Bas Wijnen wrote: > The texture on the inside cannot be fixed that way, as > it isn't on the bottom; it's also not very accessible for sanding. > Then again, who cares about the inside. :-p
Yeah, anything goes on the inside ;-) > Acetone works very well for making ABS very smooth, but PLA doesn't > dissolve in > it, so it doesn't work at all here. Hah, this brave man (fearlessly dunking PLA in a bowl of acetone, with his bare hands and while cursing the fumes filling up his place) disagrees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K3E9TU77pE I have to admit that I couldn't quite tell what imperfections he tried to get rid of in the first place - the originals already look frightfully perfect. Here's another one, this time a bit more safety-conscious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEnz8CWxyjc And this maybe his secret: http://www.fabbaloo.com/blog/2014/7/23/how-to-smooth-your-pla-3d-prints#comment-1859654046 He uses PLA that contains a bit of HBS (?) or ABS. If yours is "pure", acetone may not work then. Here we have someone use acetone on PLA as a rubberizer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5hxMDr963M ... just to find out (in the comments) that isn't not quite _that_ easy :) > It's very stiff; I can bend it just a little over the diagonals (I can lift up > one corner by about 2mm with considerable force). Okay, that sounds pretty good. We'll have to see how the "glass" fares. I guess it won't hurt to use a slightly flexible glue, so that it can redistribute any mechanical stress. > When it has the back side > facing up, I can push the cover in by about 1mm, also with a fairly large > force. More than sufficient ;) >> And how long did the printing take ? > > Just under an hour, I think. Awesome ! That's much faster than I expected. - Werner _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
