tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86392156285253788982024-03-07T09:22:53.928+00:00Reprap development and further adventures in DIY 3D printingMy Developments following the pioneers at Reprap -
My aim is to help others build technology and eventually a 3D printer of their own!RichRap3Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09348596756294999378noreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639215628525378898.post-59299837879313117992020-12-31T18:46:00.000+00:002020-12-31T18:46:13.237+00:002020 Year in review - 3D Printing Adventures and a look to 2021<p>Hello Everyone,</p><p>It's fair to say that 2020 has been a difficult year for everyone. I almost didn't write this blog post, but I wanted to finish off 2020, looking forward to a better 2021.</p><p>With the global virus pandemic causing troubles and uncertainty we all have less time to do the things we enjoy. This year has certainly been a strong reminder to us all, to try and enjoy as much of life as possible.</p><p>I have kept 3D Printing during all of 2020, but have not managed to share as much as I would have liked. </p><p>I started off 2020 firmly intending to do a lot more 3D Printing development, life and the global virus somewhat got in the way of many plans. We had a lot of 3D printing events cancelled and social meet-ups have been impossible.</p><p>Here is a little summary of a few things I have designed and printed and a some general thoughts on the 3D Printing market, open source projects and interesting things that have happened in 2020. And finally a look to 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;">Retro inspired concept computer - </span></p><p>Some of you will know that along with a strong passion for 3D printing, I have a love of retro computers and 'old' game systems, it's an ongoing interest that pre-dates 3D printing and something that I still enjoy and do to this day. One of my early 2020 projects was a reimagining of a 3D Printed classic computer, loosely based on the Amiga and C64 range of the 80's and 90's.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxRYfdvJ3-YGbx88AR-G1aYzKitRGeh4WnwMZP7R-7S3yn7fi53Fjt6esv-1M3wb_fehS7z2hkG10yAQ3EesRWvD1til6cta9QjOHJwBD8ebJBILM7BBYrI2htXh0rFh8qupktrMP6USl/s1600/Amiga_Next_Enclosure_test_fit_keyboard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxRYfdvJ3-YGbx88AR-G1aYzKitRGeh4WnwMZP7R-7S3yn7fi53Fjt6esv-1M3wb_fehS7z2hkG10yAQ3EesRWvD1til6cta9QjOHJwBD8ebJBILM7BBYrI2htXh0rFh8qupktrMP6USl/w640-h360/Amiga_Next_Enclosure_test_fit_keyboard.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The 'C=Next' concept computer (using a real Amiga A500+ Keyboard) Yes, it is 24 Inches wide!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZdNlAj1549JJWsdY45HVd3SQe_RuQ8i2GjhPdNdWkk_IIRKIAzmVuryYpwWhwMTQxLMJMDt8F54Vrc5mH2Da3dQhbPrfm_30BS2zLzCrPvDxoyNnlUH4FbBNpgMo5hfV0OBSxJDPm5YF/s1600/Amiga_Next_Enclosure_print.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="899" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZdNlAj1549JJWsdY45HVd3SQe_RuQ8i2GjhPdNdWkk_IIRKIAzmVuryYpwWhwMTQxLMJMDt8F54Vrc5mH2Da3dQhbPrfm_30BS2zLzCrPvDxoyNnlUH4FbBNpgMo5hfV0OBSxJDPm5YF/w360-h640/Amiga_Next_Enclosure_print.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was a large multi-part print, three large sections for the main keyboard and some end caps for the I/O on each side of the computer.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiotDURCeYyhf_1lLVx6kgCsqecrEW_3tRxlcxB7ddHUdRdsv_U9GvD5_GXYrbrl0hwAZJiBQ9qSlZ0cE9pG3km5jHvEP7L0D62i23WFdb8ifR6_yzI_9JcX3OzzAQmlNzb0zjKeoG0zrq-/s1280/Old_Amiga_A500plus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiotDURCeYyhf_1lLVx6kgCsqecrEW_3tRxlcxB7ddHUdRdsv_U9GvD5_GXYrbrl0hwAZJiBQ9qSlZ0cE9pG3km5jHvEP7L0D62i23WFdb8ifR6_yzI_9JcX3OzzAQmlNzb0zjKeoG0zrq-/w400-h266/Old_Amiga_A500plus.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had an old A500+ computer that died a death from an internal leaking battery (I know, it's tragic this was not better stored or should have had the Varta battery removed long ago) - But it did allow a donor keyboard for the new machine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDpKtyp3HOJXZfV8NiVnQYz7vdIkfNp4pIvvImO-G392cyBLVY_EVh_3n1JegfHzK695hZLoaWA73mQ0Tzo2sL0zrhjVtprcqvQWj8DaEUfrDko9nRfD0oukH5f855f_-R6Cr65h_n9qk/s1600/Amiga_Next_Enclosure_test_fit_print.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPDpKtyp3HOJXZfV8NiVnQYz7vdIkfNp4pIvvImO-G392cyBLVY_EVh_3n1JegfHzK695hZLoaWA73mQ0Tzo2sL0zrhjVtprcqvQWj8DaEUfrDko9nRfD0oukH5f855f_-R6Cr65h_n9qk/w640-h360/Amiga_Next_Enclosure_test_fit_print.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbi_BQKWEm7lY_Oqx4qdXpe6B8KUsWlQYWD07rTVDtDdN8Wei708TjX3O8qo0GE6kw7lVWakQMgDkromekNhjZGhmgYmozxorp5t591uqWQldX0kEFc81BSgFx7hv_8oDpBmzglPErQLoI/s1600/Amiga_Next_Enclosure_test_side.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbi_BQKWEm7lY_Oqx4qdXpe6B8KUsWlQYWD07rTVDtDdN8Wei708TjX3O8qo0GE6kw7lVWakQMgDkromekNhjZGhmgYmozxorp5t591uqWQldX0kEFc81BSgFx7hv_8oDpBmzglPErQLoI/w400-h225/Amiga_Next_Enclosure_test_side.jpg" width="400" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikeYi1HBC1qMTiQkFO-mx4ANhbmMcfFlKjKWvfL8FkAUhFolVDCtVYGoCUXZFmV_DHZld1NrHy58BYlYPMStXdaezYGaLonXeKTvaw69dMCLRjo9QdggvpCNud-LWkJPkNeafV4DExd-WF/s1600/Amiga_Next_Enclosure_test_side2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1600" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikeYi1HBC1qMTiQkFO-mx4ANhbmMcfFlKjKWvfL8FkAUhFolVDCtVYGoCUXZFmV_DHZld1NrHy58BYlYPMStXdaezYGaLonXeKTvaw69dMCLRjo9QdggvpCNud-LWkJPkNeafV4DExd-WF/w400-h225/Amiga_Next_Enclosure_test_side2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, the logo is colour changing :)<br /></div><p style="text-align: left;">This has further evolved over the year, it probably deserves a blog post of it's own, if you want to see more on this project and the evolution of the internal electronics inside, let me know.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">3D printed electronics and enclosures - </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwtqX1fmfBtHFJXXmTq1yKRkzzPRXlKZpmToi4XXbnmsxdGRSVDFK3WGh-oqWDJ-UWJMYb0ja-u3cS0E744dTC9uvgl3CNZLhEx5a-UkUV-ntQmFRhrufTRe7typVlkGXJ2-JjolNFStY/s1280/Electronics_3d_prototype.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihwtqX1fmfBtHFJXXmTq1yKRkzzPRXlKZpmToi4XXbnmsxdGRSVDFK3WGh-oqWDJ-UWJMYb0ja-u3cS0E744dTC9uvgl3CNZLhEx5a-UkUV-ntQmFRhrufTRe7typVlkGXJ2-JjolNFStY/s320/Electronics_3d_prototype.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ok, so it's not '3d printed electronics' but I have printed out around 15 different PCB models to help verify they can mechanically fit, and assist with the design of many electronics enclosures this year.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrMU9sPh4-XmDeI-U7_kEr3VSaREwZXtm3sdKKIi3UBzU7XePaS6Ef8FyWIHkkYJHYMw-kjbMiyQb8ACvrEuaW3BEqv0L2Tfhh-zh7yeLm4aBg2zIireo6kU3CTN5L5UkxbK-FOdyqpof/s1600/Enclosures_with_electronics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrMU9sPh4-XmDeI-U7_kEr3VSaREwZXtm3sdKKIi3UBzU7XePaS6Ef8FyWIHkkYJHYMw-kjbMiyQb8ACvrEuaW3BEqv0L2Tfhh-zh7yeLm4aBg2zIireo6kU3CTN5L5UkxbK-FOdyqpof/s320/Enclosures_with_electronics.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even basic enclosures can be simple to 3D print and give a 'finished' look to a prototype.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_Ntl1hET6wzWeANtIWixLX0zoKhW84h_y6M_a4eqYDE3Cqf_FMXyd3LX6Q8Biwo1iLrX045fD0Ug4sAGpTfG9wP0EYPg9wpCq_IeGChlFX77h4Ug0V3gnEHgRWAXzzkxYtjYzh_W01hj/s1600/Enclosures_with_heat_inserts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_Ntl1hET6wzWeANtIWixLX0zoKhW84h_y6M_a4eqYDE3Cqf_FMXyd3LX6Q8Biwo1iLrX045fD0Ug4sAGpTfG9wP0EYPg9wpCq_IeGChlFX77h4Ug0V3gnEHgRWAXzzkxYtjYzh_W01hj/s320/Enclosures_with_heat_inserts.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can highly recommend using brass threaded inserts when designing any sort of enclosure you intend to open up or fit together accurately. A temperature controlled soldering iron can assist with inserting into a pre-printed post as shown above.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4c_agy1juqbMve9cehjVJ9bfKLJhJ7zmjyzB0p4K5CjqGuoFnyqBlnzcZnEF2YRuvy-XTPh45O6MnapOLddQpHhuzA7UUXEG1YDg3an4TQ20SdUE3rAeFj6G0xDg36TkdnxmNZ2oGMDRu/s1280/Test_rig_printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4c_agy1juqbMve9cehjVJ9bfKLJhJ7zmjyzB0p4K5CjqGuoFnyqBlnzcZnEF2YRuvy-XTPh45O6MnapOLddQpHhuzA7UUXEG1YDg3an4TQ20SdUE3rAeFj6G0xDg36TkdnxmNZ2oGMDRu/w640-h480/Test_rig_printed.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>3D printed test and programming fixtures are now a common design for any new prototype electronics or product developments. They are simple to print and build and can easily save you thousands in the cost of getting something 'professionally' made. I have made up a lot of different 3D printed rigs and jigs this year.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6P2dQsUcsnHob5BaNr1UivK0W_EP75psmgIGtUbhkZBdN7lLV2_d8gG5vxsD-gWtiJENONYj5ynaksWk8FboX8BY2FI3RA_jvXzyf1gp6mTGo09TyEfKnHogl7i8b0iC61qnYt4qcNduO/s1280/Electronic_bracket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6P2dQsUcsnHob5BaNr1UivK0W_EP75psmgIGtUbhkZBdN7lLV2_d8gG5vxsD-gWtiJENONYj5ynaksWk8FboX8BY2FI3RA_jvXzyf1gp6mTGo09TyEfKnHogl7i8b0iC61qnYt4qcNduO/w640-h480/Electronic_bracket.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Brackets, mounts and almost anything that needs a place to accurately fir into a system or development - I loose count of all the mounting plates, adapters and holders I have printed this year. pre-production runs of 3D printed parts is now a common aspect of product design and development.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">3D printed pond filter system - </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrMMNTo9-ul7I2OSKT5_sPibRXQvLK0cvIozsG7oG9ga79NzPcGMO2KsprAz3K1eqJ-uoSb77VpVUw7fvGHeD2SF0lyB0bEb49hAmpJmFtFXmVQR-JNFcu6oRBkpLPF5jwUSPTgCh5vUg/s1280/Pond_filter_parts1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKrMMNTo9-ul7I2OSKT5_sPibRXQvLK0cvIozsG7oG9ga79NzPcGMO2KsprAz3K1eqJ-uoSb77VpVUw7fvGHeD2SF0lyB0bEb49hAmpJmFtFXmVQR-JNFcu6oRBkpLPF5jwUSPTgCh5vUg/w640-h426/Pond_filter_parts1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>During the UK summer lockdown I decided to upgrade the pond filter system. I could not get out to any shops and I didn't want to order a system online, so I decided to try and make a pond filter system from a plastic box, some unused pond filter sponges and some 3D printed parts.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QF66Y8FW9SxQ0AUJLunD69CROBRSb7egf3GUVsgH7JM6Wq5DMYqYRjGSpLx_Zgb0mRzGVme8iHcCT8erXu5sa3a-3vMelpnOlIjBqWaGglmIgQwiQk-zw9E6iLkfyxyItWVLyhRKXqGE/s1280/Pond_filter_parts0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QF66Y8FW9SxQ0AUJLunD69CROBRSb7egf3GUVsgH7JM6Wq5DMYqYRjGSpLx_Zgb0mRzGVme8iHcCT8erXu5sa3a-3vMelpnOlIjBqWaGglmIgQwiQk-zw9E6iLkfyxyItWVLyhRKXqGE/w640-h426/Pond_filter_parts0.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>I decided to add a little shelf so the clean filtered pond water could exit the box as a waterfall.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFFMEPYrN4iqat7yiUa1SBucqWpjAlk80QDukrBdDLY3fmlwevUaW2nrKlBlweMtr_B9zPy1pt0SqVw3xOgzTrNV9hcMiauUqJ1mQS6xCFJRe7BC1DqgQ3YP7A4iyUCyjl2TYWLSIxedZ/s1280/Pond_filter_parts2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFFMEPYrN4iqat7yiUa1SBucqWpjAlk80QDukrBdDLY3fmlwevUaW2nrKlBlweMtr_B9zPy1pt0SqVw3xOgzTrNV9hcMiauUqJ1mQS6xCFJRe7BC1DqgQ3YP7A4iyUCyjl2TYWLSIxedZ/w640-h426/Pond_filter_parts2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>I already had a good working pond pump, so this entry (above) was the dirty water inlet.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGERg7HoVBl-4Q45T9eUrCO7_Dtv_knhoT-kqyCTxEgwomIGT-cCoYZB34Pmy0ry7-f2JTjiyRCQCF_1JLqY1L-ue51Ja0I7HiWjjyUlzdCt8hW1eaZMVatzSBeD5iIbvPMZ0GnwdwJWW/s1280/Pond_filter_material.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGERg7HoVBl-4Q45T9eUrCO7_Dtv_knhoT-kqyCTxEgwomIGT-cCoYZB34Pmy0ry7-f2JTjiyRCQCF_1JLqY1L-ue51Ja0I7HiWjjyUlzdCt8hW1eaZMVatzSBeD5iIbvPMZ0GnwdwJWW/w640-h360/Pond_filter_material.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some sponge filters I had from an old pond filter that died many years back.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Hvsh4gqkDoUk00vLPfojjW5dnVJIHuEfjvxO3076BzrpolooqKArs1zs4rmYTNJv6nrV_wzdra7NMZqB7Vkb9cq1bCQj7EDCkIyfnobp9g5NKWCD0Rs7Y-fxZ_MmfDy-mPqsF__A8Gi8/s1600/Pond_filter_assembled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Hvsh4gqkDoUk00vLPfojjW5dnVJIHuEfjvxO3076BzrpolooqKArs1zs4rmYTNJv6nrV_wzdra7NMZqB7Vkb9cq1bCQj7EDCkIyfnobp9g5NKWCD0Rs7Y-fxZ_MmfDy-mPqsF__A8Gi8/w640-h360/Pond_filter_assembled.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Filters cut to size and inserted into the enclosure along with some gravel for added weight.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDolBhfEejzoAighShjQmfSvD5fgUJTX5gljw8XPwiybZ-pFTPqmOQ6vWRQMRozxI93G2x8JFbmEEQ0qhyphenhyphenLqzndkkgGFxiCV9aA6-QvJLsBphaAt_oer8b4GrdwRcRtvJYaTdVV-GxChA8/s1600/Pond_filter_running.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1600" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDolBhfEejzoAighShjQmfSvD5fgUJTX5gljw8XPwiybZ-pFTPqmOQ6vWRQMRozxI93G2x8JFbmEEQ0qhyphenhyphenLqzndkkgGFxiCV9aA6-QvJLsBphaAt_oer8b4GrdwRcRtvJYaTdVV-GxChA8/w640-h392/Pond_filter_running.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The pond filter has been working really well all of the year.</div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;">Lots of practical 3D printing this year - </span><div> I could probably bore you all to death with all the practical 3D printing I have done this year. It's been sometimes a necessity because other options didn't exist, or an opportunity to use 3D printing to solve a problem quickly. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBmvd9Gyg8LdgoRmICnIhox1ND9y0q2I5tN_vwWeOH-V8bhnFIBDickNwfwr3c09zwPv7G_u-t34RvP0Kdzq3LcEXQNr1LdGgjDNbYj7fc4kAJidWKonY7oG92I6uTKQ8GwupxPNGgHWP/s1280/Fence_Cap_Post_Print.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggBmvd9Gyg8LdgoRmICnIhox1ND9y0q2I5tN_vwWeOH-V8bhnFIBDickNwfwr3c09zwPv7G_u-t34RvP0Kdzq3LcEXQNr1LdGgjDNbYj7fc4kAJidWKonY7oG92I6uTKQ8GwupxPNGgHWP/s320/Fence_Cap_Post_Print.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Replaced some fence posts and I didn't like any of the fence post toppers, so I designed and printed my own.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtpj3AiOB9_ffAvm18yt_62lcY1RrVxajQjUykfGaDlLDwWuH7HXVu52H6tcAjV41OzgJOUPt-OswocOZ4V0JeqdZ3F7YU-PieDtC5Ch-0DAZicSlhI6LSE4pZjaNYG-fibDJS2hA3puw/s1280/Fence_Cap_Print.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtpj3AiOB9_ffAvm18yt_62lcY1RrVxajQjUykfGaDlLDwWuH7HXVu52H6tcAjV41OzgJOUPt-OswocOZ4V0JeqdZ3F7YU-PieDtC5Ch-0DAZicSlhI6LSE4pZjaNYG-fibDJS2hA3puw/s320/Fence_Cap_Print.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzc79iVctRjs7JFu764Tb5nr-9EOCkloDUumN5mjMD8vvU4_XOfp1NzGmwyefwtsQdeqf7p8dPBaWSESvSCzTh-JQNmFy9iQ0NQvfqBXx54EwMBhruuIFDKB4JtGj92nkmAHR01tX1CXhM/s1280/Shelf_end_grey_PLA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzc79iVctRjs7JFu764Tb5nr-9EOCkloDUumN5mjMD8vvU4_XOfp1NzGmwyefwtsQdeqf7p8dPBaWSESvSCzTh-JQNmFy9iQ0NQvfqBXx54EwMBhruuIFDKB4JtGj92nkmAHR01tX1CXhM/s320/Shelf_end_grey_PLA.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_WrM1jXnnsiByHHmBjqP5XvH_s0z0j1X-3OMs7qDYCf-Y8yvRmsZ48L20AmoVshrul8t0W4tUOShLpfpAy4s-fXSbS4nDr9S4e9h2V6zitojWkXtWUKpJIv-fFW7H5EmIZWlmryBNN6N/s1280/Shelf_end_grey_PLA_Fitted.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_WrM1jXnnsiByHHmBjqP5XvH_s0z0j1X-3OMs7qDYCf-Y8yvRmsZ48L20AmoVshrul8t0W4tUOShLpfpAy4s-fXSbS4nDr9S4e9h2V6zitojWkXtWUKpJIv-fFW7H5EmIZWlmryBNN6N/s320/Shelf_end_grey_PLA_Fitted.jpg" /></a></div><div>This shelf had no end caps or iron-on strips, so a quick bit of 3D cad and a few hours of printing later - with wonderfully colour-matched recycled grey PLA, it was finished off nicely.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qgzTG93NG3MUqtNRtxT_v-wQ9wThW1ZIInZ58YiAFuGPNfjjlxHH8ZFPyXfEoSGSBZAldljpufIOkyOph2bDHZb4OjM0R06noHtV6f1J1gr9dyPFVGjNvb04uov_7EdpIavEdroMRqt7/s1280/Pipe_End_Nov2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="927" data-original-width="1280" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qgzTG93NG3MUqtNRtxT_v-wQ9wThW1ZIInZ58YiAFuGPNfjjlxHH8ZFPyXfEoSGSBZAldljpufIOkyOph2bDHZb4OjM0R06noHtV6f1J1gr9dyPFVGjNvb04uov_7EdpIavEdroMRqt7/w400-h290/Pipe_End_Nov2020.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even a simple end-cap for an unused plastic plumbing waste pipe - this was quicker to design and 3D print than a trip to the hardware store.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZk2KBio8woofl-HH-Y9_Uh32yT0dIoQD0X9WR1w6i8GnlMHG43P4bnDO9LSuYdloQSA_Om4X0LJAZf2ll5VQHigQogeTjP0zFeGIU7voJe4-dsf5LTHmEkTWIUuQR3gI2vCksM4m4ods/s1280/TV_Feet_missing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZk2KBio8woofl-HH-Y9_Uh32yT0dIoQD0X9WR1w6i8GnlMHG43P4bnDO9LSuYdloQSA_Om4X0LJAZf2ll5VQHigQogeTjP0zFeGIU7voJe4-dsf5LTHmEkTWIUuQR3gI2vCksM4m4ods/w640-h360/TV_Feet_missing.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>I had a wall mounted TV that needed to be desk mounted again, but the original feet were missing.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2YSKgLxGpGT0P3IioaPxOz7qs9z3jBEZv-XSL4wOgI2y1rzeySmqvFgL0bWJWxQJC7jiC1_IvXfkTcf44dq6FU7YmVZuwRAA38Bf2nHWYkLvvdQcC95ipy7o6F9TUQCOyuaSoY_oSNYL/s1280/TV_Feet_printed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="719" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2YSKgLxGpGT0P3IioaPxOz7qs9z3jBEZv-XSL4wOgI2y1rzeySmqvFgL0bWJWxQJC7jiC1_IvXfkTcf44dq6FU7YmVZuwRAA38Bf2nHWYkLvvdQcC95ipy7o6F9TUQCOyuaSoY_oSNYL/w640-h360/TV_Feet_printed.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>A quick (and solid) design and 3D print later, we had two new desk mounting clamps for the TV.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiig8i6THxdPRYKljS3Wn2GL2C-Mv42jsGffr7v0-NFIwv0K-5SQJtC5K02ip_kiIw4Xv8AdKok-RMB3Sy_bNQLm-tvEi4S3APksxokJz7Y4uy59LrEPaO5vsF5ob8DTOkH2Dce4okDhp9g/s1280/TV_Feet_fitted.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1009" data-original-width="1280" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiig8i6THxdPRYKljS3Wn2GL2C-Mv42jsGffr7v0-NFIwv0K-5SQJtC5K02ip_kiIw4Xv8AdKok-RMB3Sy_bNQLm-tvEi4S3APksxokJz7Y4uy59LrEPaO5vsF5ob8DTOkH2Dce4okDhp9g/w640-h504/TV_Feet_fitted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Mounted and fixed to the desk, it's going nowhere.<div><br /></div><div>I could go on with more practical 3D prints this year, but you get the idea - a lot of things were fixed, repaired and produced with 3D printing this year. I doubt more than a day went past when I was not 3D printing something for someone or for myself.<br /><div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The end of 2020...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvV-FbzlmYZHFI7BqoGcFONarmi4JFEzMbEKSEAi0bNvf4Uo1d1wq3gTSDt7nBCEsQBfE1rOuMP8dsgHmZm_X-jpOYahyer8RUZYpN89RhWT1neoTYMWZyvqtFQhabLwiFMcFPHgKCF741/s1600/Christmas1984.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1103" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvV-FbzlmYZHFI7BqoGcFONarmi4JFEzMbEKSEAi0bNvf4Uo1d1wq3gTSDt7nBCEsQBfE1rOuMP8dsgHmZm_X-jpOYahyer8RUZYpN89RhWT1neoTYMWZyvqtFQhabLwiFMcFPHgKCF741/w442-h640/Christmas1984.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The 3D printed Advent calendar's come out every year, they still are a great talking point both for 3D printing and the vast selection of different materials used.</div><div><p style="text-align: left;">If you want to see all the Advent calendar days printed, start at <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.com/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-2017-day-1.html" target="_blank">Day 1 here and on my original blog post series from 2017</a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Many of my past projects and experiments are still active in one way or another today, people continue to innovate and evolve ideas. Even as we enter 2021, 3D printing is still in it's 'early stages' of being useful to the 'average person'. When you start using 3D printing to solve every day problems, and turn design ideas into practical printing solutions it's a wonderful tool. </p><p style="text-align: left;">We have seen some really great OpenSource and OpenInnovation 3D printing projects this year. I plan to cover these in 2021 and also get further involved with as many as possible.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Things I would like to see more of and help with in 2021 - </span>Please reach out to me if you are doing or planning any of these, I will try to help if I can. (Most of the links below are to my past blog posts doing similar things).</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li style="text-align: left;">The continued increase and use of sustainable (multi-use) filament spools / Cardboard and <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.com/2018/01/masterspool-proposed-standard-for-3d.html" target="_blank">MasterSpool</a> filament coils.</li><li style="text-align: left;">More recycled plastic content in 3D Printing - both as recycled filament materials and as re-used print waste. <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.com/2015/10/recycling-plastic-for-3d-printing-why.html" target="_blank">Recycling filament plastic (2015)</a></li><li style="text-align: left;">Greater development of direct pellet extrusion systems and materials for desktop and industrial 3D printers. - <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.com/2014/12/no-more-filament-quest-for-universal.html" target="_blank">Here is one of my early Pellet extruder experiments from 2014</a></li><li style="text-align: left;">More <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-toolchanger-part-1-e3d-reference.html" target="_blank">tool-changing systems</a> - additive and subtractive - manufacturing systems, continuous printing (belt-printers) and automatic build platform change systems.</li><li style="text-align: left;">I would still like to see many more light weight extruder+hot-end systems, ideally around 200g total weight. I see a lot of bowden based extruder systems that could/should benefit from a good quality, light and strong direct-drive-geared extruder and hot-end combination. Especially on machine using IDEX, they could be greatly improved with a move away from bowden to a light weight direct extrusion system, maybe 2021 will bring more to market.</li><li style="text-align: left;">I'm always looking for interesting 3D Printing filament materials, especially engineering grade or ones that that are matched to classic computer colours. A few have popped up during 2020 Printed Solid over on <a href="https://twitter.com/PrintedSolid/status/1342737403493154816" target="_blank">Twitter has a range of Retro computer filament colours</a></li><li style="text-align: left;">I'm still incredibly interested in <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.com/2012/04/universal-paste-extruder-ceramic-food.html" target="_blank">paste extrusion</a>, coupled with a tool-change system and some FDM printing it could offer a lot of good options for manufacturing and making.</li></ul><div><div class="western" style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">See you next time, and if you have a new and interesting 3D printing project, development or material you want me to take a look at, do get in contact.</span></div><div class="western" style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="western" style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7V6WHXsRriOW892xYhUKcK4r-8LG4sY5vlk7ha6NPF4VzNW-Jkek0F54PkCvfsZAFh-F_Cpj-UGCpJ_qzQac-a0te3JLebIvkov3QjcYGKBgaJbnGLZT1qEjXlVpNN4BBCCydt_S5xj7/s1244/Christmas2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1244" data-original-width="930" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7V6WHXsRriOW892xYhUKcK4r-8LG4sY5vlk7ha6NPF4VzNW-Jkek0F54PkCvfsZAFh-F_Cpj-UGCpJ_qzQac-a0te3JLebIvkov3QjcYGKBgaJbnGLZT1qEjXlVpNN4BBCCydt_S5xj7/w299-h400/Christmas2020.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you all had a safe and happy holiday season, and Happy New Year for 2021</div></div><div class="western" style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="western" style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">Rich.</span></div><div class="western" style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="western" style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;">P.S - If you haven't yet found the joys of Podcast's, do consider giving them a go. I can strongly say that without Podcasts in my life, 2020 would have been 10x harder to 'experience'.</span></div><div class="western" style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="western" style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="background: rgb(254, 254, 254); color: #343638; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Please join me on Twitter <span style="color: #753116; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://twitter.com/RichRap3D" style="color: #753116; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">@RichRap3D</a> </span></span></span></strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: small;">if you want to discuss more about 3D printing (or retro computing).</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">My <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/RichRap2011" style="color: #753116; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Youtube channel is here</a>, all 3D Printing and Hi-Def video content, I do hope to get back to publishing new video content in 2021.</span></div></div></div><p></p></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Thanks for reading.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div></div>RichRap3Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09348596756294999378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639215628525378898.post-67099208441326251572019-04-12T08:58:00.001+01:002019-04-12T08:58:35.285+01:00ColorFabb LW-PLA Expanding Foaming Plastic Filament for 3D Printing - Part 1 Testing and experimentation<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4332879061666204297" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 686px;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hello everyone, Richard here - In this blog post I'll be looking at a new and unique 3D Printing material for the FDM/FFF process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">TL;DR
