hello I am new to 3d printing and I want to understand how the light passes through the cap I tried and on my side the light does not pass well... is there a type of filament and a thickness recommended? thanks
Hi @rodley1806, I used PLA + white filament (nothing special), but the design for the cap ends up as a hollow letter with a wall thickness of between 1mm & 2mm (mine worked out to 1mm). This helps to not be too thick for light to go through, but still sturdy enough to slide into the base. Cheers!
great video but you skipped a lot of steps such as making the caps for the friction fit caps did you reduce anything like underextrude 1mm inwards or just matched the same opening dimensions?
Hi @rawtravisawr, apologies on that - I did go through that part too quickly in the video & did not explain in detail. I used the same dimensions for the inside letters as what I originally started with, but I extruded (inward) a 1mm "wall" to make a lip which would then fit onto the base and to give the cap a bit of rigidity. Because the caps are printed with only a 1mm wall, there is a bit of flex to push them into the base. I have an old Ender 3 Pro printer and its tolerances can sometimes be a bit "off" 🙂 - so my L & M letters fit quite snug, but the J was a bit loose. Hope this helps!
Just the tutorial I needed. Thank you much good sir!!
You’re welcome! Glad it was useful.
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hello I am new to 3d printing and I want to understand how the light passes through the cap I tried and on my side the light does not pass well... is there a type of filament and a thickness recommended?
thanks
Hi @rodley1806,
I used PLA + white filament (nothing special), but the design for the cap ends up as a hollow letter with a wall thickness of between 1mm & 2mm (mine worked out to 1mm).
This helps to not be too thick for light to go through, but still sturdy enough to slide into the base.
Cheers!
@@LazyManJoe thanks for the reply
love it
great video but you skipped a lot of steps such as making the caps
for the friction fit caps did you reduce anything like underextrude 1mm inwards or just matched the same opening dimensions?
Hi @rawtravisawr, apologies on that - I did go through that part too quickly in the video & did not explain in detail.
I used the same dimensions for the inside letters as what I originally started with, but I extruded (inward) a 1mm "wall" to make a lip which would then fit onto the base and to give the cap a bit of rigidity.
Because the caps are printed with only a 1mm wall, there is a bit of flex to push them into the base.
I have an old Ender 3 Pro printer and its tolerances can sometimes be a bit "off" 🙂 - so my L & M letters fit quite snug, but the J was a bit loose.
Hope this helps!
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