Month: August 2018

Saw these models of The Incredibles at Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World yesterday. They are totally 3d printed. The layer lines aren’t completely gone.

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Wood Burning With My 3D Printer

Hello Reddit!Stopped early for a pictureI modified a pen holder on thingiverse for the Prusa i3 MK2 (https://ift.tt/2vLxuIz) to fit my soldering iron. I put down wax paper to protect my MK2.5’s bed and clamped some cheap maple ply wood down to test wood burning. I changed and rewrote some gcode profiles in slic3r to allow my printer to wood burn (or at least hold a wood burner) I slowed the speed down to 7mm/s and set a Z offset as well as many other things. I’ve been working on this project for a little bit now and went through many changes, one of my first tests was using a hardened steel nozzle instead of my brass one to try and burn the wood. However, it didn’t heat up enough. I also researched many different laser diodes to try but they ended up being a little too expensive. I’d be happy to share more details, STL’s, or silc3r profiles if anyone is interested for whatever reason. I started all this because I wanted to try wood burning a design for my Dad’s birthday but I don’t have very steady hands or experience with pyrograpgy (wood burning). I was hoping I could use the 2 axis on my 3D printer for steady and precise drawing and it totally worked! I also want to give another quick thanks to u/Butweye for posting a project he did that involved strapping a pen to his 3d printer, that idea led me to my current solution and so far it works wonderfully!Also, super special thanks to u/BillieRubenCamGirl for originally suggesting the idea of using a soldering iron instead of the pen on the X-carridge.Experimenting with a gift for my Dad’s birthday https://ift.tt/2MieRme