Fantastic 'trick'! I sometimes accomplish a similar thing on flat surfaces by using 3D printer resin. I cut the recessed text about 0.8mm into a part, the same way you did, then print the part as usual. I then squirt colored resin from a 'needle' squirt bottle into the text recess, slightly over-filling it so the resin's meniscus sits proud of the surface, then harden it with my UV flashlight. A little sanding to flush up the inlay (sanding I do anyway), and Bob's your uncle. But your technique will work on non-flat surfaces (by using FreeCAD's project tools to form-fit text onto any surface), so it's a winner. I'm so glad you got yourself a 3D printer...looking forward to seeing whatever else you do with it.
Now that sounds like you would get a very smooth and nice finish. Reminds me of sign making where you add the appoxy to lettering on a wood cut sign and sand it down. Thanks for sharing that, always great to get comments that add extra knowledge. Yes looking forward to trying out some ideas. I have some friends who have been doing 3D printing for me but I didn't want to bother them each time though they were grateful for the CAD help. Now I can experiment without bothering them all the time :)
This one has my mind wandering (grinding) on uses for face binder. Creating chamfers on a more complex face. Interesting. There are so many ways to do this. Thank you again. You are a great teacher. Of course the next step is going from text to graphic inlays. Sweet.
Freecad offers so many tools that can be used in so many ways. I have a back log of 'things to solve' and this one has been waiting for the moment the 3D printer arrives. Its great that this is starting to get grey matter working 😁 the community are sending me more and more messages about what they are using the videos for which is great. Somehow I need to feed that into the channel maybe append it into the description of the videos to give more examples of what they can be used for. Graphical inlays are on the list. It's interesting to see how people have done this with z hop but it only allows for flat inlays rather than curved. Thanks for the comments and glad your enjoying the videos.
Another excellent video. Can not wait to try this technique myself. This doesn't surprise me as all your videos are top shelf. Stay healthy and thank you for another great video.
Thanks a lot , I was struggling around it. Your chamfer idea didn't work for my fonts so I 2d offseted the shape binder, extruded the new thicker font, engraved it to my part and then used the original (not offseted ) shape binder as my inlay. Just another way for fonts that don't chamfer well. Thanks again
Thank you for following up with your solution to problematic fonts. Really great for everyone when viewers add to the comments. Really enriches the channel. Thank you for that and glad you enjoyed the video.
Thank you. Glad your enjoying. Yes now I don't have to bother friends with their 3d printers to test things out I can really experiment with some ideas. It's going to bring an additional dimension to the channel. 😁
Very useful information. Could you please list which 3d printer with type of nozzle, well basically your setup. Which slicer app what type of plastic used and if it was on a roll feeder?
I tried exporting my 3D models directly from Freecad however Creality Print could not read the STLs. I had to use the Mesh workbench to convert my models to a mesh before exporting the mesh which works 100% of the time.
My project's letters are way too small to apply the technique shown well here. I need to make white text inlays in black material described in a single file like 3MF or OBJ. I have no printer, sending 3MF or OBJ files off to a large 3D printing firm. No one in You Tube has a tutorial how to do this (print in two colors) in FreeCAD. I understand one needs to use or reference texture files. My texture files would be plain old black.png and white.png.
That tip you gave me with the pritstick worked a treat 👍👍 Found some glass in the garage so started to make a glass bed rather than buy one. Found out it was safety glass, a broom and 5 million pieces later I decided to abandon that idea 😂 yep enjoying it 😁
@@MangoJellySolutions Sounds like fun. People like garolite if you can source big enough pieces, apparently knife supplies shops have it and it's rather cheap. PEI is my own personal favourite. Not a fan of the glass.
Great video as usual. If you get the 3d printer modification bug, I'd definitely recommend converting to a removable flexible print surface and adding a height sensor to allow multipoint automatic bed levelling - I did it to my ancient Prusa i3 clone printer a couple of years ago and it's an absolute game changer when it comes to ease of use.
The new version of PrusaSlicer now supports STEP files too. So you can export to step instead of stl.
Exactly what I was looking for, great explanation!
Fantastic 'trick'!
I sometimes accomplish a similar thing on flat surfaces by using 3D printer resin. I cut the recessed text about 0.8mm into a part, the same way you did, then print the part as usual. I then squirt colored resin from a 'needle' squirt bottle into the text recess, slightly over-filling it so the resin's meniscus sits proud of the surface, then harden it with my UV flashlight. A little sanding to flush up the inlay (sanding I do anyway), and Bob's your uncle.
