Its printed here http://www.shapeways.com/fragments/prod ... =Z7GXF6RJ4MikeHenry said:That looks almost hauntingly beautiful. Which printer and filament are you using?
Kunstmaan said:Its printed here http://www.shapeways.com/fragments/prod ... =Z7GXF6RJ4
Hi Mike,MikeHenry said:Kunstmaan said:Its printed here http://www.shapeways.com/fragments/prod ... =Z7GXF6RJ4
Thanks - I suppose its an SLA print then. That would be tough for an FDM printer to do well.
Yes and no. True it doesn't look as smooth but it is far cheaper and quicker to print. And dimensionally it is accurate enough too.MikeHenry said:Nice! The PLA sure suffers by comparison.
Correct. I only use it to see if the model looks good. See the examples below.bigseb said:Yes and no. True it doesn't look as smooth but it is far cheaper and quicker to print. And dimensionally it is accurate enough too.MikeHenry said:Nice! The PLA sure suffers by comparison.
[/quote]Kunstmaan said:Yes and no. True it doesn't look as smooth but it is far cheaper and quicker to print. And dimensionally it is accurate enough too.
Or you could use soluble supports or polysupport...Kunstmaan said:PLA is ideal for solid models.
I agree that ABS makes better prints than PLA. I should have said that in context of FDM vs SLA...MikeHenry said:I'm in the middle of printing parts for a model of a Curta calculator in 3:1 scale and parts in PLA+PHA don't come out nearly as nice as those printed in ABS and support removal in ABS is much easier and cleaner. My FDM printer, a Zortrax M200, uses a proprietary slicer, though, and doesn't have an option for PLA or PLA+PHA so I make due with 3rd party accessories that allow PLA+PHA printing. They can't do anything for retraction, though, which seems to be an issue for PLA+PHA and small parts with fine detail.
bigseb said:I have used several materials and of all of the them ABS still rates as my best. I think the finish is better looking (my opinion), its mechanical properties are better, its is cold-weldable, and far easier to finish by hand (i.e. sanding)
YMMV
Yeah it can be tricky. Worth the effort imo.MikeHenry said:bigseb said:I have used several materials and of all of the them ABS still rates as my best. I think the finish is better looking (my opinion), its mechanical properties are better, its is cold-weldable, and far easier to finish by hand (i.e. sanding)
YMMV
The main issue I've had with ABS is warping on parts with large footprints, say, larger than about 10x10 cm and it seems to get worse exponentially with footprint area. In my experience with the M200, it excels with PLA+PHA for large prints and with ABS for small prints, even tall ones. No doubt the proprietary slicer it uses is a major impediment to better prints in either material. Oddly enough PETF looks pretty much like crap by comparison to either PLA+PHA or ABS.