3D printing of shoe last

[Maarten_Schuit]

Hi all,

Currently I am exploring the manufacturing of a shoe last using 3D print technology. For your reference, I want to print something similar to this: Shoe Last by Prattotyper - Thingiverse

I have two questions:

1. Which 3D printing method (Stereo lithography / Digital Light Processing / Selective Laser Melting / … ) would you recommend for this application, taking into account the smoothness of the surface of the shoe last (i.e. the step size should be < x mm).
2. Which material would you recommend which is most akin to hard wood (traditionally, shoe lasts are made from hard wood such as rock maple or beech). Key requirement is that you need to be able to hammer nails into the shoe last (see: https://www.google.co.uk/search?newwindow=1&biw=1536&bih=892&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=shoe+last%2Bnails&oq=shoe+last%2Bnails&gs_l=img.3…1111.1111.0.1783.1.1.0.0.0.0.0.0…0.0…0…1c.1.64.img…1.0.0.nEXpTXrom2A#imgrc=tKvVnQTDzUipvM%3A)

Thank you in advance.

Kind regards,

Maarten

[Hin_Corleone]

Hi Maarten，

As your request，

1. I would like to recommend you our FDM 3D printer and SLA 3D printer，both of which can print shoe last. It works after we try. And the surface is smooth.

2. PLA, wood and flexible can able meet you needs.Also no problem hammer nails into it.

You can reply me in this thread or to my email ID：sales09@sunlugw.com directly.

Looking forward to your reply soon，thank you！

Good day！

Charlie