Another New Maker Toy

[henryhbk]

@mad_macs

I’d be kind of curious about one of these for acetone. I’m currently doing the old paint-can-on-a-hot-plate method. Works really well, reasonably unsafe, and wastes a lot of acetone though.

An atomizer for acetone sounds incredibly dangerous. Any leaks and a flame source and you room explodes…

[mad_macs]

Agreed.

[palmercr]

I haven’t tried it but I think you can dilute acetone with water to make it less agressive and dip ABS prints in that to smooth them.

[ekla]

@rusty.tracey

but the combination of machine cost, combined with the lock in on using their proprietary filament

There was a 3D printer maker at the most recent SIGGRAPH showing off several prints using the Polysmooth filament that looked really great. The interesting part is they said they weren’t using the Polysher at all, either they left the prints alone or just gave them a quick dip in drug store variety isopropyl alcohol.

Polysmooth is about double the cost is ABS or PLA but the easier and safer post processing might make it worth it for me. (most of my 3D printing is done in an office environment where speed is critical)