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Marty!, your not thinking 4th dimensionally...... Get a small bench top injection molding machine and over mold the magnet and rod at the same time. Wouldn't take much of a mold to do it either, just need a simple fixture to get the length right when you over mold the opposite end. Well there goes m...

bot wrote:What ever happened with the machinable wax filament?

I put up a thread here on it somewhere. Its pretty neat stuff, but is very sensitive to print with.

the pva filament produces way to much ash for investment casting. It reminds me of those magic snakes sold in fire works stores. I have some mold lay here finally,but have not had the time to do any testing of it.

Mike, It was good talking to you tonight. I havent been on here much lately as I have been spending alot of time other forum lately. That and things evolve so fast with the 3d printing that I really cant keep up with it. I hesitate to even comment about what may be going on, but I do have to ask wha...

Hi. Mike

MAX METAL Effector Platform, J-Groove Mount and Carriage Arm Mounts, final version up on web site... http://www.tricklaser.com/MAX-METAL-Platform-MAXMTL-PLAT.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Trick Laser Aluminum Rostock MAX platform-02s.jpg Brian....Top notch!! Lovin it!...

im still waiting on my laymold I ordered 3 weeks ago....

Is there any progress on this? I'd like to be able to print my own candles. That would be amazing. Also, is this stuff actually rated for candles? I've seen some "wax-like" filaments that are intended for casting, but I don't care about that. I just want to make candles & make sure th...

WTF looks like its on life support!!!

Interesting....I got a spool of black pla from them that had the same issues in one part of the spool. Seems odd seeing the same thing except for the fact its abs???

KAS wrote:Layer fan a must with this?

Oddly, i haven't been using one. Seems better without it.

Im getting better at printing with it, this print was a little too hot but still came out ok. 200 micron layers at 140C I think 135c might be tha magic number...
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Did they say when they were going to release the product? I am super excited about this, as I'm interested in making metal parts that I can machine later and this is a very good way to make molds. I could use PLA, but I've never gotten PLA to work well on my machine. If there is enough response and...

Oh, if you look at the print in the video im printing on a piece of paper glued to the bed, i was having trouble printing on the hairspray (which is what the mfg uses)
Wonder how long it would take MHackney to automate the printing process LOL

WANT. WANT NOW! :D Come on man, details! What temp does it print at, etc? :) g. Im finding it prints well at 130C but may bump the temp just a bit to 135C as im seeing a bit of layer seperation on larger prints. Im still figuring out a few things with how to print with it, so ive been doing 200 mic...

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video uploading now....taking forever though Havent been having the best of luck with windows 8.
The video seems to be stuck at 6% complete and the time to finish just keeps ticking up?? I hate computers!

Yea I know, I dropped the ball That job thing got in the way.... Printer is set up for the wax filament, file sliced and loaded, just need to git er done.....
soon guys, soon... its worth the wait. Likely to be a multi part series. too much to put into one video.

teoman wrote:What about solar smelting?

would take one hell of a collector

The MEK substitute found at local hardware stores works too.

What do you think of microwave melting aluminium? Not much really. Its a neat idea but not really practical. You can build a small electric furnace pretty easily if your worried about the "dangerous propane" that would be good for small melts. Them again you can melt aluminum over a good ...

I just watched this and found it very interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFZMfBXxMxk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; They are trying to automate 3d printing a part in PLA and then casting in out of aluminium. They are using microwaves to melt it which was the most...

KAS, "it depends"! Most 2-1/2D CAM packages I've used do not import STL - there really isn't that much need to. Most files are exported from CAD as DXF that is input into CAM. The true 3D and 3D with a 4th axis do usually import STLs. I advocate learning a little manual machining first. I...

mhackney wrote:LOL David! Yes, I find myself sitting here and clicking the reels for long periods of time.

Cheers,
Michael

Maybe you need to add a warning lable to the directions.....

mhackney wrote:They Looks great guys. Thanks for sharing the photos.

I wish the snow would melt, I have a reason to go fishing now LOL.
But my wife hates you now, I made the reel click for an hour straight LOL