A few weeks ago I was contacted by Les H. about helping his company prototype a design.

Jay is very knowledgeable about his machine’s capabilities and any pitfalls.  His advice enabled us to get a pretty good first prototype out quickly, which showed some deficiencies in our design, and recommended changes to make the design more robust and enable his machine to print it easily.  We are about to make the second run.  Jay’s suggestions about wall thickness, design elements and dimensional requirements have made us pretty sure that this will be the one we use (unless I make a mistake on layout or measurements).  What he printed for us was exactly what we specified, and he worked with us to accomplish a moderately difficult design shape.  I am not a mechanical designer, so his assistance filled many gaps in my knowledge. Check out the photos.  It all fit together right the very first time.

My advice, go with Makerblock for your prototyping needs.

Regards,

Les H

Prototype enclosure

They had originally expected to go through several design iterations before getting a usable prototype.  By exchanging a few e-mails and discussing their designs we were able to eliminate those intermediate print jobs.

Thanks Les!