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Got bored at work... the result: transparent abs
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 4:16 pm
by guanu
So yea, I wanted to try something at work, and ended up making some transparent abs... its awesome... completely water clear filament and looks cool... thought you might want to see...
Guanu
(yes, I want to try to vapor polish it to see if the part becomes completely clear, just no acetone here at the shop for some reason)
Re: Got bored at work... the result: transparent abs
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 4:48 pm
by Eaglezsoar
guanu wrote:So yea, I wanted to try something at work, and ended up making some transparent abs... its awesome... completely water clear filament and looks cool... thought you might want to see...
Guanu
(yes, I want to try to vapor polish it to see if the part becomes completely clear, just no acetone here at the shop for some reason)
How did you make the transparent ABS?
Re: Got bored at work... the result: transparent abs
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 7:48 pm
by McSlappy
That's interesting! Show us the models after a vapor bath! And some closeups!
Re: Got bored at work... the result: transparent abs
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:34 pm
by brent
Was this made with the filastruder at the office? Possibly PET and PLA?
Re: Got bored at work... the result: transparent abs
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 11:20 pm
by MDMD
Really cool - but we need way more info!
Re: Got bored at work... the result: transparent abs
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 7:28 am
by guanu
brent wrote:Was this made with the filastruder at the office? Possibly PET and PLA?
yup, used a filastruder... havent ran pet or pla... ran some blue abs regrind, but it had some contaminates, so purged it and ran virgin clear abs.. and it came out great, so I decided to print with it... works great
Guanu
Re: Got bored at work... the result: transparent abs
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:17 am
by johnoly99
It's actually a Filabot Wee, NOT the filastruder, lol.
Re: Got bored at work... the result: transparent abs
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 3:43 pm
by Demolishun
Ooh I have a wee. Where did you get virgin clear ABS?
BTW, I keep reading the title of the thread as abs as in stomach muscles every time.

Re: Got bored at work... the result: transparent abs
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 4:13 pm
by guanu
I took the material out of the pellet dryer here at work lol
Guanu
Re: Got bored at work... the result: transparent abs
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 10:27 pm
by emile1138
This stuff is sick.
I've seen it in person and even without the vapor polish it looks really cool having smoky transparent ABS prints...