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...because? I'm not sure what you mean.
Maybe she's full of bile.
mean.
3D Printing Sex Toys
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#72I 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…
You go to the shop and ask so you get the right product because silicones that are safe for this are rare and rarely advertised as such.
Because 3D builder is legit better than tinkercad in many ways, but you're free to use tinkercad, it's totally a matter of preference. I actually list it as an option in the article, so not sure what prompted this comment.
Tinkercad won't give you volume info and nor will most organic sculpting software.
Are you talking about "magic numbers" with regard to the layer height? If so, I'm printing on a delta so it basically doesn't matter.
Yes, because it removes the layer lines, which is the main health risk in printed toys (and without smoothing those layer lines just get transferred to the toy, silicone picks up microscopic details)
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
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Re: 3D Printing Sex Toys
#74I 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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hey thank you for saying this, I also though the tone was pretty off.
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#75> 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…
Or, depending on the polymer, smoothing can be done chemically. This is simple, cheap and clean by comparison. I have the same inclination to try it too. I think it's brilliant.
Thanks!
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#76Not interested in her specific application, but good info none the less about how to do reusable and fast 3D printed silicon molds with smooth surfaces. It suffers a loss of detail, but that acceptability depends entirely on your intended application.
Another technique is to print in ABS and then give it an acetone vapor bath - you preserve details much better, but setting all that up is a pain and a little dangerous.
Also you end up with gooey ABS to leech VOCs into your toy. :/ I really worry about that method.
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#77I'm not judging, but that is an amusingly non-human looking phallus that she has crafted.
I already have a great human dick I get to play with.
A dildo would be a poor substitute for him.
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#78this is totally off topic. but where did she get those scissors that are in the video at the end - they are gorgeous. never thought i'd have scissor envy
aren't they great? I got them at Spotlight here in Australia but I've since seen them on aliexpress too. :)
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
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'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.
I think the trouble was your tone, it's important to remember that another real life human made this article.