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06-15-2016, 05:28 PM #16
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I never said it can't be done. I said you aren't going to get the lifespan of a molded hinge out of it, by several orders of magnitude.
A molded hinge lasts millions of cycles.
I also said that you are not going to get that lifespan out of anything that requires a specific material other than flexible ones.
If you need to make something out of nylon, then you are stuck using nylon for the living hinge. If you print with a secondary material, then it is no longer a living hinge. By definition a living hinge is made with the same material as the rest of the part.
So it's all well and good to make toys with it, but if you need a working component that requires specific properties that the above mentioned polymer doesn't offer, then you need to print it with two materials, or live with the greatly reduced lifespan.
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