Hello,
I have experience with SLS- Printing only.
Is this Tower printable by FDM?
Wall thickness = 2 mm / Windows cross = 0,8mm
Max diameter = 156
Hight = 350mm
Does somebody has samples, how this could look like after printing?
Hi there! Yes this shold be printable, do you have material preferences or any other wish for color/property of this object? The lines in the Windows are 0,8mm thick, right? Please contact me by creating an enquiry on my hub, because I have some other questions to clarify before being able to print this. If you consider shipment to be an issue I can guarantee you, that this is no problem. I ship worldwide for a maximum of 15€ and have fair pricing for a wide variety of materials. Here’s the link to my hub: www.3dhubs.com/siegen/hubs/marius If preferred you can also contact me via Skype: Nickname: railes123 Kind regards, Marius Breuer
I think the main issue might be the height of the print. It would probably need a split and glueing together after the print on most printers default build volume. Mine would need at least one split as I only got about half the build height.
Aside from that it should be printable quite easily. The crosses in the windows shouldn’t really be a problem for any printer with decent material cooling/bridging capability.
If you’re interested I can try to print some demo rings like for example one of the window layers for you as an example how it might look on a FDM machine. My printer is probably not the best calibrated one in the world (yet) but it should do ok for a little feeling about the possible look ok FDM. Either for pickup in reutlingen or via pictures. Free of charge and with no obligation to do the final print with my hub of course. Just a demo of object vs fdm
Hi there !
This sample is printable, however the overhanging front of the roof will need support material. If you want such a salte roof you will have to go with something like an SLA printer, to get the fine details and holes. The first tower would be easier to print.
If you want I can do a test print of the windows-section to see, how these small brides will turn out, as they are very small I don’t think, that this would cause any trouble.
The fact, that the cross of the windows is 0,8mm thick is perfect for my printer. I have 0,35mm nozzles which (due to gravity and stuff) lay down 0,4mm wide plastic strings in a print. This means, that exactly two of those strings (just in width) will make a perfect cross.
Other printers will maybe have too large nozzles => only one line for the bridge.
Or too small nozzles => infill pattern in the cross, which maybe causes trouble and looks ugly
If you want a sample you could start an enquiry on my hub:
www.3dhubs.com/siegen/hubs/marius
Is there anything special about this print ? Should it be paintable / out of a material blend (ie with wood, bamboo, sandstone or metal) / should it be very strong / optically clear / other color / shiny or matte appearance / stiff or flexible ?
these are most of the options that you have for material variety at my hub.
Feel free to contact me for more information and if you want a sample.
Kind regards,
Marius Breuer
A bit more details
As you can see the layers are quite distinquishable with FDM. There is the possibility to do a acetone vapor bath to smooth the surface if the print is ABS. Otherwise the layers will always be there.
With a resolution of 100microns this is somewhere between Medium and High Resolution on 3D Hubs. As for the cleanliness I guess there are printers that do fare better on FDM. But the overall Texture will stay.
That’s what I was expecting. Coming from an SLS process the lines created by an FDM print (as small as they might be overall - there are printers that print finer than what I can do with mine and overall can create a cleaner print due to better ooze prevention) are just not as nice as the grainy look and feel from an SLS print where the part is always naturally supported by the not bonded material and thus has perfect finish all around with no supports needed and nothing to remove.
The only real advantage of FDM vs SLS is cost of manufacturing.
