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🧵 3D printing thread
Anonymous at Sun, 6 Mar 2022 21:07:54 UTC No. 885873
What are some recommended resin printers for printing huge, maquette-sized pieces? I'm talking 1/6-1/4 statues. I imagine they'd still have to be cut into pieces (not expecting an actual 20" build height), but what's most efficient?
Or should I just go with a third party printing service to do it for me?
Anonymous at Sun, 6 Mar 2022 22:18:29 UTC No. 885885
If you want to print big I'd go with FDM since printing big with resin is fuck expensive and also a question of stability. Resin prints are not as stronk.
Anonymous at Mon, 7 Mar 2022 02:17:08 UTC No. 885903
>>885873
talk to diy
Anonymous at Mon, 7 Mar 2022 06:49:33 UTC No. 885933
>>885885
Are there printers nowadays that don't have those god-awful layer lines? I know you can get them with resin too, but they're much less noticeable there.
Anonymous at Mon, 7 Mar 2022 12:12:51 UTC No. 885952
>>885933
no, but you can make them almost disappear by printing with really small layer heights. this of course drives up the printing time massively though. it's just how 3D printing works and that's also why most people do post-work by hand to give their prints a nice finish.
big parts can get evened out by "shaving" them with a semi-sharp and even blade OR you take a heat resistant container, fill it with really really fine salt powder, completely hide your print in there and then bake it on a certain temperature. this gets rid of the lines and even makes it sturdier but you have to know how to do it or else you'll fuck shit up
Anonymous at Mon, 7 Mar 2022 23:32:20 UTC No. 886070
>>885873
It sucks, its expensive, dont do it.
Anonymous at Tue, 8 Mar 2022 01:27:56 UTC No. 886095
>>886070
lowest iq post on /3/ right now
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Anonymous at Wed, 9 Mar 2022 09:50:25 UTC No. 886235