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  1. #11
    Student
    Join Date
    Jan 2016
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    The idea of the pebbles is interesting. I wonder if sand would work as it is just a bunch of much smaller pebbles and still porous.

  2. #12
    A good cheap alternative would be to get some aluminum window screen at your local hardware store. easy to form into a base, with only a need to weight it to keep the prints down. some cheap fishing weights attached to the edges would handle that.

  3. #13
    Engineer-in-Training
    Join Date
    Sep 2013
    Location
    San Diego
    Posts
    210
    Tried window screen, the print attaches like a barnacle!

  4. #14
    I am still liking the small wire mesh but in steel because after you remove the model it would be easy to recover the mesh by removing the printed "base". Also I would be able to make it into an inverted cone or tube so I could anchor supports to it if I find that those are needed. The main reason for wanting a smaller mesh is that it would add allot of flexability to designing supports and the base, you wouldn't have to worry to much about not attaching to a wire. JMHO

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