3DPrinting

16147 readers

184 users here now

3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.

The r/functionalprint community is now located at: or [email protected]

There are CAD communities available at: [email protected] or [email protected]

Rules

No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct.
Be respectful, especially when disagreeing. Everyone should feel welcome here.
No porn (NSFW prints are acceptable but must be marked NSFW)
No Ads / Spamming / Guerrilla Marketing
Do not create links to reddit
If you see an issue please flag it
No guns
No injury gore posts

If you need an easy way to host pictures, https://catbox.moe/ may be an option. Be ethical about what you post and donate if you are able or use this a lot. It is just an individual hosting content, not a company. The image embedding syntax for Lemmy is ![](URL)

Moderation policy: Light, mostly invisible

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Getting those slightly oversize prints to fit together. (lemm.ee)

submitted 19 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

2 comments fedilink hide all child comments

So I had a problem that when i print multiple prints sometimes they dont fit together perfectly, theres a bit of bleed. I found a neat trick where you can just wave the joint over a candle for a second or 2 and fit it together. The filament becomes slightly soft and when connected it hardens to fit a bit better. That bottle cap just wouldnt screw in but now it does.

top 2 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Hot water can also be useful in some case (not boiling hot), also help to avoid burned marked due to a flame (in particular with white filament)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

not boiling hot

Depends. I've definitely used boiling water with some tight fits. It's only half the temperature of most common filament printing range.