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">LW-PLA is a really
unique material for 3D printing. It's somewhat challenging to
initially set-up, but when calibrated to your 3D printer, it can
produce great results and most importantly light weight 3D printed
parts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You can print in both
it's natural state, just like solid PLA, and with increased
temperature a foamed state, so the same part can contain solid and
foamed layers or features, it's like having a multi-material in a
single filament. Foaming and density can be controlled by temperature
and flow.</span><br />
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further processed and finished, painted or coated as required.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Don't use in a machine
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You will probably need a bed adhesive, It's not quite as sticky as normal PLA, I found Magigoo worked well, and slow down your first layer about 20% lower than normal PLA speed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Be careful with
extruder retraction – too much will make the filament expand beyond
the thermal break and block extrusion flow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In it's non foamed
state, it's very similar to PLA, maybe a little more impact
resistant. In it's foamed state it can be sanded, painted and sealed,
very easy to post-process.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The foamed printed parts look and feel fantastic !</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Quick Jump Index - </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have wanted a filament like this for many years, I have been doing a lot of material properties testing, experimentation and printing of parts. For that reason my blog post is going to be at least two posts, maybe more. </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Part 1 - (This post) - Experimentation, foaming calibration and initial strength / weight testing.</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0.25em 0px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Part 2 - (Next post) - Printing more parts, further strength testing and post processing / painting etc.</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>LW-PLA Test Material - </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Much of the initial testing was completed on a Prusa i3 MK3, the beta material supplied by ColorFabb was a reel of 1.75mm ~750g 'Natural colour' it's also available in Black. Tolerance and roundness of the filament was good.</span></div>
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very interested in the ability to make both hard and foamed features
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ColorFabb PLA/PHA</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">My first
test was to see the foaming in action – above is a cube printed
with a low level of infill, you can see the outer walls, they were 3
x 0.44mm perimeters and the infill is a single wall and rectilinear
infill causing the ridges every other layer.</span></div>
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started at 200 Degrees C and for each layer increase in temperature
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<span style="font-size: small;">Because
this was printed with normal PLA settings and 100% flow rate, the
material had no where to go, so both the outer perimeters and infill
became many times wider as the temperature increased, eventually
resulting in a temporary nozzle jam that corrected itself before
being stopped at 265 Degrees C. This simple print told me a lot about what was going on with the material expansion due to just a temperature increase.</span></div>
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PLA to foamed PLA.</span></div>
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even change the temperature by just 3 Degrees C and trigger the
foaming expansion point, showing this material has a good degree of
control and repeat-ability. </span>
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point I have worked out various stable speed settings, so now to try
and tune the extruder retraction and temperature I am happy to print
the foamed material with - (spoiler alert – there is no magic
extruder retraction distance that solves ooze).</span></div>
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testing with 'normal' PLA settings and just increasing temperature,
you need to start matching an extrusion speed (stable as possible)
with flow rate and also temperature. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">As ColorFabb stated in the guidelines, you need to calibrate both flow rate and temperature to get a known and predictable rate of foaming expansion (rates of material deposition volume is also a critical factor). So that's what I set out to calibrate next.</span></div>
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I spent some time trying to get a perfect extruder retraction setting, but it didn't take too long to come to the conclusion that it's almost always going to ooze if you are doing travel moves and not just 'vase mode' printing. Bu tit was very interesting to get a feel for the material, and experiment with line width settings, flow rates and temperatures.</div>
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It's also very tempting to change multiple things because you <u>think</u> you understand what's going on - it's often much better to change just one thing, then you <u>will start to</u> understand what's going on.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The final
'puff-point' test for me was to settle on a temperature I wanted to
use for more adventurous printing, I decided that 225 Degrees C gave
me a good level of foaming, and also minimal ooze. Again with 100%
flow rate, but in 5 Degrees C steps (Image below).</span></div>
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'puff-point' will depend on your print speed settings, so you may
well find that you see similar results as above, but at a different
temperature range. I was running at around 40mm/sec for most print
settings, and I found that to me quite optimal for using this material as it helps keep the puff-point temperature low (225) and that also keeps ooze to a minimum.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can go crazy with high speed, high temperatures (250+) and you may get a 3x expansion or more, but I didn't find that to be useful when printing more complex objects with infill and islands - read on below to see more on that aspect.</span></span></div>
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above tests and more shown below I worked out that too much extruder retraction can
cause nozzle jams and also does not stop the material from oozing -
more about oozing later, as it's really not as big of a problem as it first
sounds with this particular material.</span></span></div>
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point you need to print more than test cubes, and for me the real
test was going to be complex objects that had a lot of islands, long
travel moves and a lot of start-stop retractions.</span></span></div>
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test object is a <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:288932" target="_blank">quad-copter (drone) body (design by DV0001) </a>– it needs to be light,
strong and has a lot of individual islands, large print area and
plenty of extruder retractions. To test my theory of extruder
retraction distance and high temperature, the above image shows an
early nozzle jam failure. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">This model proved to be a perfect (difficult) test for the foaming material, if I had started printing with an easier model I would not have learned so much about the 'viable window of usage' and I bet I would have ended up having a lot more frustrating failures later on without understanding why I was seeing jamming etc.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">This was also the first indication that a high flow rate flow rate, combined with higher temperature (giving a high expansion rate) and low layer height could be making nozzle jams more likely (when you also have long extruder retractions) - so I set out to discover what were bad combinations and what were better.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nozzle Jam #2 – (Learning all the time...)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">After a
tweak to the settings (see above in image), lower temperature(230
degrees C), increased layer height (0.25mm) and lower extruder
retraction (3.0mm) and a lower flow rate (50%) - The print made it
much longer into the print process, but still caused a nozzle jam before the
print was completed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Print
success (No nozzle jams) – </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Also don't be alarmed by the strings &
loops - I will explain why that's not a problem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Critical
print success settings for me were – </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Low extruder retraction (under
2.8mm) - I now use 2.6mm extruder retraction on all foaming prints.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">225 Degrees C with a matched 45% flow rate </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">~44mm/sec Print speed on as many settings as possible (32mm/sec for small perimeters)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Higher layer
heights (0.25mm to 0.35mm) worked better for the foaming process
without causing nozzle jamming.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">After I
decided on these settings, along with a print speed of around
44mm/sec and going no lower than 32mm/sec (apart from layer 1 –
that's also printed slightly cooler), I had <u>no further problems at
all</u> with nozzle jamming or print failures. Every other print from now on was a first time success.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">Foamed
Benchy - Success!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16pt;">MasterSpool
Success ! <span style="font-size: small;">(Again, don't worry about the ooze-hairs on
the print – they rub off)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Both the
drone body and a two part MasterSpool print are significant sized
object, with a lot of features, islands and travel moves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">You can
see some bumps and spots, but they just brush off. A little nozzle
ooze is the one aspect of this material that is going to be almost
impossible to eliminate, but in reality it does not seem to cause any
problems for the printed object or the final finish after a little
post processing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">A
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The
internal stringing 'hairs' and excess material looks to be a problem,
but it's surprisingly easy to remove with just your fingernail,
scraper or a blade. Removal does not leave missing areas of print or
significant blemishes on the printed part.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The drone model and MasterSpool prints had quite a few hairs due to travel moves and oozing. But they clear off the model really quickly, most with just a brush of your finger or finger nail.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Straight off the printer, you are going to see some hairs and stringing, these are easily removed.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Easy to see the 'hairs' on the <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:743276" target="_blank">Easter Egg model </a>above - (Model designed by </span><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/Jooxoe3i" style="background-color: whitesmoke; box-sizing: border-box; color: #248bfb; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Jooxoe3i</a> )<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A light sanding will remove most surface imperfections and you won;t even be able to tell it's been sanded because it all feels the same as a very slightly textured surface. It's hard to describe, but I going to say that most people will really like the feel of the finish using this material.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">At this point you may be thinking that you don't want to print at 'big 0.35mm layers', but the printed objects do not in any way look like models printed at 0.35mm layer heights...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You really need to see it in person to appreciate</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> how nice a 0.35mm layer height can look on a model -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Very
impressive bonding of layers and to the naked eye a large layer
height like 0.35mm looks more like a printed object with 0.15mm
layers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Above
shows the drone (quad-copter) body printed in both ColorFabb Natural
PLA/PHA and the LW-PLA foamed at 45% flow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">PLA/PHA
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Benchy prints above were printed using LW-PLA – Left it's
non-foamed @205 Degrees C and Right it's foamed @225 Degrees C with a
45% material flow. Now a Benchy can actually float!</span></div>
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weight reduction for the MasterSpool – and it's completely
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printed at '100%' but foamed @ 45% flow is around 0.6g</span></div>
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twist and strength testing (Materials and laminates)- </span>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">For
some bend testing I printed a number of combinations of PLA/PHA
and various laminates of LW-PLA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Clearly a
fully foamed print will have more bend and flexibility than a
normally solid print.</span></div>
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to the weight, the strength of a 45% flow foamed object is really
impressive.</span></div>
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laminate shows a lighter weight object with less bend than a solid
(Test B) object.</span></div>
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(not foamed) also snapped across a layer, but required more force to
make it snap.</b></span></div>
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(foamed) did not snap, but folded – it was not possible to break it
by hand across a layer line, instead it required tools to rip it
apart. The foamed print tends to tear in whatever direction stress is
being applied. Layer bonding strength is very good indeed.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">I don't want to make it sound like it's the strongest thing ever, a foamed print will have some level of strength, and will be much more impact resistant You can throw it on the floor - a PLA part would break, and the foamed part will just dent and bounce off the floor) It also will have better layer bonding, but it's not a highly 'strong' material in it's foamed state, it's just really impressive indeed for it's weight. That said it's not easy to snap or break by hand either.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">To get some idea of comparative strength, just try printing an object in PLA with flow set to 45% - it may just about print, but it will be incredibly weak and will most likely buckle, de-laminate and fall apart.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Doing the same with the LW-PLA at a foamed 45% flow rate produces a remarkably well layer bonded part with a surprising strength to weight ratio, it can be post processed and it looks great too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Summary so far - </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Okay, so I have done a lot more testing of flexibility, post processing, priming, sanding, destruction testing, printing lots of different models - so far used almost two complete 750g reels of the filament (remember that's like printing 2.5k to 3kg of parts).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Below images are just a little preview of what ill include in the next blog post for foaming PLA - </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'll save a lot more of of that for the next (Part 2) blog post on foamed printing, but I also want to give you some more advice and conclusions about using the material for the last few months.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My guidelines for successful use
of ColorFabb expanding PLA- </span>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Don't use this material
on a bowden tube extruder system! - It's just does not work well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A direct drive extruder
like the Prusa i3 MK2/3 or the Taz5/6 etc. is ideal.</span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you are using a
glass or PEI print surface, I would strongly recommend using a
surface treatment – I tested glue stick, various sprays and
lacquers - then found that standard Magigoo for PLA worked the best
for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><u>DO NOT</u></b> adjust your flow rate by modifying the filament diameter or extrusion ratio in your slicing program, you should be using the following Gcode command in your starting script - </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Examples - (Just use one of these at the end of your starting Gcode script) - </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">M221 S45 ; sets a 45 percent flow rate in the firmware for the ColorFabb Expand PLA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">M221 S55 ; sets a 55 percent flow rate in the firmware for the ColorFabb Expand PLA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">M221 S95 ; sets a 95 percent flow rate in the firmware for the ColorFabb Expand PLA</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you use the M221 command, you can then do nice things like set areas of your model to be printed solid (not foamed with 100% flow) and other parts to be foamed at 45% - You will not be able to do that if you mess about with the filament diameter of extrusion ratio.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">All the testing /
tuning and experimentation below were done with a E3D V6 hot-end and
0.4mm nozzle. (I will be testing it out with other extrusion / hot-end systems too).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I intend to do some
further testing on the TAZ6 Moarstruder (Volcano 1.2mm Nozzle) if I
can get some of this filament in 2.85mm. I think the large nozzle and
a ~>2mm layer height may be possible and very interesting to see !</span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Make printing speeds
for different moves as similar as possible (where appropriate) –
basically try to avoid sudden changes in print speed / flow (other
than extruder retraction).</span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Do not chase a magical
value for extruder retraction – there is not a setting that will
eliminate ooze using this material – but you can minimise problems,
more importantly you need to tune the extruder reversal to avoid
chances of hot-end & nozzle jamming...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I can't stress how
important this next comment is – <b>you WILL have an nozzle jam during
any significant testing and experimentation of this material.</b> It's
not all that hard to clear a foamed blockage on an E3D V6, but it may
be more difficult on other machines / nozzles out there. You have
been warned!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Trigger point for
expansion 'puff-point' is dependent on print speed, temperature and
material flow percentage. - The instantaneous energy that's being
transferred into the material as it passes through the nozzle.
