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Cetus3D 3D Printer
awemawson:
That's probably a question for Joules, though I know flexible filament is available, being a thermo-plastic there will be temperature constraints.
This is fun - I've just created a 'Clip' in Fusion360 to hold the Poly-carbonate screens together on my Wire EDM machine to replace the crude use of cable 'p-clips' - if the proto-type fits then I'll make a further 5 of them :ddb:
awemawson:
So now this really IS a first for me :ddb:
I've drawn something in Fusion360 that I actually wanted, then printed it and it works :clap:
Still struggling with Fusion360 - it isn't coming naturally to me, I'm used to whacking in numbers directly to get things aligned and sized, but no doubt familiarity will improve things :scratch:
Joules:
Sorry, printed elastomers are outside my zone, I have found none to have characterristics I would be happy with. However, what I have done is print moulds and cast my own soft rubber/gasket type components.
awemawson:
While it was set up I made ten of the little clips, reasoning that they are the sort of thing that dissapears when needed :thumbup:
awemawson:
Well today my ambition knew no bounds with the Cetus3D printing solidly all day making my biggest print yet - a spool / reel holder for the filament that clips onto the body of the printer, rather than being a separate item.
The design is not mine, I lifted it from the Cetus forum, though it is also on Thingyverse - no point in re-inventing the wheel :ddb:
The basic frame - the black bit in the pictures took over 6 hours to print, and the white supporting peg took almost 3 hours, so the poor little printer has been churning away for over nine hours solid.
Interesting design with the two parts screwing together with a coarse printed thread. The black base is pretty well as big as the print bed, so although I can print taller I cannot make things of a much larger cross section. The white peg was a bit of a pain to separate from it's supporting structure (the stuff that makes temporary scaffolding for the construction.)
All together rather pleasingly successful :clap:
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