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3D printing with RepRap Cookbook

By : Salinas
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3D printing with RepRap Cookbook

By: Salinas

Overview of this book

A systematic guide consisting of over 100 recipes which focus on helping you understand the process of 3D printing using RepRap machines. The book aims at providing professionals with a series of working recipes to help make their fuzzy notions into real, saleable projects/objects using 3D printing technology. This book is for novice designers and artists who own a RepRap-based 3D printer, have fundamental knowledge of its working, and who desire to gain better mastery of the printing process. For the more experienced user, it will provide a handy visual resource, with side-by-side comparisons of the two most popular slicers, Skeinforge and Slic3r. A basic understanding of designing and modeling principles and elementary knowledge of digital modeling would be a plus.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Index

An ABS filament

Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) is a common plastic that is used in manufacturing most of our consumer products. It is not biodegradable and has a greater environmental impact than some of the other filaments. An ABS filament is a strong and flexible material suitable for mechanical parts. It has impact resistance, dimensional stability, and excellent heat and low-temperature resistance. It's easily sanded, glued, and receptive of most paint products. It is also available in many colors.

The average temperature for 3D extrusion should be around 225 degrees Celsius. Different colors may need to be adjusted with slightly different extrusion temperatures.

ABS has a tendency to warp, but this can be minimized using a heat bed at a maximum temperature of 120 degrees Celsius.

ABS should be used in a well-ventilated area. ABS products are capable of releasing small amounts of fumes at melting temperatures. While these fumes are generally considered tolerable, care should...