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I finally tried one of these twisty vase things. I wanted to bump up my print speed to see how the printer would perform at a higher print rate (for me). I printed this at 60mms. I also tested some acetone vapor smoothing on this too - put it in a covered sauce pan sitting on a canning jar lid and set the print bed to 100c. Left it in for a few minutes. Came out ok.
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I printed one of these on my H-1 with glow in the dark PLA and it looks awesome . I love this model
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I made one of these as well. Can't seem to find a picture of the finished product though. [img]http://i.imgur.com/GdMquCp.jpg[/img]

I didn't turn up the print speed that much because I wanted it to be pretty, and I wasn't worried about just clicking go and walking away for an afternoon.

My buddy Phil is the resident expert on acetone smoothing. I haven't tried it out yet, but I did inherit a coffee pot that was bound for goodwill that I thought would be a good candidate for using with acetone. I'll let you know how that works.
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Try printing them with a single wall thickness and use continuous Z lift during the print. Reduce the model to 70 percent size (.7 scale) and it's perfect for LED tea lights. Use translucent plastic. I've done probably 40 of them in PLA.

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geneb wrote:Try printing them with a single wall thickness and use continuous Z lift during the print. Reduce the model to 70 percent size (.7 scale) and it's perfect for LED tea lights. Use translucent plastic. I've done probably 40 of them in PLA.

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If you have a room fan handy, aim it at the print bed (on low) and turn the speed up to "11". :) You'll need to bump your extrusion temp up a bit to keep up with the higher speed. It goes like a scalded cat. :D

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