I've read a few different methods to smooth a print: sanding, rub down with acetone, that sort of thing. i've tried a few things with mixed results... anyone have any good polishing techniques?
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On Friday, April 27, 2012 at 1:02 AM, Shawn wrote:
I tried the acetone and acetone/abs mix. Painting a thin layer ofacetone (no ABS mix) leaves a much more glossy finish.The acetone/abs mix (glue) had mixed results. It made things shiny, butdidn't really fill in any gaps either. But the shininess does helpthings *seem* smoother.Some notes about the ABS glue:- use a glass container with a metal lid. Make sure the threads thatsecure the lid to the glass are metal as well. Looks like modern babyfood jars use a plastic thread. Guess what happened to that thread...- I've read that you should be using a 2 to 1 mix of acetone to plastic.(2 parts acetone, one part plastic). This means you don't need a lotof acetone! Half a baby jar is approx 140ish grams. 70 grams of scraprafts and bogus prints is A LOT! of plastic. Use only a little acetoneto start and add more if needed.- Ventilation! A small uncovered container of acetone can affect a fairsize room pretty quickly. Eyes get irritated to start, then the smellbecomes very noticable.I'm still a noob at this, but there's my experiences thus far. Hope ithelps.Shawn
On 12-04-27 01:29 AM, Herón Ordóñez Guillén wrote:
I've been doing 2 passes of sanding on my PLA pieces, first a fine grainand finish with a very very fine grain.White PLA looks like ceramic after sanding, but I haven't got a shinysurface yet.for ABS I have seen some really shiny prints coated with acetone+ABSmixture.
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I'm using SF44 or SF47 with the Dimension plugin activated and a 4axis machine profile for my ToM.The Dimension plugin gives you the chance to go to lower layer heights just by changing the numbersI also use a 0.3mm nozzle but that's not necessary.You need to experiment with temperatures a little to get good adhesion and no curling ( there's a sweet spot at around 210C for PLA on my machine)
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El 08/05/2012, a las 21:47, Travis escribió:
Is there anything you do besides change the layer height? It seems when I do 0.1 I get gushing artifacts as though its feeding the filament in too fast. It looks better when I print with support, but I don't really need the support.
On Tuesday, May 1, 2012 1:42:32 PM UTC-5, Herón Ordóñez wrote:
I've been printing with 0.1mm layers for a while now and it does take a while but I think it's worth it.I'd go lower but I don't think my bed is level enough.0.1mm is a good compromise between quality and time, if you value quality a little higher than time.if you are in a hurry, I've found that 0.25mm works fast and gives a good enough finish.I've also found sanding PLA by hand gives a smooth surface easily. I would'nt know about ABS.
El 01/05/2012, a las 13:09, ddurant escribió:
Print at higher resolution so you don't have to smooth it out later?
On Friday, April 27, 2012 2:08:24 AM UTC-4, Zak Kus wrote:I've read a few different methods to smooth a print: sanding, rub down with acetone, that sort of thing. i've tried a few things with mixed results... anyone have any good polishing techniques?--
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Interesting. I have the replicator, so I'm not sure how I'd accomplish direct cooling on the nozzle. I currently use a squirrel cage area fan just outside the printer frame, turned on its side to direct a plane of air across the build level. But clearly, I had the nozzle temp set too high, so the point is moot.
Under Skienforge Extrusion->Craft->Fill, the Thread Sequence Choice order is set to Loops->Parimeter-> Infill, which is evidently the default for the 47 package that ships with ReplicatorG-34. Is this what your talking about?
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