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anon6789@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Haha, I love it!
I have zero experience with 3d printing, but I look at creative uses like this from time to time. After reading this mask printing post yesterday, are there any special considerations needed to be taken before printing tiny structures like those spider legs?
I see little spider “leg hairs” on some of them, and I think that really adds to realism of the spider, but would that be an issue in other prints?
If this is a really complicated answer, feel free to say so or if you can give me some technical terms for some of the potential issues, I have no problem googling them myself, I just wouldn’t know where to start on my own.
marcos@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Printing things is full of “special considerations”. Those are not outliers.
anon6789@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah, it still feels like a bit too much material science knowledge is required for your average person. That’s what keeps me just watching you guys every time I get tempted to try it myself.
I do like learning about the different filaments and such though. I still find it very cool.
FinalRemix@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s really not. It seems daunting, but it’s only as complicated as you same to make it, really. I embrace the little hairs… or snip 'em off… or hair dryer them off… or zap 'em with a lighter. I could probably get technical as hell and set things up so there’s no possible way it makes additional hairs or there’s any tolerance for errors, but I’m not going to get that much into the minutiae. I print rings/jewelry, tchotchkies, structural stuff, gears for projects, etc.
You can get into the material science, but you don’t have to.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 months ago
3d printing is all about balancing settings to maintain quality. Like layer adhesion vs quality/cosmetics.
You don’t have to get super technical if that’s not your thing, though some basics are very helpful- but you can learn that as you go.
If you have the time and the cash to get started… pick up decent printer and give it a go! If cash is a problem, many local libraries have printers you can use, or there’s hack spaces, etc.
Feel free to come here with questions. Everyone needs help at some point.