#i would rather be sculpting clay or gluing plastic together and making molds than 3d modeling and wrestling a cnc machine with a Z axis | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

krawdad · 1 month ago

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Like part of me still wants to give 3d printing a shot but I can't ignore the part of my brain telling me in the same amount of time it would take to get a 3d print to work I could have sculpted, molded and made several copies of the same thing and I would have enjoyed the process significantly more

#i feel like even if i cheaped out and made hollow resin castings they would still probably be stronger than something with print layers #i know enough about 3d printing to know that 3d printed plastic has terrible shear strength across the print layers #kind of like wood grain #and like with wood grain it impacts what structures are possible or can make certain shapes particularly weak #like maybe im overestimating how fast i can do those steps #but id rather be doing that than sitting for 10 hours just to find out i have to start again and wait another 10 hours #to say nothing of the cost and learning curve and plastic waste #i feel like the speed of these things are overstated by people who dont have other making skills #i would rather be sculpting clay or gluing plastic together and making molds than 3d modeling and wrestling a cnc machine with a Z axis #maybe printers have gotten better lately but generally you dont get a perfect part in the first attempt #you cant just mash go and walk away either prints can fail halfway through #like even if i absolutely had to 3d print a part to make sure it was correct it would still be faster to mold/cast copies #than to repeat a 12 hour print #then you have to deal with smoothing the print lines

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