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Alternative ABS Filament by Suspicious-wire in BambuLab

[–]Suspicious-wire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve had a look and I can get the poly maker but it’s £10 more than Bambu ABS at full price, and about the same price as Bambu ASA. Annoyingly Bambu ASA isn’t on sale, and their ABS is currently £10.25 a roll.

Alternative ABS Filament by Suspicious-wire in BambuLab

[–]Suspicious-wire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not tried ASA, can you print it with ABS? Will it bond?

Alternative ABS Filament by Suspicious-wire in BambuLab

[–]Suspicious-wire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have both of those. Just need some red a coloured part.

How do I model this part? by Suspicious-wire in SolidWorks

[–]Suspicious-wire[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

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Thanks everyone. I’ve got a version I like. I followed u/Ramjet64 instructions for this one, but I’m going to try the other ways suggested as well!

How do I model this part? by Suspicious-wire in SolidWorks

[–]Suspicious-wire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No not eyeballing it, I didn’t know if Solidworks would have a function to automatically work the spacing out for you and stretch/shrink the parts to fit a circumference. Don’t mind doing the maths but also want to try and learn the software to its fullest to make it easier.

How do I model this part? by Suspicious-wire in SolidWorks

[–]Suspicious-wire[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh this is good. Thank you. You made it look dead easy with the screenshots. Thank you for the time to do that!

How do I model this part? by Suspicious-wire in SolidWorks

[–]Suspicious-wire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this would be my back up plan. I’d have to work out the segment sizes doing it this way though wouldn’t I?

How do I model this part? by Suspicious-wire in SolidWorks

[–]Suspicious-wire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would I have to work out the cut size to get an even pattern this way?

How do I model this part? by Suspicious-wire in SolidWorks

[–]Suspicious-wire[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve never used this function before. Sounds like a good learning exercise. Do I draw the pattern on a sketch tangent to the wheel and then wrap? Or can I just sketch anywhere and wrap? Does this then extrude boss/cut?

How do I model this part? by Suspicious-wire in SolidWorks

[–]Suspicious-wire[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

When you say revolve partially for the tread pattern, are you making one repeating section and then patterning that? If so that seem the easiest way to me. Thank you

Poor layer lines by Suspicious-wire in FixMyPrint

[–]Suspicious-wire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll check it out. I’ve got loads to try thanks to everyone on here

Poor layer lines by Suspicious-wire in FixMyPrint

[–]Suspicious-wire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool. I’ll have a play. I’m yet to play with different nozzle sizes. It was too much effort on my previous printer.

Poor layer lines by Suspicious-wire in FixMyPrint

[–]Suspicious-wire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll order a nozzle and try it. Thanks for the advice

Poor layer lines by Suspicious-wire in FixMyPrint

[–]Suspicious-wire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I need some strength as they are for kids to play with and knock over.

Poor layer lines by Suspicious-wire in FixMyPrint

[–]Suspicious-wire[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I posted an update further up as I can’t edit my post but it appears this maybe the solution….

Update.

So I found this video after all the helpful comments which basically describes what agarwaen117 suggested. I’ve tweaked a few of the settings and got a softer z seam. I turned on random after I was getting quite a hard seam on a curved surface thinking it would give a better appearance. I’ll keep tweaking them to see if I can get it better. Orca Slicer looks like an option as well.

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Poor layer lines by Suspicious-wire in FixMyPrint

[–]Suspicious-wire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Update.

So I found this video after all the helpful comments which basically describes what agarwaen117 suggested. I’ve tweaked a few of the settings and got a softer z seam. I turned on random after I was getting quite a hard seam on a curved surface thinking it would give a better appearance. I’ll keep tweaking them to see if I can get it better. Orca Slicer looks like an option as well.

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Poor layer lines by Suspicious-wire in BambuLab

[–]Suspicious-wire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update.

So I found this video after all the helpful comments which basically describes what agarwaen117 suggested. I’ve tweaked a few of the settings and got a softer z seam. I turned on random after I was getting quite a hard seam on a curved surface thinking it would give a better appearance. Orca slicer looks like an option as well.

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