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

  • 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.