Tuesday, 7 April 2009

Glossy

I downloaded this clever object from Thingiverse. It was created by wizard23 using a parametric CSG evaluator plugin for ArtOfIllusion that he and the other the guys at MetaLab are developing.



The two halves screw together and fit perfectly.



I gave it a glossy finish by painting it with acetone. It looks like it is still wet but it actually dries almost instantly.
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5 comments:

  1. Andy7 April 2009 at 21:20

    Great quality as usual, much better than mine. What settings did you use? ( I used ABS and had 235 degrees, 800mm/min 0.6 welding tip and the feed adjusted to give 0.55 mm diameter of platic, -I must measure the feed rate into the extruder)
    Andy

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  2. nophead7 April 2009 at 21:31

    ABS @ 240C, 27mm/s 0.4mm filament through a 0.3mm nozzle.

    I used to get better quality when I used plain ABS.

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  3. nophead7 April 2009 at 21:39

    Layer height 0.32mm, filament width 0.48mm.

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  4. Andy10 April 2009 at 20:59

    Thanks for the information.

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  5. Whystler10 September 2010 at 16:43

    I noticed that this will happen if you spray it with a clear coat of spray varnish, because they usually have an acetone base.

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