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Old 09-22-2015, 09:53 AM
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Default Re: The Make Something Every Week Contest

If you're careful, you can bend your prints by warming them up. I've used one of those electric hot air guns that you use for paint stripping and the like, but even a powerful hair dryer might work. I've also done it by putting the parts in a low oven for a while.

Use gloves to avoid getting burned and experiment with some scrap prints before you try to bend the real thing.

I don't like automatically generated support material, but sometimes I build some thin support struts into my designs - it's pretty easy to add them if you use openScad, and you can place them where they're easy to cut off once the print is done. :steal:
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