But your technique will work on non-flat surfaces (by using FreeCAD's project tools to form-fit text onto any surface), so it's a winner.
I'm so glad you got yourself a 3D printer...looking forward to seeing whatever else you do with it.
Now that sounds like you would get a very smooth and nice finish. Reminds me of sign making where you add the appoxy to lettering on a wood cut sign and sand it down. Thanks for sharing that, always great to get comments that add extra knowledge. Yes looking forward to trying out some ideas. I have some friends who have been doing 3D printing for me but I didn't want to bother them each time though they were grateful for the CAD help. Now I can experiment without bothering them all the time :)
This one has my mind wandering (grinding) on uses for face binder. Creating chamfers on a more complex face. Interesting. There are so many ways to do this. Thank you again. You are a great teacher. Of course the next step is going from text to graphic inlays. Sweet.
Freecad offers so many tools that can be used in so many ways. I have a back log of 'things to solve' and this one has been waiting for the moment the 3D printer arrives. Its great that this is starting to get grey matter working 😁 the community are sending me more and more messages about what they are using the videos for which is great. Somehow I need to feed that into the channel maybe append it into the description of the videos to give more examples of what they can be used for. Graphical inlays are on the list. It's interesting to see how people have done this with z hop but it only allows for flat inlays rather than curved. Thanks for the comments and glad your enjoying the videos.
Another excellent video. Can not wait to try this technique myself. This doesn't surprise me as all your videos are top shelf. Stay healthy and thank you for another great video.
Thank you :) So pleased your enjoy these videos.
Thanks for another great video tutorial , darren . Sorry for the loss of your Queen. Hope you're doing well and have a great day .
Terry
Thanks a lot , I was struggling around it. Your chamfer idea didn't work for my fonts so I 2d offseted the shape binder, extruded the new thicker font, engraved it to my part and then used the original (not offseted ) shape binder as my inlay. Just another way for fonts that don't chamfer well. Thanks again
Thank you for following up with your solution to problematic fonts. Really great for everyone when viewers add to the comments. Really enriches the channel. Thank you for that and glad you enjoyed the video.
Outstanding!! I have learned soooooo much watching your videos! Keep up the good work!
Great to hear, glad your enjoying the channel 😊
Amazing. Thank you 🙂
Fantastic, as always. Please apply more freecad functionalities to 3d printing. I think it's what we all want to learn freecad for. Thank you.
Thank you. Glad your enjoying. Yes now I don't have to bother friends with their 3d printers to test things out I can really experiment with some ideas. It's going to bring an additional dimension to the channel. 😁
Very useful information. Could you please list which 3d printer with type of nozzle, well basically your setup. Which slicer app what type of plastic used and if it was on a roll feeder?
Awesome, thank you. Cheers
That's gold right there
Thank you 😊👍
Thank you
I tried exporting my 3D models directly from Freecad however Creality Print could not read the STLs. I had to use the Mesh workbench to convert my models to a mesh before exporting the mesh which works 100% of the time.
thanks
Can you use Transparent Filament to produce a Light cube with text inside, so you can add a light source to bottom to illuminate. If so how
Did you use pla fillament or other for both prints?😊
It's PLA for both. The grey silver one is a silk pla which I got on offer
My project's letters are way too small to apply the technique shown well here.
I need to make white text inlays in black material described in a single file like 3MF or OBJ. I have no printer, sending 3MF or OBJ files off to a large 3D printing firm. No one in You Tube has a tutorial how to do this (print in two colors) in FreeCAD. I understand one needs to use or reference texture files. My texture files would be plain old black.png and white.png.
Enjoying your 3D printer then.
That tip you gave me with the pritstick worked a treat 👍👍 Found some glass in the garage so started to make a glass bed rather than buy one. Found out it was safety glass, a broom and 5 million pieces later I decided to abandon that idea 😂 yep enjoying it 😁
@@MangoJellySolutions Sounds like fun. People like garolite if you can source big enough pieces, apparently knife supplies shops have it and it's rather cheap. PEI is my own personal favourite. Not a fan of the glass.
Great video as usual. If you get the 3d printer modification bug, I'd definitely recommend converting to a removable flexible print surface and adding a height sensor to allow multipoint automatic bed levelling - I did it to my ancient Prusa i3 clone printer a couple of years ago and it's an absolute game changer when it comes to ease of use.
Well isn't this nifty.