Members Chakotay Posted March 21, 2019 Members Report Posted March 21, 2019 Been thinking about it for a while for holsters I make on a regular basis, so I finally decided to give it a try. For those into 3d printing, you know it can be a process... 1. Traced my holster in Adobe Illustrator and designed my pattern. Once done, I exported the files as an .svg. 2. I then imported the files into Tinkercad, extruded, and export as .stl 3. Import the .stl into my slicer (I used Slic3r Prusa edition). 4. Print the file! My printer is a Prusa Mk2.5S. The print is lightly wet-sanded to get the stamping surface flat. I discovered it was better to lightly hammer the pattern onto the leather rather than just trying to press the impression on. Quote
Members chrisash Posted March 21, 2019 Members Report Posted March 21, 2019 Nice work, what size is the line width and what filament did you use and height, it looks very sharp, If I was doing it so fine i think i would have used PET-g or something exotic, very impressed Quote Mi omputer is ot ood at speeling , it's not me
Members JazzBass Posted March 21, 2019 Members Report Posted March 21, 2019 Wow...it takes the idea of craft aids and tap-offs to a whole new level. It does look like the lines are a bit thick... curious about how you feel about the result, and if you'd make any "adjustments" to subsequent patterns. In any case, this is a real winner! Those tap-offs look like they'd last forever. Quote Christopher J. Gordanhttps://www.youtube.com/user/ChrisGordan
Members dikman Posted March 21, 2019 Members Report Posted March 21, 2019 Very clever, Chakotay. Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
Members Chakotay Posted March 21, 2019 Author Members Report Posted March 21, 2019 Yes, the lines are thick, but the they're only 2 perimeters wide. I don't think a 1-perimeter wall would survive being hammered into leather. For a quick, customized, repeatable guide, I think it works perfectly. Beats having to trace it out each time. I've already done the tooling (pict below . . . not the greatest work, but you get the point). Just regular PLA (cheap Inland brand from Micromart), 100% infill. I wasn't really paying attention to the extrusion height, but looking at the file it's 3.5 mm total height. Quote
Members JazzBass Posted March 21, 2019 Members Report Posted March 21, 2019 Gorgeous! The results speak for themselves. Quote Christopher J. Gordanhttps://www.youtube.com/user/ChrisGordan
mikesc Posted March 21, 2019 Report Posted March 21, 2019 Very nice "quick" "how to"..Thank-you for taking the time to photograph it and to post it.. :) Quote "Don't you know that women are the only works of Art" .. ( Don Henley and "some French painter in a field" )
Members dikman Posted March 22, 2019 Members Report Posted March 22, 2019 I suppose you could glue it to a backing board for greater rigidity when tapping it? Quote Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500. Chinese shoe patcher; Singer 201K (old hand crank)
Members chrisash Posted March 22, 2019 Members Report Posted March 22, 2019 Please can you tell me what is the actual mm width as 2 perimeters wide is not a term i am familiar with Quote Mi omputer is ot ood at speeling , it's not me
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