I’m curious if anyone uses sandblasting for cleaning up their prints. If not, what’s your favorite way to clean them up?

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Sanding with loosenmedia :)

    I suspect airblasting is going to be too aggressive for plastic (or perhaps more accurately too uneven,). But a vibe tank is usually just right.

    Another that can can be made with printed parts and a motor is a rock tumbler. Slower, sure, but it has the advantage of easy printing.

    Personally, I usually just sand things with a sponge block or scraps of sand paper.

    • IMALlama@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Have you made a printed rock tumbler? I am somewhat considering making one for my kids, but don’t know how long the container would last.

      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I’ve… not. I just remember playing with one as a kid. It was literally just a motor with a gear train to make it go slowish and a plastic jar.

        Edit: wow. Rock tumblers have gotten expensive…this is now gonna have to be a back-burner project, me thinks.

          • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            The ones I’m seeing are like 60-500, no way my parents would have dropped that for a toy. (Specifically one that lasted of 2 weeks,)

      • exploding_whale@lemmy.mlEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Might be worth trying a plastidip or some sort of urethane or rubberized coating on the inside. And the a big rubberband tire on the rollers That would make it last longer and be repairable.