3DPrinting
3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.
The r/functionalprint community is now located at: !functionalprint@kbin.social or !functionalprint@fedia.io
There are CAD communities available at: !cad@lemmy.world or !freecad@lemmy.ml
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No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct.
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Be respectful, especially when disagreeing. Everyone should feel welcome here.
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No porn (NSFW prints are acceptable but must be marked NSFW)
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Do not create links to reddit
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If you see an issue please flag it
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No guns
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No injury gore posts
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my first was a hacked inkjet printer with my mom's PVA hotglue gun strapped to the print head. (should have seen my dad's face when he asked if he could have his printer back, so he could print some tax documents. His mistake. he should have known by then to ask what I wanted it for. I'm not sure mom ever figured out what happened to her hotglue gun...)
I also remember the industrial tech/graphics design teacher in highschool being like "Uh. cool. but why?" (and then being like, "HEY can you bring it in for the class? ! that's actually really cool")
Yeah I had a friend build one out of like balsa wood and a couple CD trays and the rest of us were stunned... And not very impressed after like 5 minutes which a shame cause it really was a beginning stop that showed what was possible.
I am definitely less into making those kinds of jank printers just cause the costs were never quite zero, and we have so much better options.
So like that hot-glue-models that came out? you could tell it was supposed to be a cube-like object. For a middleschool hacking components out of junk electronics... well... it was both hilariously awful... but in hindsight I should have been very proud of it.
it did do what I needed at the time, though, so there was that. I wouldn't really recommend PVA as a filament material, though.