Extrusion volume, 'speed' and dwell in the nozzle plays a really big
part in getting a controlled expansion and repeatable material flow
for printing different types of objects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the past I have
experimented with printing PLA very fast indeed, it's not unusual to
bump up the extrusion temperature to 260+ Degrees C just to be able
to get enough thermal energy into the material at very rapid flow
rates.</span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When testing out the
Volcano and a Bondtech extruder on the Hangprinter with a 1.65mm
Nozzle the 1.75mm PLA feed needed to be well over 270 Degrees C –
just to get it melting and printing, and even that showed a slightly
matt finish, where the PLA being used would normally have been shiny.
You could slow things down but who wants to print big things slow :)</span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If however you let that
PLA material sit in the hot-end at that temperature during non extrusion events for too long it will quickly turn to the consistency
of honey and start to degrade and eventually burn.
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Expanding PLA can
handle very high temperatures quite well, but you also do have to
consider the energy, flow rate (deposition of material rate) and
thermal expansion rate of the filament carefully, so that means
tuning your slicing program so you get optimal conditions.
</span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For a stock Prusa i3
MK2/3 I did not need to change any firmware settings, but did tune
Slic3r settings for more consistent results, especially with regards
to changes in print speed for different model features.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I found it best to
determine the ideal 'puff-point' with as consistent speed settings as
possible. This means smoothing out the changes in print acceleration,
for example inner and outer perimeter should be similar, infill and
even small islands need to be closer to all other printing speeds,
rather than very fast or very slow as you may have them when printing
PLA.
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You can use fan cooling
– but only around half of 'normal' PLA settings. If you use more
cooling it will change the puff-point and limit expansion of the
material. You can even set cooling and extrusion temperatures to be
just a few degrees or percentage different per layer and see the
foaming form or not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I used no fan for the
first layer and also a slightly lower extrusion temperature (222) to
compensate for a slower first layer speed.</span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Interestingly if you
print at around 195 to 205 Degrees C, this material will behave just
like 'normal' PLA. There is no real reason to do this unless you want
a more solid/hard feature in your expanded model or a multi-density
laminate like I tested above.</span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Trigger
points with hot-end jamming for me were -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Too much extruder
reversal – >2.8mm and it would jam every time at some point in a
'real life model' print where travel moves and island printing were
frequent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I experimented to over
3.5mm extruder reversal – trying to eliminate ooze on travel moves,
but it just caused more problems (it's better to lower the
temperature to help combat oozing – see below).</span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you pull the
semi-expanded filament back too far into the thermal break or
cool-zone it will jam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tune this to failure
mode and then back off – I have had 100% reliable printing of many
different types of objects after I lowered extruder reversal length
to 2.6mm for the V6 nozzle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Every print would
always fail at over 3.0mm extruder reversal.</span></div>
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</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Generally the higher
heat you go, the more you will need to reduce the flow rate – if
you don't you will get very wide extrusion traces and that will be
much more likely to block the nozzle at some point during your print.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You will end up with a
combination of temperature, print speed and flow, that gives you a
'normal' extrusion width for your nozzle size, and then you can print
foamed objects with a similar accuracy and (often better) print quality than you get with
'normal' PLA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Observations
for finish and post processing - </span>
</span></div>
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<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Don't worry about the
ooze / stringing / whiskers – they rub off easily and for whatever
reason you don't actually see any real defects in the finished model
– like missing sections of outlines or indents or bumps. You should
be 'loosing some volume' from your printed object, but due to the
foaming and general ability to blend layers together you don't see
these strings or bumps translate into lasting defects on the printed
model with just a little post processing clean-up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Should
you try this material? - </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Do you need light
weight printed objects?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As long as you are
prepared to tweak and tinker with the settings to tune temperature,
speed and flow with your specific 3D Printer, it is a really
interesting material that can give unique optical, mechanical and
weight related properties to 3D printed objects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You can print 2 x as
many things with a 750g coil of filament...
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You can actually print
parts out faster – even with slower print speeds... (Because you
can break the 'normal' slicing rules using the the same sized nozzle
- you can use a higher layer height and line width and even less
perimeters and infill for an object and it will still have well
bonded layers and a 'solid' finished form.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For me, once I had my
settings tuned in – I found I could print almost anything I would
print with regular PLA in the LW-PLA (Light weight expand PLA).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you make lot of cosplay parts, props, models, buildings, prototypes and almost anything you would want to show off to a client (either with just a light sanding or full paint finish) I would say you have to at least try this material.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I have really enjoyed using it, and I find more uses for it every day - I can only hope one day ColorFabb decides to release #MasterSpool compatible refill coils of their filament, but if you can live with the fact it comes on a single use polycarbonate plastic spool... then I can strongly recommend trying out the material for 3D Printing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Final
thoughts – </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">And a message to 3DP material manufacturers - </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm excited about this,
not just the foaming filament, but the fact we are still seeing
research, development and advancements in filament's and materials
designed exclusively for the 3D printing process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The other aspect is
that we need 3D printing filament (and resin) manufacturers to
actually <u>release </u>these materials to users. I say this because I have
tested many pre-release materials that were somewhat challenging to
use, and unfortunately this can mean that a manufacturer decided not
to release the product into the market.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We need challenging
materials, we need to work with or find ways around the limitations
and allow more people to experiment with exciting developments like
this foaming PLA.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm please that
ColorFabb have not only developed this material, but they have
decided to <b>release it</b>. It's not a totally 'simple' material to use,
and it will challenge some machines and users. But my message to all
materials developers and filament manufacturers is to <b>let more of
your 'test materials' out for use</b>. Even if that's with a lot of
warnings, 'alpha or beta status' or as E3D have done in recent years,
marked challenging materials with a 'here be dragons' labels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks for making this
a reality ColorFabb – I'm looking forward to seeing many more
materials like this. For me this is one of the materials I have been
waiting for since I started 3D printing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">That's all for now, I hope you enjoyed the (rather long) Part 1 Blog post about this material.</span></div>
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Edit* - Looks like I just got this blog post finished in time - ColorFabb have just announced on Twitter the release date and details for this material - <a href="https://learn.colorfabb.com/lw-pla/" target="_blank">find out more here</a> - *Edit</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">See you next time, and if you have a new and interesting 3D printing material you want me to take a look at, do get in contact.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">The E3D #ToolChanger - Part 2</span></b></div>
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Hello everyone, In part 1 I introduced the concept of a ToolChanger as a 3D printer. In this post, I'm going to be building up the E3D Beta30 reference kit.<br />
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In part 3 we will be looking at how to setup ToolChange scripting and the RepRap firmware on the Duet 2 electronics. (And doing some actual 3D printing).</div>
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<b>Quick Jump Index</b> </div>
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I'll update this list as I post more blogs and video's about the ToolChanger adventures.</div>
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://richrap.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-toolchanger-part-1-e3d-reference.html" target="_blank">Part 1 - First ToolChanger Post - Introduction and un-boxing.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://richrap.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-toolchanger-part-2-assembly-of.html" target="_blank">Part 2 (This post) - Motion System Assembly, electronics wiring and building tool heads.</a></li>
<li>Next post - Firmware and Duet 2 setup - Scripting and ToolChange processing. </li>
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Lets dive straight it -<br />
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This is what we are aiming for when complete - Wiring (image above) and completed assembly with tool heads (image below) -<br />
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Assembly
documentation for the Beta30 machines was produced by Greg at E3D,
this consisted of five separate documents for the various stages of
the assembly and wiring.</div>
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I will
loosely follow the five different sections as it also makes sense to
focus on these areas when showing how the ToolChanger has been
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1 - Motion
System Assembly</div>
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2 -
Tool-Changer Assembly</div>
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3 - V6
Dock Assembly</div>
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4 - V6
Bowden Tool Assembly</div>
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5 - Motion
System Electronics</div>
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I followed
them in the above order, you can do them in almost any order you
like, but it's well worth reading all of the documentation first
before you begin any assembly.</div>
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You will
need to gather tools, some materials (like metal banding) and other
fixings, super glue and a bunch of other things.</div>
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Firstly if
you build up a machine like this, be aware you probably need to buy
some thread-lock fluid. Many steps are using metal parts, nuts and
bolts that require a smear of thread-lock to stop them coming loose
in use. Don't skip this advice, it's going to save you a lot of
trouble down the road when you have your machine running.</div>
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Quite a few different things need to be thread-locked, so it's well worth trying to do as much as possible all at the same time. You need to leave 8+ hours for the thread-lock to set, so it's highly frustrating to complete some steps, then wait and then find you need to do more and have to wait again before you can finish the assembly. Give yourself a few days to complete the assembly, and another day at least to do the wiring.<br />
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You do get (almost) all the fixings you need to build up the ToolChanger - some (like 50mm M3 bolts) need to be sourced yourself, and a few E3D have already decided to add into the next round of kits to make it easier for people.<br />
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The frame construction is easy, you just bolt four vertical 30mm x 60mm aluminium extrusions - one in each corner to the base sheet of 4mm aluminium plate.<br />
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The back acrylic sheet is supplied - and E3D are considering also supplying the side panels in future ToolChanger Kits as they add a lot of strength and rigidity to the machine when built. Most of the Beta30 testers needed to get their own side panels cut locally. I was very kindly sent a set by Greg cut by E3D.</div>
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Fix on the back acrylic sheet - all the electronics, extruder motors and wiring mount onto that.</div>
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It's securely fixed with the Z drive motor at the bottom.<br />
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The build platform is is fixed to the Z axis carriage next - again it feels nice and solid.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Tool-Changer Assembly - </span><br />
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Next to be assembled was the main tool dock for the ToolChanger X/Y carriage -<br />
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The tool head consists of a Z-probe switch, high quality (metal geared) micro-servo and a rotating rod with locking pin to clamp down (as it rotates) gripping a tool on the kinematic coupling plate (far right plate in the picture above).<br />
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The servo is small but mighty, and it's geared achieving even more pulling power - the grub-screw is just too small - that's one thing E3D are going to change in the next batch.<br />
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You just fit some M4 metal spacers on the motion system carriage, add the servo, Z-switch and locking pin with thrust bearing etc.<br />
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A few early builders had some issues with the servo wires getting pinched and shorting out on the aluminium parts - so I added shrink-wrap around the servo cable.<br />
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Before adding the cover, I also routed the cables and wrapped the servo wires to the servo body with kapton tape.<br />
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The front and back parts of the pick-up head are mounted - and a drop of superglue holds in the locking pin as the grub-screw felt a little inadequate for my liking.<br />
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A simple printed safety cover fits on the the back to hide the wiring and cable entry point.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">V6 Dock Assembly - </span><br />
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The tool docks are fitted on to the back of the machine, they hold the tool ready for a pick-up by the tool head we just assembled above.<br />
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Not too many parts for this section - just a matter of following the assembly instructions - easy.<br />
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Easy to assemble - but again need a drop of threadlock.<br />
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A pack of thin shims were provided to help vertically align the tool docks. It's very unlikely they will be needed for the next batch as machining and alignment was so good for this batch.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">V6 Bowden Tool Assembly - </span><br />
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The tool assembly is a little more involved, and for the initial machine setup I'm using 4 x E3D V6 hot-ends - Configured in a bowden Titan arrangement.<br />
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Get everything you need for all the tools you are building.<br />
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And build them all up together - it's quite a few steps, and you will need to also check on the normal hot-end assembly instructions.<br />
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Some cables will need to be cut - (if you cut down your heater cartridge, make them slightly longer then shown above - I found 150mm was a better length - after cutting the first one to 130mm)<br />
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Each tool head has a small PCB (that may not be the case in future ToolChanger kits - so do check).<br />
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You are then just building up V6 hot-ends and adding them onto the supplied coupling plate (fitted with 8mm steel ball bearings)<br />
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The connector PCB gets clamped in between two 3D printed parts and bolted down.<br />
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Here I found it very useful to use longer then specified bolts so you can remove the cable clamp - easier to install and essential if you want to remove a tool-head.<br />
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And that's a set of V6 tools ready for the machine. (These are still missing heater blocks in the image above).<br />
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The tools just slide on to the docks we assembled in the previous section, and can be connected up up to the Titan extruders with a length of 4mm PTFE tube and wiring to the duet motor drives.<br />
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The Titan extruders are easy to build - just be aware you need 2 x normal and 2 x mirrored Titan's for the ToolChanger. (1.75mm - were used in this machine)<br />
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Another thing to be aware of is that the acrylic back panel is 5mm thick, so all Titan screws need to be +5mm longer to reach the NEMA17 motor holes.<br />
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Because of the acrylic panel thickness you can set the extruder gear to 13mm distance from the motor shaft end (as long as you are using a 0.9 degree NEMA17 Titan motor as supplied by E3D).<br />
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The final area of assembly and wiring are the electronics and connecting cables.<br />
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This is probably the most tricky part for most people. But take your time and check everything at least twice.<br />
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<a href="https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Hardware_overview#main" target="_blank">The Duet2electronics have a lot of different options,</a> so not all the decisions
below need to be followed, it will depend on how you want your
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I'm using PT100 temperature sensors (instead of thermistors or thermo-couples). To use PT100 temperature sensors on the Duet 2 you need two daughter boards that expand the temperature sensing capability to four channels of PT100 thermal amplification. These are simple to install, but a little tricky to wire to the supplied screw-terminal connections.<br />
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The PT100 sensors allow higher temperatures than the normal glass bead thermistors usually fitted to V6 hot-ends.<br />
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I used just two of the four wires for the connection to the daughter-boards. Leaving all four of the 0.1” option jumpers in place.<br />
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It's not immediately obvious how to wire up the PT100 sensors to the Duet PT100 daughter-boards, but just as before, follow the extra instructions on the Duet3D website and you will quickly see how to wire up either 4 wire or 2 wire types.<br />
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They mount on the Duet 2 (above) and Duex5 (below) easily, and you can stack another set to get even more channels of PT100 (or Thermocouple) sensing on the Duet electronics.<br />
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wire these differently for different types of PT100 sensor and also
if you remove the option jumpers – As always check the latest
advice from the manufacturer as you may have a different revision of
a PCB or assembly – <a href="https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Connecting_PT100_temperature_sensors" target="_blank">Duet Documentation is really good, do check itout here - </a><br />
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The Duet2 and the Duex5 expansion are fitted to the back of the acrylic panel - then you can start wiring.<br />
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You get a big coil of ready-made cables for the ToolChanger, most just need to be connected to the right connection on the electronics, a few need to be screwed or cut.<br />
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Following the instructions for connection, it does not take long to get the tool-heads connected up.<br />
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After most of the cable are connected to a tool, carriage or motor, you will end up with cables hanging down the back of your machine.<br />
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And fix the solid state relay - if you are using the mains powered heated bed option (it's amazing).<br />
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These links below are borrowed from the <a href="https://e3d-online.com/blog/2019/01/23/the-e3d-toolchanger-beta-30-is-taking-shape/" target="_blank">Recent E3D ToolChanger blog post</a> - if you are building up an E3D ToolChanger and want to be listed on my Blog, just let me know and I'll add you into the adventure.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Mike Hackney - </span><a href="https://www.sublimelayers.com/search/label/Tool%20Changer?&max-results=8" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1084b6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">https://www.sublimelayers.com/search/label/Tool%20Changer?&max-results=8</a></div>
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Hello everyone, and
welcome to a new year and an exciting step forward in the world of 3D
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I’m delighted to be diving in to building and using (hopefully not ‘destruction-testing’) the <a href="https://e3d-online.com/blog/2019/01/23/the-e3d-toolchanger-beta-30-is-taking-shape/" target="_blank">E3D ToolChanger.</a></div>
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<b>Quick Jump Index</b> </div>
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I'll update this list as I post more blogs and video's about the ToolChanger adventures.</div>
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<li><a href="https://richrap.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-toolchanger-part-1-e3d-reference.html" target="_blank">Part 1 - First ToolChanger Post - Introduction and un-boxing.</a></li>
<li><a href="https://richrap.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-toolchanger-part-2-assembly-of.html" target="_blank">Part 2 - Motion System Assembly, electronics wiring and building tool heads.</a></li>
<li>Next post - Firmware and Duet 2 setup - Scripting and ToolChange processing. </li>
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I'm slightly late in
starting the ToolChanger build (Second wave of the 'early 30'), but plan to catch up with the other beta testers all around the world as soon as possible.</div>
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I’ll link to some of
the other ToolChanger adventures at the end of this blog post, do
take a look as it really gives a glimpse of what’s to come with a new ‘eco-system’ like this.</div>
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Firstly I would like to thank everyone at <a href="https://e3d-online.com/blog/2019/01/23/the-e3d-toolchanger-beta-30-is-taking-shape/" target="_blank">E3D for inviting me into the exclusive 'Beta 30' trials</a> and <a href="https://www.duet3d.com/DuetWifi" target="_blank">Duet 3D</a> who have invested both time and custom design of the electronics platform that's running the ToolChanger <a href="https://www.duet3d.com/DuetWifi" target="_blank">(Duet 2 wifi/ethernet + Duex 5 expansion</a>). And also expanding on the RepRap Firmware for the Duet to control the ToolChanger platform.<br />
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If you don’t already
know, the team at E3D have been working on a multi-tool 3D printer
for quite some time. Greg Holloway, the designer of the <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.com/search?q=bigbox" target="_blank">E3D BigBox</a>
machine has brought life to a mechanical, electrical and tool-chain
reference design platform they call the ‘ToolChanger’ – There
is a really important statement here – it’s a <u>reference design</u>
– NOT a finished 3D printer / machine or intended to be a 'final' system. Let me tell you
why I think that’s a really good thing...</div>
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The FDM (FFF) 3D
printing eco-system is on the cusp of a fundamental step-change. The
basic too-chain from model creation – export – slicing – and
printing with well controlled material, is now finally mature enough
that even for basic low-cost machines, it works for most people.</div>
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Regular improvements in
understanding melt-flow of plastics, electronics, firmware and
sensors have made multi-axis systems operate fast with improved
reliability and repeat-ability.</div>
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But we already have
multi-nozzle / multi-colour 3D Printers? -
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A number of options
exist if you want multiple colours or materials in a single print –
