3d printing

[buteo]

Well i wanted to make a post on some different things my team of people do together.

Besides some programming, server running and all this computer stuff we do some 3d printing.(on top of the whole cannabis thing)

We have been working with a bunch of different plastics ,one of them is polycarbonate. Roses and all sorts of different flowers .

Ive been pondering a certain type of flower to print, can you guess which one? Im thinking this could be utilized for possibly realistic trophies for contests and whatever else that can be thought of. Was also thinking about logos for realistic shots so its kind of a watermark right inside the photo...an easy proof of authenticity.

Also would like to know if anyone else out there plays around in this hobby as well .

Thats all for now.

 

[buteo]

Heres a thing from a different type of printer :

 

[buteo]

If you have also noticed that is a display printed with silver and white PLA to take photos in, which was used to take the photo of the seedling and everything above.

 

[buteo]

Check this one out....

 

[CharlesU Farley]

Wow, outstanding work! The roses are phenomenal.

 

[buteo]

Thanks! Have some clearer roses as well!

 

[xtsho]

Pretty cool. I don't have a 3D printer but I have a few friends that do and have thought about getting one.

One of my friends quit growing and gave me all of his equipment. I found some drip rings he made with his 3D printer. In fact he was just over the other day so I could get ReplicatorG working on his laptop. He's not much of a software guy and after doing a couple minutes of research I figured out that he needed an older version of Python installed as it doesn't work with the latest 3.12 version. I installed 2.6 and got it working.

He didn't really understand what he was doing and made the section where you would hook up the tubing wrong. He had done it so the tubing went inside when it should have slipped over the outside. It looks like he had tried to glue the tubing inside.

 

[buteo]

Haha nice! Thanks for dropping in!

Yea some design is involved to get things right. Its not just simply typing something in and it simply comes out.

We have a scanner here and already had success with some parts we made that are fully functional and stronger than the original. A door handle on a car made from polycarbonate.

 

[Frosty Nuggets]

Are metal 3D printers a thing yet?

 

[GenghisKush]

Are metal 3D printers a thing yet?

perhaps not yet in the home/consumer market. but they're definitely a thing. i read about 3D printing variable-composition alloys - more nickel-rich over here, more iron-rich over there for example - to do funny structural engineering tricks for to build better rocket engines. i'll look it up.

Pretty cool. I don't have a 3D printer but I have a few friends that do and have thought about getting one.

One of my friends quit growing and gave me all of his equipment. I found some drip rings he made with his 3D printer. In fact he was just over the other day so I could get ReplicatorG working on his laptop. He's not much of a software guy and after doing a couple minutes of research I figured out that he needed an older version of Python installed as it doesn't work with the latest 3.12 version. I installed 2.6 and got it working.

He didn't really understand what he was doing and made the section where you would hook up the tubing wrong. He had done it so the tubing went inside when it should have slipped over the outside. It looks like he had tried to glue the tubing inside.

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those look kind of perfect for use w blumats and their 3mm hose, which doesn't need a barbed fitting at the end and could just slide right in there.

edit: i found this https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-fa...-rocket-launched-using-innovative-nasa-alloy/

 

[buteo]

This is a scanned part replicated in polycarbonate: