Printing in 3 dimensions, part 2...

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Single nozzle, single mesh, dynamic Z... And yes, I didn't turn off gravity, but the balance between speed, feed rate and cooling makes it possible to print mid-air. Made a movie as well and another one: see also www.rooiejoris.nl facebook.com/europerminutedesign http://www.thingiverse.com/joris Part one on printing in three dimensions, finally... can be found on: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:75735 HISTORY This started by making a better light around the nozzle. [Inspired by www.thingiverse.com/thing:117345] This made me think of attaching the radial fan in a better and printable way. So light and fan were merged and mounted so simply that I tried my test with two radial fans which I wanted to do for a long time already. This gave so much cooling that the material can be cooled instantly. TEST The first spiral test is really simple and generated with Cura. Layer height on 20 mm and spiralize on. To compensate for the material flow, I made the wall thickness very thin, like 0.04 mm. The second I sliced with 2mm layer height and creates a very nice spring. Everything is printed with a 1mm nozzle.