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3D printing with RepRap Cookbook

By : Salinas
Book Image

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

A stone filament

Laybrick is a mixture of milled chalk and harmless copolyesters. It has the visual characteristics of sandstone. It can be worked on further with a saw and sander, and the surface can be painted.

The printing temperature can range from around 165 degrees Celsius for a smooth surface to 245 degrees Celsius for a rough surface. It prints well on aluminum, acrylic, glass, and tape, and it doesn't require a heat bed. Caution is advised with regard to the surface bond of the material. It may be difficult to remove the print from the printbed surface without damage.

The material has negligible warping tendencies.

Printing with a cooling fan is recommended. It requires hardening time after printing. The object should be removed from the build platform 2-4 hours after printing.

Laybrick should be used in a well-ventilated area. It contains copolyesters, so it's capable of releasing small amounts of fumes at high temperatures.