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11-30-2015, 04:55 PM #11
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I must remind you once again that I do not have my own printer. I will be using a printing service. I do not have the technical expertise to even begin to know how to do it myself. Most of what you have said about shells and infills and slicers is like a foreign language to me. Furthermore, none of the printing services I have checked will let me fine-tune things the way you are describing them.
The 1.5 mm support I was describing was apparently not at all what you were referring to. What I do know is that in the case of aluminum, I have a laptop tray as a reference point. It is able to support well over 5 pounds and it appears to be less than an 1/8 inch. Instead of four rectangular empty spaces, it has circular cutouts, but it's mostly the same amount of surface area as the design image I shared. This is only for reference. I know that nylon would not be as strong, but if I had some idea of the differences in specific strength between the two materials, I would be closer to understanding if my idea would work.
Please explain to me how to...
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