the Prusa MMU switcher, The Palette splicer, BCN3D IDEX or multiple
print heads.</div>
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The difference with a
ToolChanger is that the entire tool can be swapped during a print –
for two or many different tool-heads or nozzles / colours /
materials, even devices that cut, measure, buff or insert objects
into your 3D prints.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why Now? –
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Plastic extrusion tools
(extruder+nozzles) have now become optimised for a wide range of
materials and temperatures – with a good level of reliability. The
next step is to add in more of them, and also other tools that can do
more than squirt out melted plastic. A ToolChanger starts to look
more like a desktop manufacturing system, rather than ‘just
another’ 3D printer.</div>
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I'll talk more about why it's the right time to be switching to ToolChangers in this series of blog posts as the machine gets built up and then tested.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Preparation before the ToolChanger kit delivery - </span></div>
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You may decide to pre-order a ToolChanger after the Beta30 trials have completed - if you do, you will most probably still need to print out a set of 3D printed parts for the system - (they may change, but here is what the Beta30 set needed).</div>
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You don't need all that many parts as most of the precision machining is all done by E3D and supplied as CNC aluminium parts or pre-assembled motion system modules.</div>
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The parts required are all very nicely designed - to print easily and also fit to the ToolChanger perfectly.<br />
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This machine does use mains, both for the SMPS and the Heated Bed, so it's nice to see even the mains inlet covers can be 3D printed to hide away the high voltage connections.<br />
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Plenty of boxes, but all well packed and labelled.<br />
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Many of the ToolChanger parts are common E3D components or modular assemblies.<br />
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Like the Titan extruder and the V6 Hot-ends. - You just need to have four of them :)<br />
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All quality machined parts - and E3D are also using genuine HIWIN rails for X, Y and Z motion.<br />
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Bottom plate - this is not a light reference machine, but it is solid, stiff and should print really, really fast if required.</div>
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The heated bed is directly powered by ~230v AC @ 800w - this thing is going to heat up fast and also expand as it heats.<br />
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The E3D heatbed has the silicone cured directly into the partially-anodised aluminium surface of the build surface - it makes a solid bond, not just stuck, but fused to the metal.<br />
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The E3D ToolChanger has been over two years in the making - and it shows in every single component.<br />
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E3D really are pushing things forward for everyone here. I hope you support them - and yes they want people to design more ToolChanger systems. They also want companies and their partners/customers to consider using their tools and tool-plates in their own machines - after all that't the point here - to define an eco-system of tools and electronics / firmware support - without a drive forwards, we will be stuck with what we already have.</div>
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That's all for the introduction, join me next time and I'll start to assemble the ToolChanger motion system.</div>
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And don't forget to check out some of the other Beta30 ToolChanger builds - some are already built and printing out multi-tool 3D Prints.</div>
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These links below are borrowed from the <a href="https://e3d-online.com/blog/2019/01/23/the-e3d-toolchanger-beta-30-is-taking-shape/" target="_blank">Recent E3D ToolChanger blog post</a> - if you are building up an E3D ToolChanger and want to be listed on my Blog, just let me know and I'll add you into the adventure.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Joe - @nemesis.robotics</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Ezra -</span> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">@EandEDesign</span></div>
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Rich - @RichRap3D</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Mike Hackney - </span><a href="https://www.sublimelayers.com/search/label/Tool%20Changer?&max-results=8" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1084b6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.sublimelayers.com/search/label/Tool%20Changer?&max-results=8</a></div>
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Ivor O'Shea Blog -<a href="https://ivoroshea.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1084b6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;"> https://ivoroshea.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Romain Grangier Blog - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/additmtl/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1084b6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.facebook.com/additmtl/ </a></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ToolChanging 3D printers - </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/237615240416855/?ref=br_rs" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1084b6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.facebook.com/groups/237615240416855/?ref=br_rs</a></div>
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<br />RichRap3Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09348596756294999378noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8639215628525378898.post-36120242881253921382018-05-28T21:56:00.002+01:002018-05-28T21:56:33.361+01:00HangPrinter Workshop with Torbjørn Ludvigsen and RepRap 10th Birthday party at E3D in Oxford<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8939788157065945354" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 686px;">
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<span style="background-color: white;">In this blog post and video I'm going over how we got on at the recent HangPrinter workshop at E3D in Oxford (UK).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">The HangPrinter workshop video can be seen below, or over on <a href="https://youtu.be/5XRfW3YaQeE" target="_blank">YouTube in Full HD on my channel here -</a> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm lucky to be only around 90 minutes away from E3D, they now have a new and dedicated unit in the breathtaking Oxford countryside. </span></span><br />
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This is a typical view on the drive over to visit E3D - if you ever get the chance - take them up on the offer!</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Their previous setup consisted of five separate workshops. A company motorised golf cart shuttled various components and completed assemblies from one to the other most days. (no joke).</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now with everything under one roof, E3D is an even more well oiled machine of innovation, development, manufacturing and thousands of orders being shipped all over the world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I arrived at E3D a few days early before the workshop started. Torbjørn already had his Hangprinter attached to the roof of the E3D workshop. It's around 7 meters up and was a stunning sight.</span></span><br />
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Hollow chair form and HangPrinter chair (at the back) - was printing well until I 'tested' the disaster recovery feature ;)</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That was until I stepped on and tripped over the lines and stopped it printing - all about 10 minutes after I first arrived! - I made a significant entrance :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #272727; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: white;">The printer tried to compensate for my unintentional 'test' but it did not manage to keep the lines from getting tangled around the spool - it was my fault, but it also highlighted a bug that </span></span><span style="color: #272727; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Torbjørn had seen a few times before. It was the first time that day we got out the BIG ladder to sort out the spool line. </span></span><span style="color: #272727; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It would not be the last, but we did have less crashes of people into lines as the weekend progressed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The Open Source <a href="http://tropical-labs.com/index.php/mechaduino" target="_blank">Mechaduino by Tropical Labs</a> is a very neat little magnetic encoder board.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">We assembled up these onto the backs of NEMA17 motors for the Hangprinters being built in the workshop weekend. They are a far better, neater and lower cost solution to most other encoder systems available.</span></span></div>
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Wiring was the most time consuming, we could have saved around four hours if a pre-made wiring loom was available for the Hangprinter system - that's one for next time or anyone else that's thinking about running a 3D Printer workshop.</div>
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After some final assembly and a pre-flight check that everything worked. It was on to the calibration of the Hangprinter.</div>
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Auto-calibration of the build space is one of the most impressive aspects of HangPrinter - and only possible by the Mechaduino drivers and encoders.</div>
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You can check the calibration - shown above it was millimetre perfect!</div>
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You finally then just set the print nozzle onto the build platform and register a zero Z position, switch out of torque mode and can shortly start a print. Above Sanjay from E3D is checking out the test print from the SuperVolcano hot-end and 1.2 mm nozzle.</div>
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The lines were tightened and print quality significantly improved. This turned out to be a very nice print.</div>
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During the workshop, I setup the HangPrinter portable frame - still a very large print area, but tiny when compared to the ceiling mounted V3.</div>
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The 'portable' uses a slightly smaller configuration for the motor plate, and three arms to form the frame.</div>
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These are all still 3D Printed parts for the frame sections to join. The top mounts are hinged for even more portability. (it all fitted into my car as an example).</div>
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The extruder mount fits onto the effector, I have made various mounting plates, above for the Bondtech extruder, and another for the E3D Titan Aero.</div>
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A short while later, I manages to string the machine and get it all set up for it's first 3D print.</div>
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Amazingly it all worked the very first print. It was over-extruding, and the lines were a little loose, Z height calibration was not correct (my fault in the cad file - not allowing for a lower build platform).</div>
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The lines you can see on the build platform were used to get a centre point (by hanging the effector on the D lines) and also to align up the A, B and C lines to the A frame mounting points.</div>
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We all then stopped for a special RepRap Birthday celebration - 10 years of Replication!</div>
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Adrian Bowyer checking out the test Octopus print on the Hangprinter V3 installed at E3D - Image by Sally Bowyer of RepRap Ltd. CC BY-SA 4.0 Original image on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BjA6sXkg4V7/" target="_blank">Instagram here</a></div>
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If you have an interest in the 'HangPrinter Portable' I made for the workshop, leave me a message of ask me about it over on <a href="https://twitter.com/RichRap3D">Twitter.</a> I'm planning to make a few changes to the top mounts to be more solid, but then I would be very happy to post the design files, firmware configurations and 3D Printed components for this version if anyone is interested?</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">It's true that you can get some really interesting 3D printing materials, including wood, rubber, metal and even cork. But t</span>he objective of this project was to help get you thinking about using more than just different 3D printing filaments, colours or thermoplastic materials in your projects.</div>
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ColorFabb Bronze filament - can look very nice when buffed, but what about using 'real' materials...</div>
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The video below goes over some of the experiments our family did over Valentines 2018 - </div>
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Or you can watch it in <a href="https://youtu.be/YSZR3gh4KY4" target="_blank">HD over on YouTube here</a> </div>
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I have wanted to combine fabric materials that my wife often uses into a 3D model for some time. I'm also really interested in doing more work with real wood. Lets see how we got on and what my kids also wanted to experiment with.</div>
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The first task was to select a 3D model we could experiment with, after a brief look I decided to design my own heart shaped gift box, with a lid that could be complemented in different types of materials. </div>
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A simple heart box for experimenting - the lid can be decorated in various ways - see below</div>
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After printing the prototype in 3D4M C8 and a few more in Polymaker Polysmooth (PVB) materials, I smoothed one in the Polysher to check the fit and finish.</div>
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The first was smoothed for my oldest daughter, a simple box that she wanted to decorate.</div>
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The second was glitter covered. This uses the Polysmooth trick of adding glitter straight after being smoothed in the Polysher. The glitter sticks and produces a smooth sparkling finish that will not rub off when dry.</div>
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I have used paper before, I custom covered an entire E3D BigBox with paper a few years back, it was a really fun project to do over Christmas whilst assembling the and wooden version of this rather big 3D printer.</div>
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This proved to be really useful in getting patterns to be inline across the three separate sections of the heart box.</div>
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Using any sort of paper (or other materials), you can draw around and then cut out each part to fit into the 3D printed inlay areas.</div>
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The template was made fractionally smaller to allow for drawing and then cutting, so it should fit perfectly.</div>
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The next idea from my wife was to try out an embossing machine she uses on fabric.</div>
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They needed to be mirrored before 3D printing, so the end pattern appeared correctly after being embossed onto a material.</div>
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We then tested out leather, vinyl, suede, and some faux materials to see what sort of pressure was needed to get a good level of embossing.</div>
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The 3D4M C8 material was a little too soft for very fine features, it got a little squished and sharp edges were slightly crushed after a few operations in the 'BigShot' press.</div>
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We later discovered that almost any normal PLA (with some impact modifiers) was one of the best materials to use for printing embossing patterns. It's a hard plastic that's stiff enough to work many times, even on very dense materials and fabric's.</div>
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This is an area we are still experimenting with, now moving on to 3D printing both positive and negative embossing sides to get even better results - an update on that in a future post.</div>
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One was with sand and sea shells - bonded into the lid using clear resin. </div>
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A Polysmooth 'sticky' lid being covered in real bronze powder - allow to dry and tumble finish.</div>
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Another had real bronze powder poured over when 'sticky from the polysher'. Another mixed different colour PolySmooth materials - self bonding when smoothed.</div>
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To finish off some of the boxes I also did end up using some ColorFabb Bronzefill filament for inlay sections - tumbled and buffed to a shine.</div>
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Finally I really wanted to experiment with a real wood veneer. I was lucky enough to have some leaves of walnut burr to try out.</div>
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If you do decide to cut it out with a blade, consider rounding off the tip. A sharp blade-end can actually rip wood like this, you are better off going very gently around the line a number of times rather than try to cut out the wood in one pass.</div>
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I also printed out matching blocks to help compress the wooden inlay into the heart box lid.</div>
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These were really useful as it made the job of clamping up the part easy. Just let it dry for 24 hours and remove from clamps.</div>
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I'm really quite happy with the first result.</div>
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I finished the lid with two coats of polyurethane varnish spray, to seal the wood and the bronzefill.</div>
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As a proof of concept, this turned out well enough to make me want to experiment more. <span style="background-color: white;">I'm no expert in using wood vineere, so if you have any other tips, do leave them in the comments. I'm really keen to do much more with real wood and 3D printing, I think I will be designing more objects like this for future projects.</span></div>
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I also designed a secret side-project for my wife as a gift. Along with the heart gift boxes, the modular jewelry tree project files are now up on Thingiverse and Youmagine if you wish to use the model for yourself.</div>
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My secret project was inspired by something that my wife had mentioned at Christmas. The comment was that her small jewelry stand for necklaces was not big enough and didn't have enough hangers.</div>
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It's also a modular design, so you can select different sections in whatever order you require to get the height and length of arms for your jewelry.</div>
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The sections have a slight twist, the purpose is to allow earrings or bangles to hang down, and not overlap any hanging below.</div>
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The files are up on Thingiverse and Youmagine - </div>
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Heart Box -<br />
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<a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2843936" target="_blank">Thingiverse </a></div>
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Modular Jewelry Tree - </div>
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I had a very nice surprise filament giftbox from the masters of materials at Proto-Pasta.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Let's discuss the fear of 3D Printing filament tangles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And how best to avoid them.</span></div>
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Before I bore you all to death with more MasterSpool related content, this is probable going to be my last post about the subject for quite a while. The project is in a good place, with users and manufacturers deciding to get involved. I want to see how it evolves, but more importantly I want to get back onto all my other projects, that got put on hold for the last few months.<br />
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This post is also an overview of the MasterSpool Version 4 update - see below and in the video.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Future projects - </span><br />
I'll have some new developments, machines, materials, projects and ideas to share with you in the coming months, I hope you continue to read, view and generally enjoy what I'm doing here with 3D Printing.<br />
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I'm trying hard to branch out and get involved with even more aspects of 3D printing this year.<br />
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Above is a sneak peek at one of the projects we did as a family for Valentines day 2018</div>
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Next time I'll have a number of Valentines projects I did with the whole family. It was really great fun exploring with 'mixed media' and getting everyone involved. 3D printing plays a big part, but it's just one of many processes we used for making valentine related useful objects. - more on that soon.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">MasterSpool V4 - </span><br />
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The one thing that the MasterSpool project has taught me it that quite a lot of people (that post comments on YouTube) have a lot of fears of things not working, failures and generally expect new things to probably be bad (and no use to them unless it saves them money!).<br />
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In the video I want to talk about MasterSpool V4 and also one of the last remaining fears people seem to have about using 3D printing filament from a refill system. - The almost irrational FEAR of tangles.<br />
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I seem to have spent just as much time talking about why it's okay to try out new things, and that it's going to be fine, as I have actually designing, using and talking about MasterSpool.<br />
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But in many ways, I guess that's to be expected - this is starting to disrupt things a little...<br />
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V4 was driven from and for the community - thanks to everyone that has supported the open standard and provided feedback, advice and tested out the system.<br />
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First V4 test print using the BCN3D Sigma (0.4mm nozzle) and the LulzBot TAZ 6 (0.5mm nozzle)</div>
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One of the first modifications was to make V4 easier to print with bigger nozzles and chunky layer heights - the text on the spool has been modified to allow nozzles from 0.4mm to 1.2mm to be used.</div>
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First the three positions for the tie-wraps were opened up and cut into the side of the spool - this makes it much easier to fit and remove the refill coils.</div>
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Generally other rounded edges were also removes to speed up print time.</div>
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The label position is still in Version 4 - this seems to be quite a useful aspect to the refill spool system.</div>
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Many other smaller changes have also made the spool stronger and faster to print.</div>
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18% infill using PLA or PETG</div>
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Two perimeters (with a 0.4mm or 0.5mm nozzle)</div>
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Where Can I buy refill coils for MasterSpool - </div>
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You can buy Refill filament coils from <a href="https://www.dasfilament.de/filament-refill/" target="_blank">Das Filament in Germany</a> (they do worldwide shipping) -</div>
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I have no affiliation with Das Filament, the link is provided as people are <u>constantly</u> asking me where to buy MasterSpool coil refills from ! And be quick - they seem to sell out really fast after a new batch is added.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The third most asked question</span> I get is about the filament refill coil dimensions, I have now added an overview and dimension PDF document to the V4 downloads - </div>
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V4 Masterspool files are on Youmagine - <a href="https://www.youmagine.com/designs/masterspool-for-3d-printing-filament-v4">https://www.youmagine.com/designs/masterspool-for-3d-printing-filament-v4</a></div>
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In this blog post and Video I'm showing you how to make a simple heated drybox for your 3D printing filament that you can use whilst 3D Printing.</div>
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With just a few basic items from eBay (or similar) and some 3D design files to print (links at the bottom of this post) - you can make a drybox for both storage and in use while 3D printing.</div>
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An overview video of the heated drybox (including a #MasterSpool update) can be seen below and over on my <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/RichRap2011" target="_blank">Youtube channel here.</a></div>
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For an overview and background to this project, do take a look at the video, I'll dive straight into the main components in this blog post below - </div>
