robutacion
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G'day,
A few days ago I was looking for something to print on my 3D printer, I looked into Thingiverse and while browsing along I saw an interesting type of honeycomb that I never have seen before, it was made with a small hollow space between the comb walls, like a ring inside of a ring so I downloaded it to have a better look.
The file, full size of this piece was only about 1"1/2 square and not that thick so I decided to magnify it to 140mm x 140mm x 23mm thick, I transferred it to the printer without looking how long it would take, however, it started in late afternoon and finished 17 hours later (all night).
I used a white(ish) CCU filament, this filament changes colour to purple when in contact with the light so I thought it would be a good candidate for this print.
I was not sure if that tiny spaces in between comb walls would fill with the resin, I used Epoxy and some translucent metalic blue with some sparkle hoping it would still allow the comb colour to change into purple when exposed to light but, I don't think that it worked, I couldn't see the colour change in the sun, however, I was happy with the way it turned out and more importantly the fact that, the 100PSI pressure did push the resin into those tight gaps in the comb walls.
I turned it into a pen sample this afternoon and took some pics in the sun to expose the sparkle and possibly the colour change of the filament but that never happened. I can't say that I used the best pigment colour for these type blanks and I would have to try other colours to verify which one would look the best but that won't happen because I'm not interested in making more of these, I know that we already have a member (forgot the name) that has started to make this type blanks commercially some time ago, I may have gotten the idea of download the 3d file and print it based on what I saw this member making and showing here on IAP but like I said, this was a one-off experiment and nothing more...!:biggrin:
I square piece gave 5 x 21x21mm square x 135mm blanks and one that was only 15mm wide, that was the one I used for the sample on the attached pics, I will sell those but I will keep the sample as always, one more for my extended collection...!
:biggrin:
Have a look and tell me what you think...!
PS: On pic #2 the blue show a lot different than on the rest, the true colour is probably between the bright and darker colours.
Cheers
George
A few days ago I was looking for something to print on my 3D printer, I looked into Thingiverse and while browsing along I saw an interesting type of honeycomb that I never have seen before, it was made with a small hollow space between the comb walls, like a ring inside of a ring so I downloaded it to have a better look.
The file, full size of this piece was only about 1"1/2 square and not that thick so I decided to magnify it to 140mm x 140mm x 23mm thick, I transferred it to the printer without looking how long it would take, however, it started in late afternoon and finished 17 hours later (all night).
I used a white(ish) CCU filament, this filament changes colour to purple when in contact with the light so I thought it would be a good candidate for this print.
I was not sure if that tiny spaces in between comb walls would fill with the resin, I used Epoxy and some translucent metalic blue with some sparkle hoping it would still allow the comb colour to change into purple when exposed to light but, I don't think that it worked, I couldn't see the colour change in the sun, however, I was happy with the way it turned out and more importantly the fact that, the 100PSI pressure did push the resin into those tight gaps in the comb walls.
I turned it into a pen sample this afternoon and took some pics in the sun to expose the sparkle and possibly the colour change of the filament but that never happened. I can't say that I used the best pigment colour for these type blanks and I would have to try other colours to verify which one would look the best but that won't happen because I'm not interested in making more of these, I know that we already have a member (forgot the name) that has started to make this type blanks commercially some time ago, I may have gotten the idea of download the 3d file and print it based on what I saw this member making and showing here on IAP but like I said, this was a one-off experiment and nothing more...!:biggrin:
I square piece gave 5 x 21x21mm square x 135mm blanks and one that was only 15mm wide, that was the one I used for the sample on the attached pics, I will sell those but I will keep the sample as always, one more for my extended collection...!
:biggrin:Have a look and tell me what you think...!
PS: On pic #2 the blue show a lot different than on the rest, the true colour is probably between the bright and darker colours.
Cheers
George
