Also reprinting the horns from yesterday. Scaled down 50% with raft. Dunno what all that wispy stray fiber is. Too dry? From supports being printed coarse? PLA spool being not as good? Drip during travel?
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Done. Messed up a bit tried to make the triangle equilateral and the rectangle a square at the same time. Doh. No way to satisfy this template. If you have a square, triangle will be isosceles.
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The horns printed fine but that fuzz is a mess. Not sure it will clean up easy.
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After some cleanup. Not much better.
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Called on the brain trust for help.
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3d printing mavens… any tips for sanding PLA prints down to a smooth finish? @divalbanerjee @h_thoreson @chenoehart
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Much excite. Printing TPU for the first time. If it works I’ll be able to design my own tires 🥳😱
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Just a simple rubbery washer to start with.
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Fingers crossed. Seems to be printing fine. Shiny with some stringing. Used Cura generic presets for TPU-95, whatever that is. Higher nozzle temperature (228F) but lower bed temperature (45) than PLA (205/65)
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Decent compliance, rather stiff at normal resolution printing with 60% infill. I bet I could get much wider range by messing with infill density. But clearly settings need work. But unlike PETG this feels different enough as a material, it’s worth mastering.
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Compression test in a vice 😎
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Now printing a book nah of test parts at 40% infill. Brim failed so switched to raft.
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Kinda broke the thread... continues here
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Well finished printing a set of sample things. This comes out looking like the work of a deranged spider like in LOTR. Doesn’t have to. I’ve seen videos of clean TPU prints. Just have to figure out settings.
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