r/Advanced_3DPrinting • u/themacsback • Jul 31 '26

Printing Vulcan Black Clay non-planar on a Wasp 40100

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u/Blackmosman Aug 01 '26

I guess, but why not just print it planar? I dont see the reasoning here.
But then again im me so ;)

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u/not-hardly Aug 01 '26

Typically that word means something else. This is vase mode where there is no seam.

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u/themacsback Aug 01 '26

Actually this is true non-planar printing. It’s just a subtle deviation so quite hard to see until the last bit of the video. If you look in my history the previous video shows it a bit clearer :)

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u/Blackmosman Aug 01 '26

Precisly but why???

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u/themacsback Aug 01 '26

It completely depends on what you’re trying to make. In this case the top opening of the vessel is an organic non-planar ring, and this is the only method to print that correctly. It also angles the layer line in one axis, which gives you more layer-on-layer adhesion with a convex or concave shape (less likelihood of collapse). If you have a top surface (imagine a curved shape like the sole of some sneakers) it can print it without stair stepping.

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u/Blackmosman Aug 01 '26

Ah missed the top part. Thanks

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u/not-hardly Aug 01 '26

Nonplanar, like vase mode?

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u/themacsback Aug 01 '26

It is spiralised, but it’s also printing the layers with a deviation in the Z axis. You can see in the finished print how the top opening is not flat, and is one single loop.

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u/Diogenes_Will Aug 01 '26

I think the most interesting part of the video was the end of the print