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Sinter 2: 10mm socket, oversized, with a head of extra material #2

Open jes opened 5 years ago

jes commented 5 years ago

I printed the 10mm socket twice, and stuck them together with a soldering iron, with the idea that the "top" one is a head of extra material that the "bottom" one can draw from to get 100% solid.

I printed both sockets oversize by 10% in x/y plane and 6% in z.

I didn't measure the final mass of the 2 combined sockets. Initial mass was 13.4g of the 2 combined (6.7g each), and the final mass of the "good" socket was 6.3g. It still was like 50% hollow, however.

Possibly using a socket for header material doesn't work very well because it has a high surface-area-to-volume ratio, and the bronze seems to stick to the walls of the plaster. Perhaps try an inverted funnel shape next time?