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> 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 (la
by 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.