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Is it good grade plastic? Do you print it yourself? Want to team up on an a milk gallon jug attachment to pour cleanly?

mdorazio 8y ago
If OP is selling via Shapeways, it's printed and shipped by Shapeways in the user's choice of material. From the link, it looks like the only option for this one is Nylon, but that's about the strongest plastic you can get for things like gears.
- IanCal 8y ago
  Not necessarily suggesting it for this, but for anyone not used to shapeways they have a wide range of materials, with plastics of different types, metals (I have silver wedding rings I got printed there) and ceramics. I think sellers may be able to limit the materials to known working ones (each material has it's own requirements).
  - josinalvo 8y ago
    > metals (I have silver wedding rings I got printed there) was it to save money? or for some unique design?
    - IanCal 8y ago
      The goal was the unique design, but they were cheap too for wedding rings. I recorded each of us saying something to the other, then took the waveforms and made a ring from each one. Printing came to about £40 for each ring. https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMECi57zKtD6arv_-sL83gpYrrMLTo0UBI1KqVQWxYUcQSlHYKr4Vz2AwK5n4gJGA?key=Rm5Ya3RHT3ZWekxzaEI0c280YXJyclFJREZIenN3 https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMECi57zKtD6arv_-sL83gp...
      - kitten_smuggler 8y ago
        That's really cool, is there any way to scan it from your phone and hear it?
        IanCal 8y ago
        Thanks! I'm pretty happy with them. > is there any way to scan it from your phone and hear it? It's not detailed enough for that, though you can tell the cadence and reliably guess at the number of words. If you know what we said, and only we do, then you can see it.
      - orpheline 8y ago
        Very nice!
gmanley 8y ago
If you take a look at the shapeways page OP links he mentions that the nylon material is technically not rated food grade due to it being slightly porous. This can cause particles of the food to stick in the holes. He mentions it's not much of an issue with coffee since that just means some stale coffee, however I imagine it might be more of a problem with milk. It looks like shapeways has a variety of material, however.

If OP is selling via Shapeways, it's printed and shipped by Shapeways in the user's choice of material. From the link, it looks like the only option for this one is Nylon, but that's about the strongest plastic you can get for things like gears.

IanCal 8y ago
Not necessarily suggesting it for this, but for anyone not used to shapeways they have a wide range of materials, with plastics of different types, metals (I have silver wedding rings I got printed there) and ceramics. I think sellers may be able to limit the materials to known working ones (each material has it's own requirements).
- josinalvo 8y ago
  > metals (I have silver wedding rings I got printed there) was it to save money? or for some unique design?
  - IanCal 8y ago
    The goal was the unique design, but they were cheap too for wedding rings. I recorded each of us saying something to the other, then took the waveforms and made a ring from each one. Printing came to about £40 for each ring. https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMECi57zKtD6arv_-sL83gpYrrMLTo0UBI1KqVQWxYUcQSlHYKr4Vz2AwK5n4gJGA?key=Rm5Ya3RHT3ZWekxzaEI0c280YXJyclFJREZIenN3 https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMECi57zKtD6arv_-sL83gp...
    - kitten_smuggler 8y ago
      That's really cool, is there any way to scan it from your phone and hear it?
      - IanCal 8y ago
        Thanks! I'm pretty happy with them. > is there any way to scan it from your phone and hear it? It's not detailed enough for that, though you can tell the cadence and reliably guess at the number of words. If you know what we said, and only we do, then you can see it.
    - orpheline 8y ago
      Very nice!

gmanley 8y ago

If you take a look at the shapeways page OP links he mentions that the nylon material is technically not rated food grade due to it being slightly porous. This can cause particles of the food to stick in the holes. He mentions it's not much of an issue with coffee since that just means some stale coffee, however I imagine it might be more of a problem with milk. It looks like shapeways has a variety of material, however.