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zxys001 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 9:19 am

Excellent stuff.

Did anyone else notice the CAD they were using is Onshape? And Trimech is a SolidWorks VAR.

Edit: Well, that is embarrassing! I'm so used to the classic icon colors in SWX that the blue/gray icons first looked like Onshape to me. Watching it again on full screen I can even see that it has a tab for SolidWorks Add-Ins (at 4:00).

I've made worse mistakes.

(If it were my model the icons would be yellow/blue and the features would be named. And that's not a mistake.)

DennisD wrote: ↑Thu Sep 14, 2023 10:13 am Excellent stuff.

Did anyone else notice the CAD they were using is Onshape? And Trimech is a SolidWorks VAR.

Hello Dennis,.. yeah, very use-fill

I like the idea of using the carbon fibre inserts!

It's SW for sure using GrabCad and a App... plus selling their printers with the Insight software (w/pause)

It looks like there are many ways to "Pause" in other slicers -
https://the3dprinterbee.com/cura-pause-at-height-guide/

I try and avoid using captured nuts whenever possible. Instead I will leave a pocket to insert the nut. I don't have to baby sit the printer (or worry about stopping the slicer at the proper height) and if a nut ever gets damaged it can be replaced.

SPerman wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 3:40 pm I try and avoid using captured nuts whenever possible. Instead I will leave a pocket to insert the nut. I don't have to baby sit the printer (or worry about stopping the slicer at the proper height) and if a nut ever gets damaged it can be replaced.

I did the same. Keep the hex pocket a bit tight to keep the nut in.

UV resin do peel off.
Car body clear coat will seal 3D print to get them "water proof".

I've also seen where you can "solvent" polish FDM prints with acetone which will smooth and seal, but doesn't work with good PLA material.

https://all3dp.com/4/3d-printed-injecti ... -the-cost/

High-performance, high-temperature plastic enables a 3D printed injection mold to match the performance of an aluminum mold with the benefit of lower cost and faster production.

https://scitechdaily.com/blurred-light- ... ty-lenses/

New 3D printing method produces commercial grade microlenses with smooth surfaces, which could advance optical device design.