Her name is Billie Ruben, interesting choice.
...because? I'm not sure what you mean.
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#22Her name is Billie Ruben, interesting choice.
...because? I'm not sure what you mean.
I think it's a reference to bilirubin[1], a compound used in the liver for breaking down red blood cells.
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#23I have questions. If you're doing it all yourself why do you need to go to a silicone shop and "talk to the experts about your needs"? Why tell a beginner to use 3D Builder or Meshmixer when you could do it in ninety seconds in Tinkercad? Why would you slice it in Chitubox to get the volume when your original modeling program or regular slicer would give you that info? On what printer is 0.25mm a step-integer layer h…
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That's not a shallow dismissal. I don't understand some of these choices and I want to know why they were made. I want to know why I'm wrong.
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#24I have questions. If you're doing it all yourself why do you need to go to a silicone shop and "talk to the experts about your needs"? Why tell a beginner to use 3D Builder or Meshmixer when you could do it in ninety seconds in Tinkercad? Why would you slice it in Chitubox to get the volume when your original modeling program or regular slicer would give you that info? On what printer is 0.25mm a step-integer layer h…
From the Guidelines : https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something.
That isn't a shallow dismissal.
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#25I have questions. If you're doing it all yourself why do you need to go to a silicone shop and "talk to the experts about your needs"? Why tell a beginner to use 3D Builder or Meshmixer when you could do it in ninety seconds in Tinkercad? Why would you slice it in Chitubox to get the volume when your original modeling program or regular slicer would give you that info? On what printer is 0.25mm a step-integer layer h…
1. Not all silicones are equal
2. Different 3d modeling programs are better at different things. Meshmixer is really good at some organic shape manipulations. Tinkercad is very limiting.
3. Not all slicing programs will give you the volume
4. Just because it isn't a default in your printers config doesn't mean it won't work.
5. Clone a willy kits have limitations, may not suit your needs or be available, or you may want more control of the process.
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#26The core of this technique is the use of beeswax to act as both a filler/smoothing agent and mould release. A clever hack - but I'm confused by some things: - the assertion that 3d printed materials are not body safe; PLA (the most common 3d printing material) is nontoxic and used for utensils (although agreed that the layer lines are a hygiene hazard) - the description of the "traditional" method as printing a posit…
I wouldn't fear a PLA thing first use; but cleaning it thoroughly enough to re-use is going to be a challenge without special effort applied to finishing it after printing.
Beeswax temp: Thermal mass of the print is probably high enough that it sucks the heat out of the wax before melting much surface feature. in this case, smoothing bumps is beneficial.
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#27> So traditionally you'd have to print a blank and smooth it (with loads of manual sanding and buffing), and then cast a silicone mould around it, add a mold release ($$$) and THEN (finally!) cast your actual sex toy. The process is here to print the negative and then do a thin layer of beeswax inside to smooth the layer lines from the print. I haven’t done either method but would like to try it out soon. I’ll probab…
She mentions that it loses a fair bit of surface details, so good for largish organic things, but maybe not so good for miniatures?
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#30I have questions. If you're doing it all yourself why do you need to go to a silicone shop and "talk to the experts about your needs"? Why tell a beginner to use 3D Builder or Meshmixer when you could do it in ninety seconds in Tinkercad? Why would you slice it in Chitubox to get the volume when your original modeling program or regular slicer would give you that info? On what printer is 0.25mm a step-integer layer h…
1. Not all silicones are equal 2. Different 3d modeling programs are better at different things. Meshmixer is really good at some organic shape manipulations. Tinkercad is very limiting. 3. Not all slicing programs will give you the volume 4. Just because it isn't a default in your printers config doesn't mean it won't work. 5. Clone a willy kits have limitations, may not suit your needs or be available, or you may w…
> Meshmixer is really good at some organic shape manipulations.
FTR, Blender and MoI3D is also good choice for organic (NURBS/B-spline) surface modeling.