Showing posts with label HDPE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HDPE. Show all posts
Monday, 25 August 2008

Back to black

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I have used up all of the 5lbs of ABS that I bought from the RRRF with just a couple of plastic parts left to make to complete my Darwin. I ...
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Saturday, 3 May 2008

Experimental extruder

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I want to see how much of the Darwin design I can make out of HDPE as that is the plastic I have the most of and is the easiest to get hold ...
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Friday, 28 March 2008

Chalk and cheese

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I was curious to see how polycaprolactone (PCL, trade name CAPA) compares to HDPE. I bought some from BitsFromBytes a while ago but have n...
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Friday, 21 March 2008

HDPE + PU

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Because my test objects are less warped while they are still attached to the polypropylene bed, I had the idea of filling them with somethin...
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Thursday, 20 March 2008

Infill and warping

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Now that I can create blocks with different infill densities I decided to experiment to see what effect it has on HDPE warping. I have been ...
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Friday, 28 December 2007

To raft or not to raft?

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When extruding HDPE onto foam board a raft needs to be laid down first to increase the anchorage at the corners to reduce curling. It become...
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Thursday, 27 December 2007

Cutting corners

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When making solid blocks with 0.5mm HDPE filament I noticed that the corners are not very accurate. The right hand edge of the 20mm cube bel...
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Wednesday, 26 December 2007

Warped

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Having got an idea of the HDPE warping for thin walled open boxes, I decided to start investigating solid shapes. I made a solid block 40 x ...
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Sunday, 16 December 2007

Chopping up chopping boards

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Up until now I have been extruding HDPE onto foam board because it was the only thing that it sticks to well enough. However, it has a coupl...
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