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I pack all my filament in sealed zip-lock bags with desiccant. That's usually good enough for storage, but some materials do require drying or heating before use.</div>
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For some time I have been planning to build a dry heated storage box. </div>
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Now that I know the Polybox just monitors temperature and humidity I decided to build my own, but with a heating capacity installed too.</div>
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It's surprising how simple it is to make a heated dry box with off-the-shelf components and a little 3D printing.</div>
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The polybox has a number of bearings that polymaker filament spools run on, I didn't want to do that because I use a lot more different types of materials, some use cardboard spools, and having the spool edges run on bearings, just creates cardboard fluff.</div>
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This one is a straightforward build - you should find it quite simple to print out the required 3D printed parts - assemble and make up the rest of the heated dry-box. Any questions - just ask.</div>
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The main component I used for heating is a simple flexible reptile heater - you can find these on eBay for just a few USD - Search for '<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;">15*28CM Adjustable Temperature Reptile Heating Heater Mat'</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700;"> </span></div>
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The other main electronic component is the temperature and humidity monitor device, I opted for a round module, but you can get square and also ones with separate temperature sensing probes etc.</div>
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For the above temperature/Humidity sensor just search eBay for 'Mini LCD Celsius Digital Thermometer Hygrometer Temperature Humidity Meter Gauge'</div>
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Three 12mm cable glands make up the power in and dual filament out ports - just a simple 12mm hole will allow these to fit perfectly.</div>
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I bought a pack of 100 of these way back in 2010 - so I have been finding uses for them ever since :)</div>
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Print out the 3D printed parts - I used FormFutura ReForm rPET filament for the above.</div>
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The printed spool holder uses a section of M8 threaded rod and two M8 nuts.</div>
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Lastly bags fg 50g desiccant can be fitted under the heater - they can easily be removed or changed at any time.</div>
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The reptile heater just slides in the grooves in the 3D printed parts.</div>
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Cable goes out of the back of the box - allow yourself some slack cable so you can lift up the 3D printed parts to insert desiccant.</div>
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Optionally you can print out a seal for the lid - I made the above using ColorFabb nGen Flex - it has just the right level of flex, but not too floppy to easily seat onto the top of the box.</div>
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Fit the remaining two cable glands and use oversized tube to allow filament to feed out of your dry-box.</div>
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That's it. It uses 7w while being on, and does not take long to get to a stable ~30 Degrees C temperature - humidity will quite quickly drop to under 14%.</div>
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It's really useful for any type of dedicated support material - being able to be used while still inside the heated dry-box. It will also be great for Nylon, wood filaments, CF, PolySmooth and many other materials that are sensitive to moisture.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Bonus device - </span></div>
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I also have a little bonus invention for monitoring your filament coils while they are in Zip-Lock-Bags - here is the SpoolCheck sensor.</div>
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It uses exactly the same thermistor and humidity sensor, and a small packet of desiccant as the heated dry box project.<br />
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Just pop it in the centre of any 'standard' filament spool (or a loaded MasterSpool ) - and pop it all in a zip-lock bag.<br />
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You basically end up with a way to monitor filament in storage, and see if any is not in tip-top-condition :)</div>
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The files for both the heated drybox and the SpoolCheck sensor are up on -</div>
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<a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2778707" target="_blank">Thingiverse here - </a></div>
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<a href="https://www.youmagine.com/designs/heated-filament-dry-box-v1-for-3d-printing-materials" target="_blank">And YouMagine also. - </a></div>
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Please do let me know if you make a heated drybox or find the SpoolCheck sensor useful - best to catch me on Twitter usually.</div>
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I get a lot of questions about the dry-box project - the most common are -<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Will this dry out my (damp) filament? </span></b>- It's designed to keep good filament in good condition and stable for printing. It's not an oven, so I still recomend drying out materials like Nylon and PETG in an oven if they have been in the open for days. - Then use the heated dry box when you use the material on a print to stop the material getting saturated with moisture.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">What would be a good % of moisture to look for on the hygrometer? (Or what's the best percentage figure) - </span></b></span><br />
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The % shown on the hygrometer is relative to temperature, so it's not the most ideal indication as we are also using a heater inside the enclosure. You will actually see the percentage rise up after switching on the heater, this is quite normal and to be expected.<br />
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What you are looking for is stability of the system - so for me that's around a display of 30 degrees C and a percentage of also around 30%<br />
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If you use the same sensor in a sealed bag with silica gel, and the temperature drops, and the silica gel takes moisture out of the internal atmosphere, you will see readings of room temperature and percentages of around 10% to 25% if you just leave the same sensor out on the shelf, you will see much higher readings depending on where you live and the ambient conditions.<br />
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Short answer is that the heated drybox is to keep things warm, dry and stable. so a reading of 30 degrees and 30% is really good, and it's all working well. An even lower percentage is even better, but it's more important to keep things consistent, this way every time you use the material you should get the same quality print results.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px;">It's all about consistency and stability - so I can tune a material for use, and then know it's going to use the same settings next time - without the material being in a different state / damp / temperature etc. - </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 16px;">The silica gel is still doing some of the work for the heated dry-box. I’m just using the heater to help maintain stability and provide some consistency, warming the air inside to around 30 degrees C and regardless of room temperature changes, keep humidity shown below 30% @ 30 Degrees C.</span></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Stable temperature (not too high) and stable humidity (under 30%).</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Temperature rising and the percentage of humidity being shown going down.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Temperature dropping and the percentage of humidity being shown going down or staying stable.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">If temperature goes up, I don’t want to see the humidity also go up, stable is good, lowering is even better.</li>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">*Edit* - Updated Jan 28th 2018 - The Original STL files for MasterSpool had a few problems for some people - the final export was a little messed up, sorry about that.</span></span></div>
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We, as a community and industry, are making good progress on the use of sustainable filament spools. Cardboard is slowly becoming more common and even recycled plastic or eco-friendly spools are starting to be used.</div>
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Left to right - ReForm by FormFutura / 'MasterSpool' / Standard plastic PC spool / Cardboard by Proto-Pasta</div>
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For quite some years I have also wished for a no-spool based filament delivery system, MasterSpool could be a way to achieve this.</div>
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A filament roll of ColorFabb nGen - 750g of filament and another ~280g of almost 'bulletproof' Polycarbonate spool.</div>
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The MasterSpool standard is a concept idea for a way to deliver 3D printing filament to users without a spool.</div>
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The main concept is for manufacturers to provide a material refill system to users who can then use their own 'MasterSpool' in their 3D printer.</div>
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Here is a quick overview video of the MasterSpool proposal showing how it works - </div>
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More of my video's over on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/RichRap2011" target="_blank">Youtube here - all in HD.</a></div>
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I had the idea for MasterSpool when I spotted a small two piece filament spool over on Thingiverse by User '<span style="font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Dingoboy71' </span><span style="font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The original 2-piece Filament Spool by Dingoboy71 can be found over on Thingiverse - </span><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1738730" target="_blank">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1738730</a></div>
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Dingiboy71 improved on a spool model from a designer <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">called Tamel55 - he modified the idea for his '</span><span style="font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">2-piece Filament Spool by Dingoboy71' I used this model as the basis for the MasterSpool prototype. Since then it's further evolved into Version 4 (as of 14th Feb 2018).</span></div>
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Benefits should include a lower weight of transportation - Empty plastic spools often weigh around 250-300 grams. Smaller and less packaging for material and no empty spools for the end user to recycle or dispose of.</div>
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Most often, users of 3D printers do not want to use un-spooled filament. Winding filament onto a spool is also not a good idea, because it can encourage breaking and tangles. It also takes a lot of time for the user.</div>
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Having a 'cartridge' of wound filament that can be simply loaded onto a two-part spool allows for super quick setup and use of materials.</div>
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The two part spool, could be traditionally manufactured, to a defined standard - similar to what we already use now - ~200mm diameter spools with 750g or 1kg capacity.</div>
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The MasterSpool could be 3D printed - it easily fits on a LulzBot TAZ6, but it will also print on a standard Prusa i3 MK2/3</div>
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The 'MasterSpool' could also be 3D printed, customized and generally tweaked to accommodate various 3D printers.</div>
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Ideally a single MasterSpool standard would be used - then we may also start seeing more 3D printer manufacturers allow a defined space for these spools. At the moment far too many different spool sizes and mounting methods are available for a machine manufacturer to choose one single method of filament spool management.</div>
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Their will be problems that filament manufacturers will have to overcome to do this - </div>
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Wind spools of filament onto a cardboard or stiff paper form - with an ability to secure the coil in place after winding - maybe using tie-wraps or adhesive banding. </div>
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Remove the wrapped coil and pack into a simple box or vacuum sealed bag for shipment.</div>
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Manufacturers will still want to brand the filament coils and maybe add key information like print temperatures or material properties etc. This can be achieved on the card/paper support for the filament coil.</div>
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Quite a few people asked about the critical dimensions for MasterSpool (750g version) - so here they are -<br />
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Outer spool diameter is 202mm<br />
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For the 750g Spool the width of the filament coil is 46.7mm<br />
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For a 1Kg or 500g filament coil the width (46.7mm) is the dimension you would change to make a different, but compatible MasterSpool for other weights (that will not stay true for very heavy filaments like copper, bronze etc.)<br />
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For every day of December 2017 I 3D Printed a part of the 2017 Advent Christmas Tree.<br />
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Christmas Advent 2017 Download on <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2670389" target="_blank">Thingiverse here</a> - <span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">designed by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: "segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tom Van den Bon </span><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav" data-mentioned-user-id="232536144" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/geekc0der" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #1da1f2; font-family: "segoe ui", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">@geekc0der</a><span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> With some help for each day by the South African Makers team.</span></div>
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For a quick jump point and an overview of each day, see the list below -<br />
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Quick jump index For Blog posts each day and video times -<br />
Day 1 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-2017-day-1.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-2017-day-1.html</a><br />
2:48 - Fireplace - Designed by - Shaun Nadan<br />
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Day 2 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-2017-day-2.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-2017-day-2.html</a><br />
3:33 - Mini Spool - Designed by - Tom Van den Bon<br />
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Day 3 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-2017-day-3.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-2017-day-3.html</a><br />
4:46 - Christmas Rubber Ducky - Designed by - Andries Smuts<br />
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Day 4 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-2017-day-4.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-2017-day-4.html</a><br />
5:26 - Christmas Lollipop - Designed by - Tom Van den Bon<br />
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Day 5 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-2017-day-5.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-2017-day-5.html</a><br />
6:02 - Christmas Robot - Designed by - Lelanie Smuts<br />
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Day 6 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-2017-day-6.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-2017-day-6.html</a><br />
6:30 - Christmas Stocking - Designed by - Candice Howe<br />
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Day 7 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-advice-day.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-advice-day.html</a><br />
7:17 - Water Bottle Rocket - Designed by - Andries Smuts<br />
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Day 8 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-advice-day_9.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-advice-day_9.html</a><br />
7:53 - Beemo - Designed by - Rick Treweek<br />
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Day 9 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-advice-day_10.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-advice-day_10.html</a><br />
9:12 - Trumpet - Designed by - Candice Howe<br />
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Day 10 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-advice-day_11.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-advice-day_11.html</a><br />
10:10 - Manger - Designed by - Michael Scholtz<br />
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Day 11 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-11.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-11.html</a><br />
10:33 - Potjie - Designed by - Megesh Govender<br />
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Day 12 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-days-12-13.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-days-12-13.html</a><br />
11:51 - Christmas Raptor - Designed by - Gerhardt Breedt<br />
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Day 13 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-days-12-13.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-days-12-13.html</a><br />
12:40 - Crate of Beer - Designed by - Andries Smuts<br />
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Day 14 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-14.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-14.html</a><br />
13:09 - Lego Block - Designed by - Tom Van den Bon<br />
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Day 15 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-15.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-15.html</a><br />
13:24 - Severed Foot - Designed by - Thomas Torr<br />
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Day 16 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-16.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-16.html</a><br />
13:40 - Mistletoe/Holly - Designed by -Candice Howe<br />
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Day 17 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-17.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-17.html</a><br />
14:04 - xmas Poo Emoji - Designed by - Shaun Nadan<br />
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Day 18 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-18.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-18.html</a><br />
14:31 - Popsicle (Ice Lolly) - Designed by - Tom Van den Bon<br />
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Day 19 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-19.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-19.html</a><br />
14:53 - Jeep - Designed by - Gerhardt Breedt<br />
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Day 20 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-20.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-20.html</a><br />
15:31 - Benchy - Designed by - P.J Prinsloo<br />
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Day 21 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-21.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-21.html</a><br />
15:51 - Abstract Apple - Designed by - Mohammed Hassen<br />
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Day 22 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-22.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-22.html</a><br />
16:17 - xmas Scene - Designed by - Shaun Nadan<br />
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Day 23 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-23-24.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-23-24.html</a><br />
16:45 - Heart Box - Designed by - Chris Venter<br />
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Day 24 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-23-24.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-23-24.html</a><br />
17:27 - The Grinch - Designed by - Shaun Nadan<br />
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Day 25 – <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-christmas.html">https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-christmas.html</a><br />
17:41 - Christmas Star - Designed by - Tom Van den Bon<br />
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Day 23 gift is designed by <a href="https://www.3d-printing-sa.co.za/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #1989ff; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; outline: 0px;" target="_blank">Chris Venter</a> - <span style="font-family: inherit;">It's a Heart box printed in Ruby Red Taulman3D t-glase (Red Star).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://taulman3d.com/t-glase-spec.html" target="_blank">t-glase from Taulman3D </a>is one of my all time favourite materials to use. I always have some stock for projects like this. It shines and shimmers and can be used for LED light guides or just to look beautiful. </span><br />
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Taulman t-glase with a Red laser beam catching the front edge.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">t-glase is a PETT based material. You are more often likely to find PETG (Glycol modified) versions of<span style="font-family: inherit;"> polyester (</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">polyethylene)</span> being sold by many manufacturers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Both PETT and PETG can print very nicely in 3D printers, I tend to use PETT for high optical clarity, bigger layers and anything using light or for beautiful objects & gifts in general. </span><br />
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Back-lit with a small white led - t-glase really shines (concentric infill - see below)</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For this heart I'm keeping to a chunky layer height, and a specific infill type.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's worth thinking about the first bottom layer for objects like the heart box. The lid will be the bottom face when assembled, so you want that to look as nice as possible.</span><br />
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Likewise, the heart box bottom is also using a concentric infill. Look at those chunky 0.3mm layers, they look amazing on an object like this.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I also printed the final gift in the tree - Day 24 - The Grinch.</span><br />
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0.3mm layers (0.4mm nozzle) work really well with t-glase / 5 top and bottom solid layers.</div>
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Use an infill of under 25% to get the best optical clarity from t-glase - Using honeycomb is also important, you need an infill that does not cross over line-fill paths. (honeycomb is ideal)</div>
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Finally I'm using concentric for top and bottom layers, but that is because of the object here, you can use rectilinear if more appropriate.</div>
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Balanced with the temperature I use, you need a relatively slow speed to get the best from t-glase</div>
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250 degrees C - it will print lower and hotter, but for the speed balance, this will give clear (not frosty) results during printing.</div>
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This is a really important one, don;t use too much fan cooling for t-glase. Max 40% unless bridging.</div>
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Finally, this is the really odd one - For a 0.4mm nozzle you need to tell Slic3r it's 0.45mm in diameter - with all the other settings above, this produces great results.</div>
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You can go to the same layer height as nozzle size for t-glase (here we could go 0.4 layer with 0.4 nozzle)</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Why use it? - </span>It's just one of the most clear and optically interesting filaments you can get. It's also a very strong material, with great layer bonding, so making objects to use, enjoy and give as gifts is high on the list of ideal uses.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Is it strong? - </span>Yes, it's very tough, impact resistant and just a tiny bit of flex.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Do i need a 'special' nozzle? - </span>No it's not abrasive at all. All nozzles seem to work well, Bigger nozzles are glorious with t-glase. Just try it with a 1.2mm nozzle and a 1.0mm layer height, it's astonishing.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Conclusion for Taulman t-glase - </span>If you have not tried it out yet, you are missing out. From the very first sucesful print, you will be hooked. It also not comes in more colours, that I'm going to get hold of in the New Year. It's in my top 5 list of most useful and great looking materials.<br />
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Olsson Ruby nozzle after ~387 Hours of printing (not cleaned)</div>
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I just removed the nozzle (when it was at full 260 Degrees C temperature). It has not been cleaned in the image above. In the image below the same nozzle has been cleaned and refitted.<br />
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I installed this first Olsson Ruby nozzle in the summer of 2017. I reset the firmware timer at that point to keep track of the total print hours. This nozzle has now clocked up <b>16days 3hours 48mins</b>.<br />
