I noticed that in the plastic injection industry there are a number of "purging" solutions used to clean the machines of gummed up residue. Why don't we use any of them in the 3d printing community? Here's a PDF full of info:by Tramagust - Printing
Because it's very resistant and almost completely weatherproofby Tramagust - General
So any links to details yet? Or buy links?by Tramagust - For Sale
I've noticed Corian can be thermoformed, injected and extruded so why can't it be reprapped?by Tramagust - General
You could get them printed at a 3d printshop. There's one in Bucharest where I've printed some stuff and it has very good resolution (I think they use some sort of industrial machine)by Tramagust - General
I saw some other FDM thermal videos online before: Probably some sort of industrial machine but it's still FDMby Tramagust - General
Has anyone been able to print an object in Nylon?by Tramagust - General
open a command prompt window type in shutdown Now you should see all the arguments for issuing a shutdown command. Depending on your version of windows you should have different options. To cancel a shutdown type shutdown /aby Tramagust - General
I'm more concearned about the software side. STL files contain no data on the texturesby Tramagust - General
SebastienBailard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Might build one anyways just for fun! > It's compulsory. > > Powder based 3d printing would be better for your > use. See > And the > > which folk are doing up. That's great I didn't know about it but was it ever finished? The wiki isn't complete.by Tramagust - General
Powder based 3d printing would be better for your use. Seeby Tramagust - General
True but that's a rather limited use. I'd rather have cheap support.by Tramagust - General
VDX Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ... you can make hollow parts and overhangs not > possible without a support ... and simply dissolve > the support after ... But you could just use your normal plastic for support.by Tramagust - General
It's kind of expensive. What's the point of using a support material that's more expensive than your plastic?by Tramagust - General
Probably. The wade part is what gives me the least trouble. The hotend is torture.by Tramagust - General
Everything fails. It drives me crazy. The hotend and the extruder drive itself. Arcol seems nice altough that lasercut wood makes me nervous. I've seen a makerbot and it's ripped wood problems. What about extruders? I have a friend with an up that can print me accurate stuff but I have a wade variant right now and the thing is nothing but trouble. I'm pretty sure it's my fault but for the life oby Tramagust - General
I'm really really tired of my home made extruder failing constantly. I need a turnkey solution before I lose my mind What's a good extruder that works out of the box with 3mm filament? Any store selling it in Europe?by Tramagust - General
In case anyone is still interested I found this nice cheap UV curing lampby Tramagust - General
Oh it works. A friend has one and it's like a toyota. It works with very little tuning. Deff higher quality than my reprap and all the makerbots I've seen. To give you an idea the quality is about the same as a dimension 100k machine.by Tramagust - General
I was afraid of that. Maybe netfabb slicing would be more friendlyby Tramagust - General
Some people have used ABS as lost foam casting. It sort of works (some black gunk accumulates)by Tramagust - General
Makerbot is rather fragile too. Can't you give it a separate mounting frame?by Tramagust - General
I do wonder if that 4mm ABS is good for 3d printing. I've read that it must have certain properties for it to work. In any case orbi-tech is very expensive.by Tramagust - General
I understand that the replacement is gradual but the plastic bone allow the patient to function partially and make a full recoveryby Tramagust - Tissue Engineering
Thanks for the answers. If I understand this correctly this is a huge deal. The goal is to have it print bones that can be directly implanted. If I shatter a a bone then it's just printed in PCL, inserted into place and awaaay I go?by Tramagust - Tissue Engineering
In any case that's a hardware issue. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.by Tramagust - General
It's obviously not a problem since an industrial FDM machine works by cooling the strands (the one in the thermal video)by Tramagust - General
A heated bed and a perfboard platform should prevent bad warping. I do think we'll see warping on the order of a few mm but nothing more. I found some thermal videos of FDM printing and it looks like the plastic strings cools down very fast anyway:by Tramagust - General