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Cyan Low, Rule (slrpnk.net)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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[–] 62 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It's funny because 3d printers are cheaper to purchase, maintain, and supply for

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Yeah, but try printing out your kid's book report on one.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Totally doable, use a multicolor printer and print it like 3 layers thick - you'll get thin flexible plastic sheets.

    Not actually practical, but totally doable lol

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Just do a midprint filament swap... Looking at getting into TPU at the moment, it might actually be a fun way to have my kid hand something short in. 3 layers of white, 0.12mm per layer, swap to black and print 3 layers more. I'd be concerned about stringing and delamination. But it's pretty close to the heated bed, so mostly stringing. Fuckit we're going to try!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Your now going to do this and report back right?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Totally could

    You'd need two filament colors, and it would take a while just to do one page. If it's a five pager then it could take hours. And then you'd have to turn in a big stack of plastic slabs. If you accidentally print a typo-

    ... Yeah, point taken

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