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That's around <b>387 hours</b> of constant print time with almost every single type of material I have.<br />
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1.32km of filament length (1.75mm) is also around 4.2kg of filament so far.<br />
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To put this figure of <b>387 total hours</b> of Ruby nozzle print time into context, this entire advent Christmas tree - printed on this Prusa i3, the Lulzbot TAZ6 (also fitted with a Ruby high-flow Nozzle) and one print made on the Sigma R17 was a total print time of - <b>139.5 Hours.</b><br />
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This splits into the following -<br />
All Advent gifts = 44 Hours 20 minutes total print time (Excluding the top star)<br />
Sigma Dual print (Jeep) = 2.43mins<br />
Top star = 5.5 Hours - check tomorrows post to see that :)<br />
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All Tree sections = 88 Hours (including top tree section for star)<br />
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2/3 of all parts were done on the Prusa i3 MK2 with a V6 Olsson Ruby Nozzle fitted (0.4mm).<br />
1/3 of all parts were done on the LulzBot Taz6 with the High-flow V6 (Volcano) nozzle fitted (0.6mm)<br />
1 part was printed on the Sigma.<br />
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The Olsson Ruby (Volcano) nozzle in the TAZ6 has only had around 50 hours of use, so I'll check the status at around 300 Hours.<br />
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Remember this Advent tree is scaled at 150% of the original files posted. The tree sections are also scaled at 150% but only 120% in depth (to make the gifts appear to pop-out more).<br />
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Can you guess the total weight of the finished advent 2017 tree? (and also how much filament has been used)? And also how tall the finished tree is?<br />
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Send me a tweet over on Twitter @RichRap3D with your guess. I'll post the weight and filament used in tomorrows post.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Today story is simply about making beautiful objects with 3D printing. What I have now is another wonderful, creative and exciting advent Christmas tree, full of stories and interesting materials. We still get out the original 2012 advent tree every year. Now we have this one too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I want to thank all the South African makers and designers for this amazing Christmas gift. it was a real pleasure to print these parts. I also hope you also learned some neat things to try yourself.</span><br />
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Last time - For Day #21 <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-21.html" target="_blank">(<span style="background-color: white;">Abstract Apple</span>) Printed in Fillamentum Flexfill 98A luminous green</a><br />
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The original <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:36554" target="_blank">advent calendar from 2012 is on Thingiverse - designed by Peter Leppik</a>.</div>
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It's time for Day #22<br />
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Day 22 gift is designed by <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/www.printedbypixel.co.za" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #1989ff; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; outline: 0px;" target="_blank">Shaun Nadan</a>- <span style="font-family: inherit;">It's a Christmas Scene.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Laybrick is about the closest to 'snow' look, and even texture, you are likely to get in a filament. It has powdered chalk as the filler. Prints like sandstone, cold and oddly both smooth and rough at the same time to the touch. It's a little like using plaster or clay.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I will get another roll of Laybrick and show you what it can do at some point in 2018. Until then I have used the wonderful Polyalchemy Elixir, for a shining version of this Christmas snow scene.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The story, or maybe the moral of the story today is to use materials as soon as you can. Many filament's can become brittle or unusable over considerable time. My Laybrick was a casualty of not remembering, that I still had a roll at the very bottom of the filament storage box.</span></div>
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Last time - For Day #20 <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-20.html" target="_blank">(<span style="background-color: white;">Scaled Benchy</span>) I printed the Benchy boat in ColorFabb corkFill material.</a><br />
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Christmas Advent 2017 Download on <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2670389" target="_blank">Thingiverse here</a> - <span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">designed by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: "segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tom Van den Bon </span><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav" data-mentioned-user-id="232536144" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/geekc0der" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #1da1f2; font-family: "segoe ui", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">@geekc0der</a><span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> With some help for each day by the South African Makers team.</span></div>
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The original <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:36554" target="_blank">advent calendar from 2012 is on Thingiverse - designed by Peter Leppik</a>.</div>
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Day 21 gift is designed by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/redapple3dee" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #1989ff; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Mohammed Hassen</a> - <span style="font-family: inherit;">It's an abstract apple.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Wikipedia has a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shore_durometer" target="_blank">great page</a> all about the short durometer scale (testing the hardness of a material).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's useful to know what level of 'soft/hard' material you are buying, before you choose for a particular project. Here I'm using Flexfill 98A (Shore hardness 98A or 60D).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You can see below that a shore hardeness of 98A indicates a level similar to 'hard wheels of roller skates / skateboards'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Flexfill is ideal for projects like model car racing wheels, textured grips on products, handles etc. It's also great for robot parts that need some flex, but also keep their shape under loads.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">What settings did you use? - </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Flexfill 98A is very forgiving with settings, it's not as easy to use as PLA, but much easier (in a lot of extruder systems) than many softer rubber materials. </span><br />
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<li>Minimum of 2 perimeter (shells) if using a 0.4mm nozzle</li>
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<li>233 Degrees C all other layers.</li>
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<li>Fan at 55% max for printing (normal 25%)</li>
<li>+35% extra Extruder retraction length (from normal PLA settings).</li>
<li>I never use a BRIM, because it's just to tricky to remove, and is not required.</li>
<li>Print speed of 10mm/sec to 60mm/sec depending on your extruder setup. On an i3 MK2 55mm/sec is fine.</li>
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<span style="color: blue;">Why use it? - </span>It's perfect for anything that needs a slightly firmer rubber application. I use it a lot for seals, gaskets and generally any sort of rubber washer or firm grip / texture on a product. Things like gasket seals work well because they are not floppy, but do compress and seal faces together.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Is it strong? - </span>Yes, it's very tough, you will find it very hard to rip, and if you ever need to modify it, only a very sharp knife or heating / deform works. It's hard to snip, cut with scissors and you can;t file or sand it.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Do you have to dry it before/after use? - </span>No - it should be good from the sealed pack, but keep it dry.<br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Do i need a 'special' nozzle? - </span>No it's not abrasive at all. All nozzles seem to work well, smaller ones may cause pressure problems with some extruder systems.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Conclusion for Fillamentum Flexfill 98A- </span>I's a great material to have along side others. You can combine it well with PLA, ABS or PET. You are likely to be using it for some sort of flexing, or model making. It's obviously perfect for many model tyre projects. Check out the OpenRC project for more on that aspect.<br />
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Days 1 to 21 of the Advent Christmas Tree. I have no more room here, so it's going to be moved to somewhere in the house for the final few days of Advent.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Today lets focus the story around the physical uses of different materials in products and applications. It's easy to forget that not everything made is hard plastic or metal. Soft plastic's, rubbers and elastic components make up a lot of products. Especially with things that move or need to form around other devices. Thinking back to my days of being a child at Christmas, if I had a way to print new rubber tyres, skateboard wheels and soft-grips I would have been delighted to receive a roll of Flexfill :)</span><br />
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The original <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:36554" target="_blank">advent calendar from 2012 is on Thingiverse - designed by Peter Leppik</a>.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Do you have to dry it before/after use? - </span>No, It's not bothered at all with moisture, but as usual keep it in a sealed bag, that'll keep the dust off while not in use.<br />
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As I type this, <a href="https://colorfabb.com/corkfill" target="_blank">ColorFabb also has corkFill on Christmas offer</a>, along with other materials, so you can snap up a roll for 24.75 euro's (ex tax). That's a good deal.</div>
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Last time - For Day #18<a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-18.html" target="_blank"> (<span style="background-color: white;">Popsicle (Ice lolly / Ice-pop</span>) was printed using Acrylic (PMMA) filament from E3D.</a><br />
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Christmas Advent 2017 Download on <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2670389" target="_blank">Thingiverse here</a> - <span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">designed by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: "segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tom Van den Bon </span><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav" data-mentioned-user-id="232536144" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/geekc0der" rel="nofollow" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #1da1f2; font-family: "segoe ui", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">@geekc0der</a><span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> With some help for each day by the South African Makers team.</span></div>
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The original <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:36554" target="_blank">advent calendar from 2012 is on Thingiverse - designed by Peter Leppik</a>.</div>
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It's time for Day #19<br />
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Day 19 gift is designed by <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/www.RaptorImports.co.za" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #1989ff; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; outline: 0px;" target="_blank">Gerhardt Breedt</a> - <span style="font-family: inherit;">It's a totally awesome little Jeep, with a lot of detail.</span><br />
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Great little Jeep - printed in<a href="http://www.faberdashery.co.uk/products-page/print-materials/greenery-green/" target="_blank"> Faberdashery Greenery Green</a> (It's Army-Man-Green really)</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Because this model is a little more complex to print, and requires the use of support structures, today I'm giving advice about the use of different support materials available and how well they tend to work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">First let's look at what a 3D print will look like if support material is enabled using a single extruder machine.</span><br />
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It printed just fine, but now you have to remove all that support material. </div>
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<li>Cuticle Nippers (Top-Tip - they work great) - For MEN, or WOMEN - :)</li>
<li>Pointy thing (left hand side - very pointy)</li>
<li>tweeters, </li>
<li>time, </li>
<li>patience, </li>
<li>cup of tea, </li>
<li>soothing music, </li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Have a guess how long the above support removal was, I'll tell you down below, after we look at the alternative method.</span><br />
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I'm using Faberdashery PLA( above) and Polymaker Polysupport (Below)</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Another reason for doing this intensive advent calendar every day, was to test out the Olsson Ruby nozzles. They are doing really well, so today they get a short break. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I will be using the Faberdashery PLA and <a href="http://www.polymaker.com/shop/polysupport/" target="_blank">Polymaker Polysupport</a> in the BCN3D SIGMA R17 3D Printer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The SIGMA can't fit the Ruby nozzles :(</span><br />
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Here I am using the support material in a different way, it's an interface rather than full structure.</div>
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The above Gcode image shows the model car in blue (PLA on left extruder), with a blue support structure (also in left PLA).<br />
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The interface (Dense support material) between lower PLA support and the model is shown in green, and is using the right extruder fitted with <a href="http://www.polymaker.com/shop/polysupport/" target="_blank">Polymaker Polysupport.</a><br />
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The main PLA material is used for both the model and 98% of the support structure, just the interface is in Polymaker Polysupport.</div>
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Lets remove the green support material...</div>
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The only tools you need for Polysmooth support removal are 'pointy thing' and a toothbrush,</div>
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It comes off clean and easily. Just a quick brush and a poke here the there.</div>
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The Pink Jeep, using just PLA support (Single extruder) was <b><u>16 minutes and 23 seconds.</u></b> I also used a flame to smooth off a few sharp edges. (+10 seconds)<br />
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The alternative Green Jeep, using Dual extruder 'IDEX' SIGMA PLA and Polysupport was exactly <b><u>1 minute and 18 seconds</u></b>. That was including brushing time, I also did not need to use a flame for cleanup.<br />
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With big and complex print projects, a break-away support material saves you many hours of cleanup. The material basically pays for itself in time saved. You also only use a small amount of it, when using it as an interface layer as I have above.<br />
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The only reason you may want to use it for full support, would be if you were using an expensive material like Bronzefill, you would not want to waste Bronze material as supports.<br />
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I think I'm going to do a few more blog posts on different support materials and the best settings to use (in New Year 2018), it was not long enough today to really go into full details about all aspects of support structures and other materials available.<br />
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With that in mind below are my top-tips, advice and general experience of support materials.<br />
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There are other options for a dedicated support material.<br />
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PVA is often talked about as a soluble support material, designed for use in dual or multi-extruder systems. But it's usually a massive pain to use.<br />
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E3D spotted the pain that PVA was causing users and made a modified version called Scaffold (See below for more details)<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>PVA – </b>I have tried around 10 different manufacturers and suppliers over the years. Still not impressed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>General conclusion for PVA -</b> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have wasted more time trying to print with ‘PVA’ than any other 3D printing material. It is possible, just not sensible or normally worth all the effort. It’s only fun/exciting and interesting the first time you try to use it. (I basically HATE it now).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Good aspects –</b></span></div>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is a support material…</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Water soluble, good but also leads to many, many of the problems below.</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Not so good – (my experiences with various printers and extrusion systems) - </b></span></span><br />
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s very soft; filament deforms easily in extruders and does not pop-back into shape – it just tends to get squashed / squeezed - and then stops feeding/extruding.</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It will ‘cook’ in the hot-end – don’t go over 190 Degrees C for any long period of time - (long, being more than ~15 minutes) – take it out of the hot-zone.</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’ll often stop working (extruding) half way into a print job.</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It will take on moisture, and in some cases become destroyed / useless.</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It does not tend to stick all that well to many 3D printer build surfaces</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It does not stick well enough to many materials, so not great at building on top of a material like PLA/ABS.</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You really need to use a lot of it – dense supports for it to usually be successful – cost / time / risk of print failure increased.</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It can leave residue inside the hot-end, causing problems if not fully cleaned out.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>General conclusion for E3D Scaffold -</b> It's so much better than PVA, but still not great in every machine or extruder setup. I can get it to work really well in my SIGMA that's fitted with Bondtech extruders and E3D V6 Hot-ends. It's just about perfect (apart from the general moisture problem).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately in the standard BCN3D SIGMA R17, It will not work well enough, or for long enough to be of any use.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I really want to see a water soluble support </span>material<span style="font-family: inherit;"> in general use, but until a formulation actually delivers ease of use in more 3D Printers, I'm going to find it hard to struggle on with PVA based materials.</span></div>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is better and easier to use than a standard PVA.</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Compatible with some materials PLA/PET, and tends to stick slightly better than most PVA only materials.</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s grey, which actually makes it easier to see if it’s extruding well.</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s still quite soft. In some extruder systems this will still be a problem.</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Moisture will still damage this filament, keep it dry and out of sunlight.</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s slightly less prone to ‘cooking’ but still use under 190 is possible and retract out of the hot-zone when not being extruded.</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s about the same price as PVA, that’s good because it can actually work, unlike many PVA’s.</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It seems less prone to leaving immovable residue inside the hot-end, but it will still require regular cleaning.</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Still causing problems if not fully cleaned out.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>General conclusion for Polysupport-</b> It's so far the only support material that delivers on ease of use. For me it's the only dedicated support </span>material<span style="font-family: inherit;"> worth using at this point (for my needs) It is not ruined by moisture, and that's a big bonus. It also works in the SIGMA extruder system. every other PVA material does not work as expected in SIGMA.</span></div>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is a dedicated support material, and you can also print objects with it too.</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s like using a normal PLA material. Quite easy in most systems.</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Compatible with common materials PLA/PET/ABS, the bond is just strong enough to hold, but straightforward to remove from most materials.</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It does not have a moisture problem, but keep it sealed when not in use.</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It does not ‘cook’ in the hot-end, does not leave permanent residue.</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s not water soluble, so you will still need to break-away, can’t be used in the same way a water soluble material could.</span></li>
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<li class="m_-5840529491554661527gmail-MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’s quite expensive - but I also just </span>demonstrated<span style="font-family: inherit;"> how it saves time and it ACTUALLY WORKS! - Bonus.</span></li>
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Last time - <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-17.html" target="_blank">For Day #16 (<span style="background-color: white;">Christmas 'Unicorn' Poop Emoji</span>) was printed </a>using a collection of Polyalchemy Elixir colours.<br />
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Christmas Advent 2017 Download on <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2670389" target="_blank">Thingiverse here</a> - <span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">designed by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: "segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tom Van den Bon </span><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav" data-mentioned-user-id="232536144" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/geekc0der" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #1da1f2; font-family: "segoe ui", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">@geekc0der</a><span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> With some help for each day by the South African Makers team.</span></div>
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The original <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:36554" target="_blank">advent calendar from 2012 is on Thingiverse - designed by Peter Leppik</a>.</div>
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Day 18 gift is designed by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tomvdb/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #1989ff; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">Tom Van den Bon</a> - <span style="font-family: inherit;">Is a Popsicle (Ice lolly / Ice-pop)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I bought my Acrylic filaments from <a href="https://e3d-online.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=PMMA" target="_blank">E3D, they don't seem to have it in stock at the moment</a>, but I could see it fitting into their range in the future. I would not quite put it in the 'here be dragons' section, but it is tricky to use.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;">What settings did you use? - </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Acrylic is probably one of the trickiest materials you are likely to use. (unless you get a particularly naughty Nylon) It's really not a material you can just pop in any 3D printer and use all that easy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But I do really like using it for 'special' objects. So if you do give it a go, here are some tips and advice - </span><br />
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<li><strike>You will need a pinch of salt</strike></li>
<li><strike>100g of flour</strike></li>
<li><strike>1-3 hippopotamus - to taste...</strike></li>
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<li>Must use a heated bed 105 Degrees C (or 110 if you can get that high)</li>
<li>140% width on first layer</li>
<li>First layer speed set to 35% of normal print speed.</li>
<li>3 perimeter (shells)</li>
<li>Over 20% infill level on most parts unless you are doing 'spiral vase mode'.</li>
<li>270 Degrees C first layer.</li>
<li>250 Degrees C all other layers - for a frosted-acrylic look.</li>
<li>265 Degrees C all other layers - for a more clear look.</li>
<li>272 Degrees C for spiral vase mode - most clear</li>
<li>Fans off for first 4-6-8 layers depending on layer height (0.1 / 0.2/ 0.3)</li>
<li>Fan at 55% max for printing (normal 25%)</li>
<li>Always use BRIM, and make it around +5mm even for printing small parts.</li>
<li>Print at ~35mm/sec print speed - for everything apart from support structures & first layer</li>
