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So I bought a 3D printer....
awemawson:
My Cetus3D is SO useful.It doesn't get used every day but when it does, it does things that would be very hard i other ways.
Most of my stuff is bits to help me re-building machines, or storing things. One thing that I have learnt is that prints are not very strong between layers, ie in tension up and down as printed, but are ok side to side.
So for things needing a bit more strength I now print in ABS then lightly paint them with Acetone both inside and out. The acetone forms a varnish like goo with the ABS that is sucked into the inter-strand gaps and makes things far more robust.
I think that the part that gave me the most pleasure was the 'lost PLA' pattern for the bronze drive dog on my Beaver CNC lathe
Brass_Machine:
That is very cool Andrew!
I am beginning to see so many possibilities for this things. Just for my son alone... Robotics parts and game pieces. Like having a toy store.
What do you use for a slicer?
Eric
shipto:
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Yup. My son is just getting into Dungeon and Dragons. He is thrilled that I can now print miniatures.
What game does your daughter play?
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Oh many, I think the characters she wanted was from a game called watchdogs or something like that (a guy with an exploding tyre was the most difficult)
awemawson:
--- Quote from: Brass_Machine on April 28, 2019, 05:14:02 PM ---That is very cool Andrew!
I am beginning to see so many possibilities for this things. Just for my son alone... Robotics parts and game pieces. Like having a toy store.
What do you use for a slicer?
Eric
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All my models are drawn in Fusion 360 and exported into auto desks application whose input is acceptable to the Cetus software that does the slicing, so I haven't had to pay for any extra software at all, just the printer and its packaged stuff which all works very well for me, and I've done some reasonably complicated bits with it.
I don't tend to print Jedi though, not my sort of thing :clap:
WeldingRod:
I use Simplify3D, but work paid for it...
I've been using the multi-settings thing to speed up giant prints. Making the first 1/2" with infill, then going to base mode, and then starting infill in the air to close up the top. Helps bring 20 hour prints to 11 hours :-)
I built a big printer: 15" cube print volume.
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