We’re accustomed to covering the use of 3D printing in casting, usually as a lost-PLA former in metal casting. That’s not the only use of the technique though, and perhaps one of the si…
  • RegalPotoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Having tried similar things, I cannot stress enough how much you want to be printing molds like this in TPU unless you really really want your mold to be permanently embedded in the concrete

    • hooferboof@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Pla and a heatgun works but its not ideal. Definitely takes a while to melt off from more complex geometries akd isnt reusable.

      In theory ABS is acetone soluable but ive been having a hard time coming up with a usecase where acetone is preferable to anything else