<li>Try not to use support. It's just asking for trouble.</li>
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<span style="color: blue;">Why use it? - </span>It's a very tough material. You can further work, sand, drill etc. very, very flexible and strong. Recreus also now make different grades of soft and super-soft materials, so now you have even more choice.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Is it strong? - </span>Yes, but when 3D printed it has a weaker inter-layer bond. You can help the bond with high printing temperatures and slower speeds, but this is it's weakness.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Is it easy to use/print - </span>No it's not. But don;t let that stop you from getting hold of a sample to try, it is really good for some objects - dolls house windows, strong vase / bust style models.<br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Do you have to dry it before/after use? - </span>Yes/No - it should be good from the sealed pack, but keep it dry, and away from sunlight. Dry if required - if it's still frosty even at +270 Degrees C.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Does it smell when printing? - </span>Yes, it smells of acrylic :) - Just like cutting a sheet of 'perspex' (Acrylic) using a jig-saw - it's smells just like that (not all that nice, but only a light odour)<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Conclusion for E3D Acrylic- </span>I hope E3D decide to stock this again, I want to carry on using it for projects. Acrylic is great for printing dolls furniture, or other model parts. It's harder to use than (for example - PET based materials). If you can handle printing in Nylon, you should be able to use Acrylic.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Today's story is going to be about </span><a class="sw--link-dark" data-coyote-locator="shop-owner-name" href="https://www.shapeways.com/designer/prettysmallthings" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.07px; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Kacie Hultgren</a> (<span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.07px;">Pretty Small Things) I always think of Kacie when Acrylic is discussed. Kacie designs, makes and sells the most amazing period dolls house furniture you are likely to see (many are printed and sold in Acrylic). </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.07px;">I have talked at various 3D printing shows about Kacie's work and her story. From self training in 3D design, to using Makerbot 3D printers, and running a successful 3D printing business, Kacie is one of the early pioneers who captured 3D printing to help do what you love. I have no direct interest in dolls furniture, but I do really enjoy telling people about such a talented designer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://makezine.com/2013/12/10/the-business-of-3d-printing/" target="_blank">MAKE: has a short write up of Kacie and other great designers here.</a></span></div>
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Last time - Day #16 <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-16.html" target="_blank">(<span style="background-color: white;"><strike>Mistletoe</strike> Holly leaf and berries</span>) was printed with Recreus Filaflex Elastic TPU.</a><br />
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Christmas Advent 2017 Download on <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2670389" target="_blank">Thingiverse here</a> - <span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">designed by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: "segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tom Van den Bon </span><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav" data-mentioned-user-id="232536144" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/geekc0der" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #1da1f2; font-family: "segoe ui", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">@geekc0der</a><span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> With some help for each day by the South African Makers team.</span></div>
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The original <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:36554" target="_blank">advent calendar from 2012 is on Thingiverse - designed by Peter Leppik</a>.</div>
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Day 17 gift is designed by <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/www.printedbypixel.co.za" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #1989ff; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; outline: 0px;">Shaun Nadan</a> - <span style="font-family: inherit;">It's a<span style="background-color: white;"> Christmas Poo Emoji.</span></span><br />
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This is what a Polyalchemy Elixir sample kit could look like. (not all colours available)</div>
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As I recently discussed the need for material samples in <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-15.html" target="_blank">Day 15</a>, I decided this poop emoji was a good advent gift to demonstrate the sort of thing a user could do with a sample materials / colour pack from a filament manufacturer. Also look at <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-2017-day-4.html" target="_blank">Day 4 Lollipop - that was a Faberdashery sample pack</a>.<br />
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I'm delighted to say I have already had some messages and questions from manufacturers about the need for samples packs. Some have now decided to start introducing them in early 2018. Keep an eye out.<br />
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The 3D Benchy designed by Swedish designer <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; white-space: nowrap;">Daniel Norée </span><a class="ProfileCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav" data-aria-label-part="" data-send-impression-cookie="true" href="https://twitter.com/DanielNoree" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span class="username u-dir" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr !important; unicode-bidi: embed;">@<span class="u-linkComplex-target">DanielNoree</span></span> </a>,</div>
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I have only ever printed out around two or three 3D Benchy's. I really don't have the room to keep a whole fleet of them, and I don't find it completely useful as a material sample. It's great at testing a new printer / nozzle / hot-end / extruder setup.</div>
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The test 'chips' above allow you to see opacity, and various fine features of a material print.</div>
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I have made my own 'materials test chip' to print out, store and use as a reference for material and machine / setup capability. You can get the test object, along with some other useful test parts from <a href="https://www.youmagine.com/designs/calibration-set-for-3d-printers-extruders-and-materials" target="_blank">My Youmagine page here.</a></div>
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Bending filament will only give you a first insight into the material. The material may also change state from amorphous to a crystalline structure after heating. A filament can go into your hot-end 'chewy' and come out like glass.<br />
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Day #17 is completed. We had family star-wars day today, the last Jedi is really a rather good film.</div>
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Last time - For Day #15 Post (<span style="background-color: white;">Severed foot!</span>) <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-15.html" target="_blank">was printed in 3DFilaprint (RepRapper Tech) Pink PLA I also talked about filament samples and manufacturers / suppliers.</a><br />
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Christmas Advent 2017 Download on <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2670389" target="_blank">Thingiverse here</a> - <span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">designed by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: "segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tom Van den Bon </span><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav" data-mentioned-user-id="232536144" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/geekc0der" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #1da1f2; font-family: "segoe ui", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">@geekc0der</a><span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> With some help for each day by the South African Makers team.</span></div>
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The original <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:36554" target="_blank">advent calendar from 2012 is on Thingiverse - designed by Peter Leppik</a>.</div>
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Day 16 gift is designed by <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/www.cancore3d.co.za" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #1989ff; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;">Candice Howe</a> - <span style="font-family: inherit;">Is 'mistletoe' - <span style="background-color: white;">but it's actually holly :)</span></span><br />
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Holly ;) printed in <a href="https://recreus.com/en/" target="_blank">Filaflex green and red flexible TPU filament</a>. Day 16 tree in Polyalchemy Elixir.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You can use Filaflex for mold making (casting things like sugar, soap, chocolate) I made a <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/filaflex-3dprint-moldmaking-deathstar.html" target="_blank">Deathstar mold here</a> also used it for making a <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/using-3d-printing-for-taste-of.html" target="_blank">long-lost chocolate bar mold here</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Is it mistletoe or holly?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mistletoe has long rounded leaves and white berries, holly has sharp leaves and red berries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's holly. So I'm printing it in Green and red.</span><br />
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Tap washers, motor shock-mounts, gaskets, flexible insoles, finger tips for robots, hinges for boxes and many soft finishes for products - Some of the most useful and long-lasting 'active parts' I have 3D Printed are made in Filaflex.<br />
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It's also possible to print with Filaflex directly onto fabric (t-shirts are popular) - you simply need to have a 3D printer without a moving bed, then lay across the fabric / t-shirt. When you print, do it a little distance away from the cloth, and pump up the print temperature, so it's almost a liquid (+260/275). then drop the temp back to a ~244 Degrees C level to complete the print.<br />
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If you look closely at the above image you will see a green 1.75mm Filaflex filament in the middle. This solid aluminium extruder block has a hole running down the middle for the soft Filaflex filament. The left hole is for the filament drive wheel, the slot on the right is a for a bearing idler. This is just about the perfect drive system for soft filaments like Filaflex.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Recreus also make their own extruder and hot-end systems for using Filaflex. I have used an older version, they are now at Version 3 - <a href="https://recreus.com/en/21-extruder" target="_blank">see here for more details</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ideally you need a very short distance between the extruder drive gear and the end of the nozzle. If possible have the filament constrained all along the extruder-hot-end path.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You will need to experiment, but here is how I setup my 3D printers to extrude Filaflex (perfectly). I have spent a lot of time tuning this. YMMV.</span><br />
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<li>Normally a 24% infill level on most parts.</li>
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<li>Print at 38mm/sec print speed - for everything apart from support structures & first layer</li>
<li>Avoid crossing outline for travel moves (really important) keep the tool-head inside the model.</li>
<li>Experiment with Fan usage - I use 30% fan for most - only 100% for bridging.</li>
<li>Do NOT print directly onto a Buidtack print surface unless you want that part to be forever embedded into it...</li>
<li>Print on blue tape or with an interface layer of some description / glue / spray / magigoo. </li>
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<span style="color: blue;">Why use it? - </span>It's very, very flexible and strong. Recreus also now make different grades of soft and super-soft materials, so now you have even more choice.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Is it strong? - </span>It can be stretched many times it's own length without breaking, stronger than rubber-bands. Layer bonding is insane, you can't really use self support material as you will never remove it.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Is it easy to use/print - </span>With a good extruder and hot-end combination, yes it's really easy to use. with a 'bad' combination or in some bowden systems, especially 1.75mm, it's a total nightmare and can even be impossible to use.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Do you have to dry it before/after use? - </span>No - it's good as it is. I have never had to dry Filaflex. it's one of the most resilient materials in all conditions. I even had a test sample of filament outside for a few weeks, and it printed almost perfectly after a wipe down before use.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Conclusion for Recreus Filaflex elastic TPU- </span>I have tried many other flexible filaments, and this is the one I always use for every flexible project. It's just great.<br />
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Day #16 is completed. My kids decided that so far, their best advent gift days have been Day 4, Day 8, Day 9 and Day 16.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I think the story here is about all the great uses you can have for flexible 3D Printing. You can do a lot of fun things, but it would not be right if I didn't mention projects like the great work <a href="http://enablingthefuture.org/" target="_blank">eNable</a> and <a href="https://www.openbionics.com/" target="_blank">Open-Bionics</a> are doing. If you are not already aware, do please check them out.</span><br />
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Last time - <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-day-14.html" target="_blank">Day #14 Post (<span style="background-color: white;">LEGO brick</span>) was printed with a generic no-brand PLA</a> and I discussed some of the factors to consider, when selecting no-brand 3D printing materials.<br />
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It's time for Day 15 and I was expecting maybe an elf shoe? mouse in a boot?, because the tree shape was of a 'boot' but...<br />
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Day 15 gift is designed by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p.leyland" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #1989ff; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; outline: 0px;">Thomas Torr</a> - <span style="font-family: inherit;">It's a<span style="background-color: white;"> Christmas? severed foot! - Okay then... that's cool.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">I was involved in an <a href="https://twitter.com/Chompworks/status/940880817882005505" target="_blank">interesting chat over on Twitter about sample filaments</a> a few days back. That got me thinking about the suppliers of 3D Printing materials that stock a lot of different manufacturers, and also some of them that are happy to sell samples of materials for testing before you invest in a full roll of material.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">One such company that I use here in the <a href="http://shop.3dfilaprint.com/" target="_blank">UK is 3DFilaprint</a>, they also run a filament sample company called <a href="http://globalfsd.com/" target="_blank">globalFSD</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Suppliers like 3DFilaprint (and there are many others around the world - <a href="https://printedsolid.com/collections/filament" target="_blank">PrintedSolid in the US</a> for example) are great because they tend to stock a very wide range of materials, from many different manufacturers. When you only want to place one order, for just one or two rolls of a type/make/material it can be the perfect way to get everything you want in one go.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Because I'm British, and of an age when Monty Python was the best thing on television, I just take one look at the severed foot, and think of the iconic TV show, cult films (it's just a flesh wound / beware of the rabbit / bag of otters noses / dead parrot) Magic!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">So for that reason I found some pink PLA filament from 3DFilaprint (Manufactured by RepRapper Tech). to print out the 'Severed foot' (Monty Python Foot).</span></span><br />
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Excuse the 'green wart' on the heal of the foot, this was a blob from the previous green print.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Should you buy samples? - </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yes, samples can not always be given out for free by manufacturers, so it's a good idea to buy them if you can find any - one big problem is that samples are not usually made, manufacturers often prefer you to just buy a full roll. Samples allow you to test out the material on your machine, and play with some settings before you buy a full roll.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">How much do you need as a sample? - </span>This is a good discussion point, but in general I always want 20m of a filament material as a sample if I am going to invest time and effort in making a profile and perform a few small print tests.<br />
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I have been handed coils of ~5m lengths at shows, I tend to give them back. I have also been sent 6 inch 'samples' they are totally useless.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Should samples be loose, or on a small roll? - </span>I actually prefer all sample filaments to be loose coils. And that's mostly how they usually come.<br />
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I do have a few 250g rolls of filament, that's fine, but if the reel is a silly size and I have no way to mount it, it tends to sit on a shelf rather than being tested.<br />
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Ideally they should be vacuum packed. I generally get loose / bagged samples, but some manufacturers (Polymaker, Proto-Pasta and Rigid Ink for example) supply samples in vacuum sealed bags with desiccant.<br />
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Polymaker mini 250g spool (with a true 50mm spool mount, great job)</div>
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Proto-Pasta vacuum packed sample :)</div>
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Also look out fro samples that have a reasonable diameter. I try to get coils with a minimum 120mm diameter. Tighter coils often seem to cause all sorts of problems when testing a loose coil.<br />
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One of my all time favourite sample packs is still the <a href="http://www.faberdashery.co.uk/products-page/print-materials/crystal-colour-pack/" target="_blank">Faberdashery 10 x 10m colour packs</a> - very large and easy to use coils, perfect for injecting a little colour - <a href="https://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-2017-day-4.html" target="_blank">Like I did for the Day 4 lollipop!</a><br />
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ColorFabb also do <a href="https://colorfabb.com/materials/specials/samples-colorfabb-specials" target="_blank">great samples </a>when you want to experiment.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">How much should you pay - </span>That probably depends on you. How much time it will save you? Do you want to try out something new? Do you already know what settings to use? Will you / would you probably buy a roll anyway?<br />
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I often buy 2 or three of the same sample, just to have a spare in case you need to use that material in the future.<br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Why don't more manufacturers make sample packs / multi-packs etc. - </span>It takes a lot of effort and does not seem to be a thing manufacturers really want to do. - I hope that changes in the future.<br />
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Make sure you tell 3D Printing filament manufacturers that you want samples (20m+) and that it's worth paying for them. Maybe then if we all let them know, it'll start to happen more often.<br />
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More multi-colour / multi-material selection packs, are also something I'm sure more people would buy. It can cost hundreds of $£e to get every colour of a filament range, but a sample multi-pack could be the cost of one single reel.<br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">There must be a market for sample packs / monthly boxes etc? - </span>Yes, some suppliers offer a sample service, like <a href="http://globalfsd.com/" target="_blank">GlobalFSD</a>, supply samples of many types. Ridig.Ink offer a sample <a href="https://rigid.ink/pages/rigid-club" target="_blank">filament club (for £10 per month</a>) and you may want to check out <a href="http://makerbox.me/" target="_blank">Makerbox</a>, but I have not yet used their service.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Sorry now for an update on Day 11 -rusting of the <span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Potjie (cooking pot)</span></span><br />
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Superglue together before rusting (see below).<br />
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Day #15 is completed. I now have my very own severed foot :) </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The story of the severed foot... yea, that's going to be an odd one to explain on a Christmas tree, but it's totally Python like and an interesting talking point... I'm off to join the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Judean People's Front. Or is it the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">People's Front of Judea?</span><br />
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Join me next time for Day #16 - When I finally get to use some flexible filaments :)</div>
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It's Day #14 already, wow, this month is going so fast.<br />
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It was the LEGO brick (LEGO's for USA) that made me think about generic materials. This is because in the early days of desktop 3D printing, many manufacturers stated <i><b>'it uses the same type of plastic found in LEGO bricks (ABS)'.</b></i> But in reality the ABS used in LEGO is drastically different (and superior) to what's being used for most 3D printing filaments.<br />
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I also decided to print it in generic PLA, just to make the point that you can't really tell what plastic is being used, by looking.<br />
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I'll try to describe some of the things I have worked out about no-brand filaments over the years. Hopefully it may just help you, if you decide to buy from a supplier that offers no actual information or evidence, about where the filament is from or who has manufactured it.<br />
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One of the most important factors of any 3D printing material is a correct and consistent dimension of the filament. Look for a round (not oval) shape, consistent +/-0.1mm diameter and a smooth surface.<br />
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Note:- Some filaments do have a 'snake-skin' finish, that may be intentional or a sign that it may have been extruded at a very high temperature, fast. That does not necessarily indicate a negative, but it's worth being aware of.<br />
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Next, do try to find out what it's made of. Resin types, blend and any additives that may be used. Any good manufacturer will provide this information, most will point to a datasheet and have links to resin suppliers like <a href="https://www.natureworksllc.com/~/media/Technical_Resources/Technical_Data_Sheets/TechnicalDataSheet_4032D_films_pdf.pdf" target="_blank">Natureworks.</a><br />
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Get a sample, and if possible get a sample in 'natural' and also black material.<br />
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Most natural (not coloured) filament is usually the most straightforward to test and evaluate.<br />
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Black is a good test of quality. It has been known for some manufacturers to take old or incorrect batches of materials and mix them back into black plastic materials (to hide them). So if I really want to test out a filament supplier, I always ask for a black sample or buy a black roll of filament first.<br />
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I have had black filament 'shatter' and also have a blue or other colour tint in some rolls and not others from the same supplier.<br />
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Also if it smells bad when you print with it, decide if you really want to continue using it.<br />
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Look at the spool, you can tell a lot from a spool. For example, <a href="http://www.dutchfilaments.com/" target="_blank">Dutch filaments</a> make a lot of materials, and also private-label (white-label) many filaments for companies and manufacturers all around the world. Dutch filaments make some really fantastic materials, so when I see a no-brand / re-brand / white-label material being sold, I try to check the filament spool. I have discovered quite a few that have probably been made by Dutch filaments because of the spool. That alone makes me happy to buy them and try them out. I know it's going to be good quality.<br />
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Other manufacturers do this too, but they often also change spool type at the request of the end customer.<br />
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If you want to look at one of <a href="http://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/jammed-frggn-nozzle-30doc-days-1518.html" target="_blank">my blog posts here</a> from way back in 2012, it shows one of the most odd and frustrating experiences I have ever had with filament.<br />
