Faux Barbed Wire 3D Printed Jewellery
2023-Feb-22, Wednesday 11:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chebeThe best feature of TPU is that it's flexible. Which makes it an ideal material for wearable 3D prints. If I can figure out how to handle it. To that end I gave this Faux Barbed Wire Choker and Bracelet Instructable a go.
Did I mention that TPU is stringy? Well, it is. The lower example in this photo is how they come off the bed. Then the work is trying to pull off most of the strings, snipping chunky pieces, and then melting messy bits. The Instructable mentions burning them off. This is how I learnt that TPU is flammable. The top example is what my attempts to clean up the prints results in. Each shiny, rounded blob is where fire happened.
I persevered, and had a few goes. I am under-whelmed by the results. Partly because of the burning, but also because of the very clearly visible layer lines. The ones in the Instructable came out much better. I've got a ways to go yet. TPU is tricky y'all.
Did I mention that TPU is stringy? Well, it is. The lower example in this photo is how they come off the bed. Then the work is trying to pull off most of the strings, snipping chunky pieces, and then melting messy bits. The Instructable mentions burning them off. This is how I learnt that TPU is flammable. The top example is what my attempts to clean up the prints results in. Each shiny, rounded blob is where fire happened.
I persevered, and had a few goes. I am under-whelmed by the results. Partly because of the burning, but also because of the very clearly visible layer lines. The ones in the Instructable came out much better. I've got a ways to go yet. TPU is tricky y'all.
The cleaned up, and straight off the bed, versions
Photo by chebe
