Part Gaps and Filling
Hello,
I am working on a print of a big ass sword right now, and while it is coming together rather well, and I haven't had any "obvious" bed warping, the parts still appear to have warped a little bit and don't fit together as tight as I would like.
So, rather than print it over, I think I can get buy with some filler.
What forms of filler do you recommend? The big problem I have is if I fill it, and I hold the sword, it's weight will bow and it will crack. I've seen this before.
I am considering the backing soda/super glue combo.
RE: Part Gaps and Filling
I just used some latex caulk on a white model that has joints I wanted to make less noticeable. Flexible is in their name... lol. I use glue at the better fitting points to hold things together ... caulk to fill. Also, clear E6000 adhesive is somewhat flexible, but the join in PLA isn't what I'd call robust. Swinging a sword assembled with it may be problematic -- you might turn your sword into atlatl ... lol.
I presume this is cosplay..?
For anything long, thin, and intended to be waved about consider leaving an internal channel into which a carbon-fibre rod can be inserted to take the bending stresses.
Cheerio,
RE: Part Gaps and Filling
It's more of a display piece but I do enjoy picking it up every now and then. Even if you don't "swing" it per say it's so big and top heavy it will stress anyway.
It is currently held in place with a piece of 3/16" all thread all down the center. It's enough to keep it together, but it it still bows.
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I'm familiar with superglue and sand, more often than not sourced in questionable ways (read: scrape up what's on the workspace floor).
Just pointing it out, "Baking soda" seems like rocket-in-your-pocket where plain inert sand doesn't accelerate the reaction, gives a bit more time if not in a hurry.
RE: Part Gaps and Filling
I'm in no rush... I am not the best painter/builder at the end of the project. I expect it to look off. I am just weighing my options. I only know about the baking soda/super glue trick thanks to youtube.
I'm familiar with superglue and sand, more often than not sourced in questionable ways (read: scrape up what's on the workspace floor).
Just pointing it out, "Baking soda" seems like rocket-in-your-pocket where plain inert sand doesn't accelerate the reaction, gives a bit more time if not in a hurry.
RE: Part Gaps and Filling
Somewhere in my collection I've even got a bottle of refined sand, tiny little glass spheres just for that purpose, sold for the price of gold.
Baking soda is an extremely efficient accelerator to CA glue hardening (pH value, water content). Sand is not, it'll just sit there and wait for the clock to tick another million years.
Use external accelerator spray (or just breath) at your own pace.