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You don't always get what you pay for, but you should at least make some effort to find out exactly what you are buying...<br />
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Like most plastic materials, many different grades and formulations exist. PLA is no different. and it's worth knowing a little more about the grades. Just saying PLA, is almost as bad as saying 'ABS' (see ABS advice below).<br />
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PLA can be made from corn starch, or other starches, potato for example. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqZWi2T3188" target="_blank">Biome3D has a potato based PLA. </a><br />
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Common older PLA types are often still used for manufacturing 3D printing filament - often <a href="https://www.natureworksllc.com/Products/4-series-for-films-cards" target="_blank">4032D, 4043D, 4044D, 4060D.</a><br />
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You may find that these are world specific, for example it's common for 4032D to be used in China.<br />
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<a href="https://www.natureworksllc.com/Products/3D-series-for-3D-printing" target="_blank">Natureworks have now designed 3D850 and 3D870 formulations</a> that are specifically made for 3D printing. You will see come manufacturers using these Resin's but they often have their own names for these rather than state 3D850 etc.<br />
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Lots more PLA types exist, PHA and PLLA are also from a similar family / process.<br />
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ABS, yea. That's a tricky one. ABS is one of those materials that can be mixed in so many different ways and have a lot of quality grades. I have had a few good experiences with 'generic' ABS, but mostly a lot of really bad ones.<br />
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As I have said before, I don't like using ABS, and some spools I have had in the past only strengthen that view. Some ABS materials can become very brittle over time, especially in sunlight. Some printed parts have almost crumbled when touched into fragments after 18 months in a window. They can tend to fade in sunlight, and become yellowed.<br />
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I have seen 1Kg spools of generic ABS for around £4.50 with free UK delivery. Raw ABS resin pellets can be around $3-4 per Kg so that's an amazing deal... if it's any good. Some are okay, many are not.<br />
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The only ABS I really buy now is Easy ABS from Prusa and various types of PCABS (Proto-Pasta / E3D and other quality suppliers).<br />
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Buyer beware! when selecting 'ABS'<br />
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I don't buy 'generic' Nylon it's usually not worth doing. It can be very hit and miss. Honestly stick to branded and well controlled materials from manufacturers like <a href="http://taulman3d.com/index.html" target="_blank">Taulman3D.</a><br />
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PET, PETG and PETT can be amazingly strong and useful 3D printing materials. Often they can print well and give some unique optical properties. They can also warp like mad, take chunks out of your build plate and be hell to tune or have 'odd' print setting requirements.<br />
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I really like using <a href="https://www.formfutura.com/shop/product/reform-rpet-974" target="_blank">ReForm rPET by Formfutura</a>, and I have tried many, many other PET based materials over the years. Here I'm saying to experiment, but don't expect 'PET' to be the same, it's a good material to have as an option for use.<br />
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Christmas Advent 2017 Download on <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2670389" target="_blank">Thingiverse here</a> - <span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">designed by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: "segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tom Van den Bon </span><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav" data-mentioned-user-id="232536144" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/geekc0der" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #1da1f2; font-family: "segoe ui", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;">@geekc0der</a><span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> With some help for each day by the South African Makers team.</span></div>
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The original <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:36554">advent calendar from 2012 is on Thingiverse - designed by Peter Leppik</a>.</div>
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It's time for Days #12 & 13.<br />
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Day 12 gift is designed by <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/www.RaptorImports.co.za" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #1989ff; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; outline: 0px;">Gerhardt Breedt</a> - <span style="font-family: inherit;">It's a<span style="background-color: white;"> Christmas Raptor complete with Santa hat! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Day 13 gift is designed by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lam_armory/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #1989ff; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; outline: 0px;">Andries Smuts</a> - <span style="font-family: inherit;">It's a<span style="background-color: white;"> crate of Christmas Beer.</span></span></span></span><br />
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I'm going on my second advent double day(te) with Proto-Pasta for both the day 12 and 13 gifts.<br />
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I'm catching up with this post and including two gifts that use a number of amazing Proto-Pasta filaments.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lets start with Day 12 - Raptor...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As a child, I often woke up to plastic dinosaurs on Christmas morning, I had many of them. Ah, the memories, Mr Stegosaurus, T-Rex and Bronty were simply amazing to a ~7 year old.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">I also have the most perfect 'dinosaur' filament. It's </span><a href="https://www.proto-pasta.com/collections/matte-fiber-htpla/products/matte-fiber-htpla-green?variant=26979696520" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Proto-Pasta Matte fiber </a><span style="text-align: left;"> HTPLA Green</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Matte fiber is also very strong and rigid. The natural plant fibers add both strength and the rough matte finish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />I would have made it out of the new <a href="https://www.proto-pasta.com/collections/newest-products/products/glitter-flake-htpla-v2-candy-apple-red?variant=5875243515942" target="_blank">Proto-Pasta Candy Apple Red</a>, but it's nowhere to be found in the UK and an exclusive colour batch (do take a look at the link, it's jaw dropping).<br /><br />The surface finish is perfect for a dinosaur.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now onto Day 13 - Crate of Christmas beer - </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">First the beer crate. I could make it out of yet another wood filament, but that's a little obvious, so how about pine?</span><br />
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I still have a small amount of 2016 vintage Aromatic Pine to use for Day 13. It releases a wonderful smell of pine as it prints - really getting you in the mood for the holidays<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">. (also do read the story at the end on how Proto-Pasta make it).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now the beer...</span><br />
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<a href="https://eu.3dfuel.com/shop/buzzed-beer-filament/" target="_blank">Beer filament is actually available (Buzzed from 3DFuel)</a>, but I don't have any, so the bottles for Day 13 are going to be non-alcoholic 'Cinnamon flavoured'.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cinnamon HTPLA is another material that's all about enjoying the 3D Printing process. It smells like cinnamon as you print. The smell does not last after printing, but it's a really nice experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The six pack of bottles have a black PLA base, it's not seen and will help save on exotic filament. And cinnamon PLA for the body. At the top I'm using some <a href="https://www.proto-pasta.com/collections/newest-products/products/glitter-flake-htpla-stardust" target="_blank">Proto-Pasta Glitterflake </a>to look like bubbles. Finally they have red caps in matte fiber HTPLA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Glitter flake is the most glittery packed filament I have found. It contains more glitter per inch than any other and the results look spectacular.</span><br />
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'Beer' Cinnamon bottles printed with a frosty top and red matte fiber bottle caps.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">What settings did you use? - </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Matte fiber HTPLA's are really easy to use. You can start with normal PLA settings, but back off the temperature a little. 195 Degrees C is perfect. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's a good idea to increase extruder retraction distance by +20% this will help reduce angel-hair on the finished print.</span><br />
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The filament, it's not very brittle, and it produces surprisingly strong finished parts. I would say overall a lot stronger than normal PLA, and layer bonding is excellent.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I think the story here needs to be about the special Aromatic Pine filament Proto-Pasta make every year. This is now a tradition for the Proto-Pasta family team - Every year Proto-Pasta uses last year's Christmas tree to make one very special and seasonal batch of 3D printing filament. It's a bonkers process or stripping pine needles, drying and pulverising them into a powder. This is added to their HTPLA to produce a very special and exclusive batch of Aromatic Pine filament to enjoy.</span><br />
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Yesterday - Day #9 Post <a href="http://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-advice-day_10.html" target="_blank">(Trumpet) was printed in Polymaker PolySmooth with a process to bond Glitter all over it.</a><br />
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The original <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:36554">advent calendar from 2012 is on Thingiverse - designed by Peter Leppik</a>.</div>
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It's time for Day #10, and today the gift is designed by <span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Megesh Govender</span> </span>- <span style="font-family: inherit;">It's a<span style="background-color: white;"> Potjie (cooking pot)</span></span><br />
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There is a material for every project. Today we have a <span style="background-color: white;">Potjie (cooking pot) and that's usually going to be made of metal. Iron maybe. Perfect! <a href="https://www.proto-pasta.com/collections/new-releases-favorites/products/magnetic-iron-pla?variant=1204196644" target="_blank">Let's use Proto-Pasta Magnetic Iron PLA.</a></span><br />
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This 3D Printing filament if one of the most fun to use that's in existence today. I have had a lot of joy using this for all sorts of objects and art / sculptural projects. It's probably the material people ask me most questions about - usually after seeing the finished models.<br />
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The reason why this material often catches the eye, it that you can make it rust. It actually does not shine up like other metal filaments (you can get a little shine if you almost kill yourself polishing it).<br />
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It's also magnetic, I have found some geeky uses for that, but mostly it's all about the rusting.<br />
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If you want to know more about my adventures with <a href="http://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/3d-printing-with-proto-pasta-magnetic.html" target="_blank">Proto-Pasta Magnetic Iron printing, do take a look at this blog post and video here.</a><br />
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Because I don't have all that much Magnetic Iron PLA remaining, I'm going to slightly modify the model, and also make the bottom section from <a href="https://www.proto-pasta.com/collections/new-releases-favorites/products/conductive-pla" target="_blank">Proto-Pasta electrically conductive Graphite PLA</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Why use it? - </span>Because it's Iron, and you can rust it. Seriously if you don't want to use some immediately after reading this and looking at <a href="http://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/3d-printing-with-proto-pasta-magnetic.html" target="_blank">my previous blog post about it</a>, I don't know what else to tell you.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Is it strong? - </span>It's heavy, really surprisingly heavy. And yes it is reasonably strong in printed form. I would not recommend dropping the printed parts, they may crack.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Do i need a 'special' nozzle? - </span>Yes! - it's abrasive. Use a 0.4mm or bigger nozzle. It will work fine with Stainless, Hardened steel, or as I'm using here a Olsson Ruby.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Conclusion for Proto-Pasta Magnetic Iron PLA - </span>I would happily spend much more of my spare 3D printing time using Proto-Pasta Magnetic Iron for further experimentation. It produces such interesting finished results after rusting. I'm sure there are neat and interesting ways to age parts with different rusting formulations. I will be doing more experimentation next year with this material.<br />
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Day #11 Is Completed. With a bit of model adjustment, and good judgement on filament usage, I just managed to do another rusted Iron 3D Print.<br />
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Today's story, for people who ask is going to be about the <span style="background-color: white;">Potjie - </span><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #14171a; font-family: "Segoe UI", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>"In South Africa, a potjiekos, is a dish prepared outdoors. It is traditionally cooked in a round, cast iron, three-legged pot, the potjie, " - </b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><a href="https://twitter.com/geekc0der/status/940080495387217920" target="_blank">Tom Van Den Bon - via Twitter.</a></span><br />
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Yesterday - Day #9 Post <a href="http://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-advice-day_10.html" target="_blank">(Trumpet) was printed in Polymaker PolySmooth with a process to bond Glitter all over it.</a><br />
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Christmas Advent 2017 Download on <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2670389" target="_blank">Thingiverse here</a> - <span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">designed by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: "segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tom Van den Bon </span><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav" data-mentioned-user-id="232536144" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/geekc0der" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #1da1f2; font-family: "segoe ui", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;">@geekc0der</a><span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> With some help for each day by the South African Makers team.</span></div>
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The original <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:36554">advent calendar from 2012 is on Thingiverse - designed by Peter Leppik</a>.</div>
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It's time for Day #10, and today the gift is designed by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/redsalamander/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #1989ff; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; outline: 0px;">Michael Scholtz</a> - It's a Manger.<br />
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Day 10 is a Manger (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manger" target="_blank">A structure to hold animal feed - Wikipedia</a>). It's traditionally going to be made out of a wooden material. I did think about using Bamboo or maybe even Cork for this one, but it's unlikely Mangers would have come in those options. Back in the day in Nazareth you probably had a choice of 'light wood' or chopping down a tree to make your own.<br />
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I often use <a href="https://colorfabb.com/woodfill" target="_blank">Colorfabb Woodfill</a>, It's light coloured and as I only had a small amount remaining, so it's just about perfect for a small Manger.<br />
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Colorfabb Woodfill. One of the lighter wood filaments available, low smell and a real woody feel.</div>
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I was testing out a new 100% Recycled PET filament from Tridea - It's proving to be very challenging to print with. But an interesting material because of the way the plastic can transform (I'll explain more on this soon). I had some failures, and success, but there is a lot more work to do in testing this material. I'm paused testing for now, but will do a separate blog post, now I have worked out what's going on and how to print with it. (Shout out to Greg at E3D for confirming my findings - and being the only other person I could find who had any Tridea filament) - Thanks Greg.<br />
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One of the reasons I persisted was the fact it was a really nice shade of green. But in the end I had to go to my fallback option of using a 'special roll' of custom 'LulzBot - Lime Green' nGen that ColorFabb kindly sent me for TAZ6 based projects earlier this year.<br />
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Because this ColorFabb nGen saved the day on the tree sections, it made me think of using up the last of my Woodfill material. Otherwise you may have got Laywood in this blog post. I'll try to find another object for Laywood advice soon.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Why use it? - </span>It's the easiest to use wood filament (in my opinion), looks good and can be sanded, drilled, tapped, even stained after printing. It has a very light wood finish, unlike most other types that are often darker or showing less grain finish.<br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Is it strong? - </span>When printed it has good layer bonding strength, it's slightly weaker to handle than normal PLA and be careful with the filament - especially in 1.75mm it can snap if not handled carefully and spooled nicely into the machine.<br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Is it easy to use/print - </span>Yes, it's about the easiest to use wood filament.You will mostly have to combat stringing on most machines, do this with extruder retraction, lower nozzle temperatures and high speed travel moves.<br />
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This is one of the very few filaments I do not use Z-hop to print with. It's enabled for almost every other filament I use. (Top-Tip - always use Z-hop / Z-lift at 1 x your print Z height setting)<br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Do you have to dry it before/after use? - </span>No - Keep it dry and sealed in the bag, it will take on moisture and that will affect print quality, fine angel-hair like stringing, gaps and generally more ooze if it's not dry. I have not dried any woodfill filament before.<br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Do i need a 'special' nozzle? - </span>No, it's not abrasive, just remember to use a 0.4mm or bigger nozzle. It will work fine with Stainless, Hardened steel, Copper, Ruby or Brass nozzles. Many filled filaments can tend to collect debris and runny material around the nozzle, so clean before and after use.<br />
<span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Does it smell when printing? - </span>No, it has a very light odour, but it's not like most woof filaments that smell like burnt MFD (wood fibre board) It's one of the few wood filaments I can stand to be in the same room as when printing.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Does it come on a eco friendly spool? - </span>No :( it's using the normal Polycarbonate Colorfabb filament spool.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Conclusion for Colorfabb woodfill - </span>Excellent, wood finish, no problems or failures. Just work on tuning so you get limited stringing, that's the key and it'll print really after that.<br />
I always clean the nozzle after using filled filaments (especially wood), inside and out with a section of Nylon at a higher temperature. It will have some resin-like sticky residue after printing, so get it cleaned ASAP.</div>
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Day #10 Is Completed. That was a bit of a close one, didn't think I would get it done in time.<br />
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The story for today is that there is more than one type of wood filled filament available, experiment with them, and see what works best for you. Do try Bamboo and Cork - they are really fun and look fantastic - Corkfill from Colorfabb is one of my all time favourites. (Yes, cork is a sustainable product).<br />
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Yesterday - Day #8 Post (<a href="http://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-advice-day_9.html" target="_blank">BEMO - Handheld game station</a>) was printed in 3D4Makers Facilan C8 and a Translucent 'clear/milky' PLA from Pongostore - being used as an LED light guide.<br />
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Christmas Advent 2017 Download on <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2670389" target="_blank">Thingiverse here</a> - <span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">designed by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #14171a; font-family: "segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tom Van den Bon </span><a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link js-nav" data-mentioned-user-id="232536144" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/geekc0der" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #1da1f2; font-family: "segoe ui", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.27px; white-space: pre-wrap;">@geekc0der</a><span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> With some help for each day by the South African Makers team.</span></div>
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The original <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:36554">advent calendar from 2012 is on Thingiverse - designed by Peter Leppik</a>.</div>
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It's time for Day #9 already, and today the gift is designed by <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/www.cancore3d.co.za" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #1989ff; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; outline: 0px;">Candice Howe</a> - It's a trumpet.<br />
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The first thing I realised when I spotted this trumpet for day 9, was that I had no gold filament at all :(<br />
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I considered other metal filled materials, then quickly came to the conclusion this was the perfect model to demonstrate another use for PolySmooth - *Giltter*<br />
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First I cut the model in half again. No point in making this a really tricky print, especially if it's going to be covered in glitter :)<br />
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The tree is looking splendid.</div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">If you need to know my settings and thoughts on using PolySmooth,<a href="http://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/christmas-advent-3d-printing-2017-day-3.html" target="_blank"> take a look at the Day3 Advent, where I used it for a Christmas rubber ducky.</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Can't you just use ABS and acetone + glitter? - </span><span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Yes, you can, that's another way to do it. Some glitters do melt using acetone, so try it out first before dipping your part.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Why use glitter? - </span><span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Why not? It's the only way to get a glitter finish. Obvious really.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Does the glitter stay on the model? - </span><span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Yes, It seems to bond well, when dry you need to brush off the loose stuff, but after that it seems to stay stuck.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Why not just use glue? - </span><span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">You could, but it's a bit boring isn't it? - We had fun with PolySmooth and have done quite a few different models like this. It works really well.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Can I use X type of glitter? - </span><span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Yes ;) - just try it, it's fun.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Isn't glitter bad for the environment? - </span><span style="background-color: #fdfdf9; color: #272727; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Yes, if it gets into the water system / ponds / sea. Don't waste it. I still have some in the house and the Kids enjoy using it, we will use responsibly.</span></div>
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Day #9 Is Completed. Glitter things up, you know you want too.<br />
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The story for today is simply about having fun (and making a bit of a mess).<br />
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Join me next time for Day #10 - I don't have the tree sections 10 or 11 printed yet, or a good looking green material to use... so wish me luck.</div>
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