I’ve a good idea for those fair phone cases. I’ve printed a test case in lay wood. Feels very cosy and smells like wood. I think the fair phone community will love these cases.
My problem is, the case is so soft when you print the upper cutout (see second photo) it bends and then you have problems with printing.
I only have STL files and it is a little bit complicated to change something on the design.
Solution is some kind of break out part, to stabilize the opening. Lay wood you can cut with a knife without problems.
I also tried to print up side down, but this makes the same problem.
The other thing is, you have to do some cleaning of the part, it is neary impossible to get super clean prints with lay wood.
You have to clean the print. For awesome look, you need to sandpaper all high parts, so you get slightly lighter color and it looks more 3 dimensional.
Also the material is much more expensive than PLA. So the price should be higher. I think 16€ for the printing hub is ok for this print.
