Quote Originally Posted by Trispectiv View Post
It pretty much depends on your view on plastic objects. Plastic will never match metal in terms of toughness. On top of that, printed parts are printed in layers and small sections where the contact area between two successive layers is small, are prone to delamination. Also, you will have to live with the vertical ridges representing each layer. Overall, you should be able to use printed objects for very many application, or at least give it a try before machining the real part.
I cant agree with you . With a good extruder and hot end, like in this case, there is no delamination and the parts are super tough. Even where overhang meets with other part of the model.

Thats the good thing of the CNC retrofit, combining additive and removal in one machine. You can build the part and later machine its surface. That's a big big saving. 20 kg block of plastic versus 1kg of material, for example. Which is cheaper?

And i have held some parts from a good print and honestly i was impressed by their strength. And i am not that easily impressed. I like breaking stuff and i couldn't

At the end all is art. Its not automatic. But once you have it, all stuff that goes out from a machine is strong and beautiful.