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Hmm, milling is complicated, milling hot plastic is almost impossible, but maybe a head with heated rod to gently iron the plastic? Like ironing with printhead,
by yetihehe 2y ago
Hmm, milling is complicated, milling hot plastic is almost impossible, but maybe a head with heated rod to gently iron the plastic? Like ironing with printhead, but specifically shaped to also iron laterally?
- justinclift 2y ago> milling hot plastic is almost impossible Automatic pause time of (say) 5 mins before starting the mill process? Or even some kind of thermal measurement (laser?) instead of using a fixed time. Perhaps even fan forced cooling? The milling tool would need some kind of vacuum near it anyway for debris clearance.
- yetihehe 2y agoIf it was done after the print, you could use water (mist) cooling, would probably help a lot with preventing plastic sticking to your endmill. If it's done mid print, you would probably like to do it for each layer, so no long cool times and it should be hot anyway for next layer. Using printhead for this (like for ironing top layers) would create a lot of blobs from dripping plastic.
- nom 2y agoI can imagine a tool head for ironing. Small metal sphere on a rod, like those touch probes, attached to a heating block. Every couple layers you could iron all the walls, fix those layer lines and overhangs you get on shallow angles. Tool changers are awesome, I can't wait!