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This jigger case mold has a step that provides the ideal place to split it into two pieces for printing. It is unnecessary to complicate the drawing by doing it in the 3D design app because the 3D slicer software can do it. In Simplify3D I just pushed the object downward on the platform (anything below does not print). Prusa Slicer (and Slic3r) has a cutter tool to split an object in two. Either piece can then be flipped over for faster printing (e.g. less printed support). Had this been printed as one piece support would have been necessary under the step, that would have slowed the process and affected the quality. After printing, I just super-glued the two pieces together.
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3D Printer
Standard 3D printers (not clay 3D printers) are incredibly useful in ceramic production and design, bringing difficult processes within reach of potters and hobbyists. |
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