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Ender 3 has a small footprint, 18" x 20" but don't put it in the bedroom, you'll be up all night watching it do its thing.
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I'll have a play with it tomorrow.
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Yes they are hypnotic aren't they! Even two years on I'll sit mesmerised watching the Anycubic here do it's thing. The noise annoys me a bit now though. Hopefully some fans as Christmas pressies should sort that.
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Part of it I think is I'm not "arty". The other side is I lack patience.
Weird as I can CAD up a metal bracket in 3D double quick and sketch in 3D out of my head. Try drawing a horse for instance and forget it.
Sat on the train here with a scrap of A4 and a Sharpie. Going to try and draw the pub photo...
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Nope...see what I mean? Epic fail. I've always thought tracing is cheating though. How people paint by eye eludes me!
Saying that I haven't sat down to draw anything like this for years. I shall persevere!
Gut feel it has to be drawn as a series of extrusions, positive and negative.
Saying that I haven't sat down to draw anything like this for years. I shall persevere!
Gut feel it has to be drawn as a series of extrusions, positive and negative.
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For anyone still hesitating, Creality have an offer on today which looks reasonable. Ender 3 V2 (and others)...
Ender 3 V2
Ender 3 V2
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I'm going to put it in gimp, convert it to a series of grey scale stencils, and go from there.
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I tried gimp I recall on a Linux install, struggled tbh. What's the method then to create a stencil in it?
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desaturate/convert to grey scale.
Copy multiple layers.
Use the "threshold" tool on each layer to create different areas of colour.
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me personally, I'd use them as photoresist masks and etch onto steel sheets with ferric choride, brick acid, or reverse electrolytic rust removal
see:
you may have to convert the above jpgs to a vector format to emboss them using fusion: inkscape works for this
see:
Experiments in Etching.
Todays project. A piece of zintec. Rough copper plated by dipping in HCL + Copper sulphate. Vinyl stencil applied. (Silhouette cameo cutter + cheapest t'bay vinyl) Weeded. Etched by reversing the electrodes in my electrolysis rust remover tank. (10 mins with a 13.8v /2A CB power...
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you may have to convert the above jpgs to a vector format to emboss them using fusion: inkscape works for this
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I put the mono image into a Lithopane generator. Does that help at all? JPG to STL
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I just ran the greyscale through https://imagetostl.com/ at 1000x770x10mm depth, and came up with a passibly good STL
cant upload it here, though
cant upload it here, though
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That looks nice
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We tried exactly this last night. Saved to greyscale in PaintShop Pro then stuck through https://imagetostl.com/ The resultant .stl was terribly "spiky" so much so that my lad reckoned it wouldn't print. Your blue one looks pretty good though.
So I take two of your greyscales above:
I take the second, darker, one and run through https://imagetostl.com/:
The result is this, looks like Bruce Willis should be trying to drill it and nuke it!
Clearly going wrong somewhere!
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No.
Use the first one: that looks like a normal b&w picture.
In imagetoSTL, change the dimensions of the STL to be around 1000x770, with an etching thickness of between 5-10mm - I also added a "base thickness" of 5mm.
This *should* get rid of the spikiness when it's scaled down in slicer - you only need a tiny amount of depth relative to the picture size to get the "impression": 1% of the largest side is probably enough: Google 'bas relief" images for an idea.
<Edit: I just noticed "enable smoothing". I'm away from my PC now, so can't try it, but that might provide a more "horse brass" look?
I posted the range of b+w "stencils" because you asked about them.
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You can load the jpg directly into Cura and print it. You define the base size, height and some scale. 3D depth will be determined by the gray scale levels.
I've tried it to print some logos and used them as tool for metal embossing. Worked great. I believe some has used it to make lithopane lamps too.
I've tried it to print some logos and used them as tool for metal embossing. Worked great. I believe some has used it to make lithopane lamps too.
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You might have better luck converting it to greyscale first
edit: Took the posted image (which I expect is lower res than the original) and threw it into https://lithophanemaker.com/, tweaked a bit and it came out not too bad tbh
edit: Took the posted image (which I expect is lower res than the original) and threw it into https://lithophanemaker.com/, tweaked a bit and it came out not too bad tbh
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How can I get this shipped to the UK and take advantage of the Black Friday deal?
www.anycubic.com
Anycubic Photon - LCD/DLP/SLA 3D Printer
The UV Resin SLA 3D Printer Anycubic Photon Series equipped with 2.8 color touch screen; offers stable offline printing; create highly detailed models; cost less. Choose this awesome printer now!
www.anycubic.com
I'm guessing that model is probably only available where they still have stock, as it looks like the old model.How can I get this shipped to the UK and take advantage of the Black Friday deal?
Anycubic Photon - LCD/DLP/SLA 3D Printer
The UV Resin SLA 3D Printer Anycubic Photon Series equipped with 2.8 color touch screen; offers stable offline printing; create highly detailed models; cost less. Choose this awesome printer now!
The newer Mono can be shipped to the UK for $159 via Aliexpress - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001379353984.html
