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Old 06-04-2018, 04:27 PM
EdKozk2 EdKozk2 is offline
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Originally Posted by rld-tv01 View Post
I created a 7.5 inch Nipkow Disk 3D printer STL file using a 2D drawing to 3D output program. It requires about 17.5 meters of PLA plastic filament. There is 340 meters of plastic filament on a reel. My 3D printer would take approximately 5 1/2 hours to print the 7.5 inch disk. The disk is currently designed to be 2 mm thick. The 2D drawing and screen snapshot of the 3D file is attached. I might try printing one out in the next couple days when I'll be home all day. I just got the 3D printer a couple months ago and haven't printed anything which took over 1 1/2 hours to print.
Just curious,
Is your program set to form rectangular scanning holes? I thought I remember reading in Peter Yanczers' work, he preferred rectangular holes. It gave a better quality image I believe he said.
Ed
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