WP-34S / 31S Key Caps?
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04-10-2014, 09:31 PM
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RE: WP-34S / 31S Key Caps?
The main issue with nearly all consumer 3D printing technologies (yes, both FDM *and* SLA) is that the top surface will never ever be 100% smooth.
Which makes it unsuitable for this particular application. You could print the keys upside down, but then you lose the ability to make anything but a completely flat profile (i.e. no slant at the bottom of the key). You could sand and polish them, but then you lose the whole point of *rapid* prototyping Regarding multi-colored printing - it's currently fairly messy with the FDM printers and impossible with SLA printers. Certainly not applicable to printing keys. There are color-mixing extruder hotends on the horizon (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmn7K1U06Wc) but i don't think those will be applicable nor convenient for this purpose (and, besides, they're still not here). What can be done (and is a fairly common trick) is changing the filament midprint from one color to the other, with the top layers having a cutout so the other color shows through. Bear in mind that even that will look fairly ugly, as the cutouts will be far from crisp and regular. |
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WP-34S / 31S Key Caps? - Jake Schwartz - 04-10-2014, 06:09 PM
RE: WP-34S / 31S Key Caps? - walter b - 04-10-2014, 07:08 PM
RE: WP-34S / 31S Key Caps? - orcinus - 04-10-2014 09:31 PM
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