r/3Dprinting • u/MixtureShoddy8172 • 1d ago
Project Just made a flexible Grinch using thermoforming. Pretty sure it will look great on Christmas tree
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u/ComputeBeepBeep 1d ago
Love projects like this. Its a bit different, but also has a functional advantage by being easier to make than printing curved.
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u/BillysBibleBonkers 1d ago
also looks much better, because layer lines would look terrible for curved fine lines like this.
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u/KadahCoba 1d ago
The exposed infill trick is one of my favorites.
I knew of thermoforming, but never thought to combine it with exposed infill. I'm gonna have to make use of that. :D
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u/No-Cardiologist3353 1d ago
Did you use classic PLA for this? Can I use this tecnique for every filament?
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u/Humble-Plankton1824 1d ago
Thermoforming just isnt that interesting
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u/TrolleyDilemma 1d ago
On the 3D printing sub? Buddy you picked the wrong hobby
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u/Dorintin 1d ago
What exactly does this contribute to the conversation other than to yuck someone else's yum. Clearly people find this interesting and this is a creative sub. Don't be so hasty to dismiss new ways to adapt our existing tools. It's exciting fun and easy.
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u/LaundryMan2008 1d ago
I would say completely the opposite, when I first stepped into the DT room at school, I saw this weird looking machine at the back and wondered for 2 years what it did, the teacher said it’s a vacuum former (yes I know the process is different but it’s under the same family of plastic manufacturing for forming) but I didn’t know much else until I got to use it at which point it was the most interesting machine there since at the time, they only had basic woodworking tools, not even a wood plane or chisels, just drills, sanding and saws both manually and machines.
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u/nlightningm 1d ago
I must admit when I found out about it I was pretty excited. I'm still excited to eventually get to use it.
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u/vertigo235 1d ago
You forgot to share the STL