine build plates from cast & milled aluminium, they make custom plates at very reasonable cost. Maybe they also ship to France, it's worth a try:
Hey, aluminyumburada.com in Turkey also makes milled cast tooling plates and ship to the EU. Perhaps it's interesting for the readers to check out?
6mmx325mmx325mm
parts = £20.00
shipping = £45.00 -
Dold sells raw plates and cuts them to size:
Alternatively, if you can live with 350x350:
https://fermio.xyz/en/mechanical/aluminium-plates/188/build-plate-universal-350x350x8mm -
Ratrig (Portugal, EU) recently started stocking cast tooling plates in various sizes.
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Does this help? https://fermio.xyz/en/mechanical/aluminium-plates/ (Germany)
I got from them this week an Voron 250mm plate shipped to the US.
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@jayjay said in cast tooling plate not available in France
:6mmx325mmx325mm
parts = £20.00
shipping = £45.00I would just compare the total cost of £65 to alternatives.
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@pipersw said in cast tooling plate not available in France
:Tolerance thickness is 0.1mm so very good.
Thanks I will try with them.That's the tolerance for thickness but for flatness it's 0.4mm/m. I already ordered a plate from clever3d and 0.4mm/m is the typical tolerance you find for these plates (also on Dold Mechatronik). Basically clever3d buys these plates somewhere cheap and all they will do is cut the plate and drill a few holes for you. There's no extra machining involved to get the plate perfectly flat.
0.4mm/m is enough if you have auto bed leveling. But if you have an IDEX printer where you print with 2 heads simultaneously, it's not.
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@zapta said in cast tooling plate not available in France
:Does this help? https://fermio.xyz/en/mechanical/aluminium-plates/ (Germany)
I got from them this week an Voron 250mm plate shipped to the US.
But: In stock, ships within approx. 10 working day(s)
if you are going to be in business, be in business but dont "play" at being in business.
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@zapta said in cast tooling plate not available in France
:@jayjay said in cast tooling plate not available in France
:6mmx325mmx325mm
parts = £20.00
shipping = £45.00I would just compare the total cost of £65 to alternatives.
But that's NOT the point, its the "principle" of the thing that if many can ship items of more bulk but weighing the same for much less it means they are gouging on price to make more profit, and such practices are illegal in many countries.
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@jayjay, international shipping rate is a funny business, I can buy from china products that cost less, including shipping to the US, than it would costs me to ship domestic.
Try for example to ship to China a returned product, it will cost you significantly more than you paid for the product + shipping.
