Originally Posted by
WheresWaldo
A few things, I went to YouImagine, first I heard of this site, not as many things up there are Thingiverse, but I need to browse a bit more. So thanks for mentioning it.
Yeah, I was heavily into Thingiverse until Makerbot (who owns the site) decided that they could go closed source and make their fortune on a printer that was still 90% open source derived. Screw them. I pulled all my designs. They're still the biggest repository but I'm not playing with them anymore.
Originally Posted by
WheresWaldo
I have used Shapeways to print a few things since I don't have a 3D printer myself, for most prints they use SLS. I find the texture and strength of the SLS parts to my liking. Since home 3D Printers use FDM, have you had a chance to compare similar parts printed using both technologies?
No, I have no need of anything better than what I can get on my own printer.
Originally Posted by
WheresWaldo
Have you tried "finishing" your parts with an Acetone Vapor Bath?
No, I have no need. It seems kind of counterproductive, since it ruins the dimensional accuracy and it makes the part slippery - for mechanical parts I usually do not want slippery. Also Acetone only works with ABS and I really hate ABS as a print material, I gave all mine away and use only PLA.
I noticed that seat post mount on the site recently. Looks interesting. My problem is that I use a rack trunk bag on my bikes so I can't mount my camera anywhere around there (or my taillight either). I may have to build a reflector bracket mount for the rear camera.