Kyle DavisI mostly do #3dPrinting for functional parts in ‘boring’ colours.
I found a folding, print in place car model that my kid likes, so I got some of the silky co-extrusion stuff.
Good for toys but, my god, it’s tacky.
Well, silk filament strikes again.
The print-in-place axles snapped while trying to snap the model together. Silk stuff has terrible z strength.
Looks cool though. #3dPrinting
I did the body in the co-extrusion and the wheels and chassis in black PLA+ #3dPrinting
Tarus@linux_mclinuxface hey. Does your printer do prints with flexible material? Like you might find in a watch band?
I have a Zigbee button that my father can press if he needs me. I wanted to mount it in a wristband so he can have one on at all times.
Just don’t know if they make a flexible rubber like material for these printers
ChuckThey do make flexible filament for printers, although for your application a rubber bracelet with the zigbee gizmo in a holder screwed to it would probably be simpler/faster to implement.
@sortova yep! TPU (Thermoplastic Polyurethane) is a relatively common material - it’s stretchy and flexible. I actually think most watch are TPU, albeit injection moulded.
It’s a bit annoying to print - you have to dry the filament (heat to 60c for 24 hours) and it has a tendency to jam but it’s totally do-able.
aeberbach@linux_mclinuxface reminds me a lot of the shiny purple green “metal” in Micronauts toys