I fell in love with this tweet by AstroPrint immediately. He was filling a print with Sand, an experiment near and dear to my heart. And then, I saw it! My Spinning PokeStop Model in his video!
Have you ever tried filling your prints with Sand (or something heavy) to add weight to a print?
Good idea? Bad idea? #3dprinting pic.twitter.com/1yBg62uHND
— AstroPrint (@AstroPrint3D) July 8, 2017
What a thrill. This kinda makes me want to release more of my models. : )
One of my Maker Faire Nova experiments was filing prints with sand. I am still new to the process, but already had a few tips to pass along.
And since it has been a while since I went into detail about multiple processes in SImplify3D, I decided to do a tour of my slicing settings of the two prints.
Ending Script of my First Print of the Ribbon:
G91 ; relative mode
G1 Z10 ; lift 10mm
G1 X30; move over 30mm
Starting Script of my Second Print to Finish the Ribbon:
G90 ; absolute mode
Maker’s Muse has a most excellent tutorial on running Multiple Processes together– that is at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcddlK36OVs
And if you want to try RJ Make’s approach, please see his Embedded Magnetron Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubvs2vgv014
There is a Creative Commons image in this video. It is by Amanda B and you can fill the photo on Flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/muddybones/5550623402/