Has anybody had any experience with printing this type of thing with a makerbot?

We are interested to print in 3d with ABS material some anatomy human organs such as the skull in a single part as well as in multi-parts to be addressed to the medicine faculty students.

We are looking for stl or obj medicine models which we can use to print an outstanding quality.

Thanks for your comments.

Regards

Kamal Shehad/Managing Director

Omega Co.

Egypt

Thanks for your interest. Feel free to download the STL files from the File Vault section of the website. I printed these using a Z printer. I'm not sure how they would turn out using ABS with fused deposition, but give it a try and please let us know how it goes. 

If you create your own 3D models, please share them as I have in the File Vault.

It looks great! Is there another material which you can 3d print these skulls? How about an off-white color?

How much would it cost to print a full anatomical skull?

For this type of model, this type of white

It looks great! Is there another material which you can 3d print these skulls? How about an off-white color?

 

How much would it cost to print a full anatomical skull?

For this type of model, the white powder material used by z printers is probably best because it provides some support during the printing process. Shapeways will print a high quality model for you pretty much as cheap as can be made. The full-size version is $259.99 here . The cost is primarily due to the large amount of material that is used. A half size version uses much less material and is thus much cheaper, costing $34.99 here.

If you want to download the file and try printing yourself, you can try PLA or ABS filament in virtually any color. Internal support structures are hard to do with FDM printers like Makerbot, but it is worth a try. If you try this yourself please report back to us about how it went.