First, i'd like to disclaim a few things, like the fact that english isn't my first language (hopefully you'll understand what i'm trying to say
) and second, i have next to no prior experience with 3d printing except the fact i sat next to a guy using one a few times.Please, bear with me
. Here is the idea : Fiberglass is often used to reinforce resin ( a well know technique used to make small boats), so i was wondering if it wouldn't be possible to "pause" a print and drop a few very thin chopped fiberglass or carbon/graphite fibers between layers and then resume the print (and heaven forbid, maybe manually raise the extruder if necessary) ?
I think you'd need a hot glue gun heater to "soften" up the bottom layer so the fibers would stick to it. I figure that it wouldn't take much nicely spread, small and thin enough fibers, they shouldn't cause too much problems to most printed parts while greatly reinforcing them.
I know this could make a print job a real PITA (except if there is a way to automate the operation, like a kind of salt/pepper shaker fixed near the extruder??) to do, but the need to make parts that need reinforcement for whatever reason who could make this worthwhile .
That's it, i just wanted to throw the idea out there to see if someone more knowledgeable could pitch in and tell me whatever i had a workable/useable idea..or not
!Thank you for your patience
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