I love seeing manufacturing and 3d printing in mfg settings. I work in mfg (not 3d printing, sadly).

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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

This is a great video. Here is my best guess for the process, but I'm not a 100%

  • Use weird mouse to make design
  • Use a water soluble adhesive so the filament sticks
  • Clean up edges with a torch
  • Put resin in for stability and UV cure
  • Put color resin in for front look and UV cure
  • Put really cool LED tape on that I would love to have the source for
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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Put really cool LED tape on that I would love to have the source for

    This stuff is available from Amazon and probably cheaper on Aliexpress. I have a roll of white LEDs with a sticky backing, which is a lot like the stuff used in the video. I also recently ordered this stuff which is a UVA LED with a sticky backing. My plan being to try and pair it with glow in the dark PLA to get a nice glow effect.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    There are a few variety of that LED strip, and I use em for all sorts of junk. Just built a big backlight piece for my living room with maybe $80 worth. Look for WS2812 and you're on your way to multiple varieties using the same chips!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    All that white filament. They must go through a lot of nozzles.

    Though it's hard to see from the video whether they're using something special like a ruby-tipped one or whatever. Also, maybe a wider nozzle makes a difference.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Awesome video, very cool to watch FDM 3D printing used in a modern manufacturing process. That said I don't think "Mass producing" is the correct term here. A boutique sign company offering custom, chiefly handmade signs (after the printing is complete) is the opposite of mass production: A lot of work is going in to each of these and they probably aren't churning them out.

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  • [–] [B] 2 points 2 years ago

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    From the same channel, making prosthetic hands with resin 3d printing, lots of expensive equipment and many refining hours from artists https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eds5UbkluFs

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