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If it is just an alignment tool, does it strictly need all the splines? Would it not print faster and use less material if fewer were included? With fewer splines, less cleanup may be required.
This was a test print for a customer so I printed the model they sent through.
On this printer, the layer build time is the same regardless of area
(Circa 12-15 seconds)
So it would have been no quicker.
As the Z height of the part determines build time.
The only clean up required on these is a wipe over with some fine sand paper where the supports were to remove the witness dots.
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My trusty Ender 3 made this today, well, today, yesterday and some of the day before...
Bearing block for the JD's Garage CNC Plasma table.
Printed in PETG, as flat as I could have hoped for and certainly the biggest thing I've ever printed by far - 100% infill as per instructions.
Is there a word for the anxiety which builds over the duration of a long 3d print?
Bearing block for the JD's Garage CNC Plasma table.
Printed in PETG, as flat as I could have hoped for and certainly the biggest thing I've ever printed by far - 100% infill as per instructions.
Is there a word for the anxiety which builds over the duration of a long 3d print?
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Trypophobia (fear of holes, bumps and clusters) might cover it.
I can find "fear of birds", but not "fear of birds' nests".
Regarding the comment about 100% infill, has anyone seen anything along the lines of 'minimal infill and then fill the remainder with a settable compound afterwards'?
Epoxy granite is a thing in the home-built CNC world, but has a similar concept entered the 3DP world?
There's lots of stuff on embedding metal or carbon fibre into the prints; I have seen stuff on poking a steel wire rope through afterwards but not really bulk void filling.
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Yes, saw something recently on this - formers for embossing steel panels in a press.
Seemed to be very effective although had problems with heat warping the PLA as the epoxy went off.
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Yes, they supply all drawings, STLs, a full BOM etc in metric and imperial and even DXFs so you can cut parts to make a 4th rotary axis once you've built the main machine. All for 20 USD.
You are not wrong !Sounds like a spendy bit of gear?
But when you look at what it can do, up to 10k parts a year production volumes, engineering grade materials, part and material cost comparable with injection moulding but No tooling cost !!
It makes it a lot more attractive.
And as one of our industry partners said “£100k disappears real quick in injection mould tooling”
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Macrophobia is the fear of waiting. Something to with the nervous system building up to the outcome of an uncertain event!
That's a big piece to print if it doesn't fit!
Do the plans include for using metric and imperial box sections?
How long btw was it to print that big bit at full infill?
(Spaghettiphobia is apparently a thing. Zymarikaphobia is the fear of pasta which sounds much more exotic!)
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That is a good line to pursue. Can I try cod Latin perplicataphobia to mean 'fear of entaglement'? If you have particular issues with a blue/red mix filament, it could be purplecataphobia.
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Or how about - "People with Scoleciphobia have an extreme fear of worms, which manifests itself with nausea, elevated heart rate, and trembling." That's what the last few hours were like.
Yes the plans are both in metric and imperial. That's 70x3 box section and the flanges went on with a nice push fit.
Cura said 2 days 11 hours but it was a bit less. I was though running at 0.2mm layers and only 30mm/s - very slow I know but it works for me. Prints are strong and flat.
Yes the plans are both in metric and imperial. That's 70x3 box section and the flanges went on with a nice push fit.
Cura said 2 days 11 hours but it was a bit less. I was though running at 0.2mm layers and only 30mm/s - very slow I know but it works for me. Prints are strong and flat.
