3D printed Bubbleship from Oblivion

[Ian M]

If the price comes within reach for a good resolution I could be tempted. I have some OK 3D software which could be put to good use.

Heres a good question for you Nicholas, (can we call you Nic?)

If you wanted to print say a mould that you could cast resin copies in, what would be the best medium to print it with? Are they all resin safe? Or would it be better to print the part then make a mould the traditional way.

As for the icon, I would say go for the Banana. Or pay for advertising.. ;-)

[Snowman]

Cool!!

I've been to a 3D printer expo! Well, it was held in the same building where my office is locate.

It's simply mind blowing what can be achieved with the equipment! The Iron Man armour (exoskeleton) and the suits worn by the crew of the giant Jaeger robots in Pacific Rim were created on 3D printers!!

PURE AWESOME!!

Nice, but this comes at a price!

On the other hand, it does create a new avenue for model builders, and one can only wait and see what the future holds.o_O

[eddiesolo]

If you wanted to print say a mould that you could cast resin copies in, what would be the best medium to print it with? Are they all resin safe? Or would it be better to print the part then make a mould the traditional way.

The filament used is either PLA (Polylactic Acid) or ABS, the PLA is low warp so can be faffed with, the ABS can withstand higher temps. There is also a pro series of both which give better results and better finishes. There is also a soft PLA which is useful for rubber like parts due to it being softer and more malleable. As for use as a mold per say I would still be tempted to use the 3D for making the plugs and then using a silicone as the mould.

Hopefully, Nicholas will be able to shed more light on this.

Si

[Guest]

So here again, Eddy has it right, if you want to make molds to cast in resin, you can use an FDM print and then use silicone as a mold, but to do so, you'd need a lot of post-processing on your print before it can be casted. You could also use a DLP printer which can be timesaving as you can directly print in resin (but smaller) at a much higher resolution.

[aaron]

I'm a fan of the movie and I'd love this as a kit. Just needs the built in cycle.

[Ian M]

So here again, Eddy has it right, if you want to make molds to cast in resin, you can use an FDM print and then use silicone as a mold, but to do so, you'd need a lot of post-processing on your print before it can be casted. You could also use a DLP printer which can be timesaving as you can directly print in resin (but smaller) at a much higher resolution.

So going out on a limb here and I am guessing that FDM is not Forbundet Dansk Motorister og DLP is not Dansk Landbrug Produktion... :-(

You are going to have to be a bit more "newbie friendly"

Ian M

[eddiesolo]

FDM (fused deposition modelling) printers that use this build from the bottom up layer by layer by extruding and heating the filament. DLP (digital light processing) uses a projector and a liquid polymer bath. Different methods in 3D printing. I know bits but I think we need Nic to explain better than I could.

Si

[Guest]

Haha FDM is Fused Deposition Modellingand DLP is Digital Light Processing (it's very similar to SLA which is for Stereolithography) .

I suggest you have a look at this post (especially the videos shown at the second point ) it's very instructive (even though I'm sad cause they didnt mention "myminifactory.com" at point 14. ).