A trick we have sometimes used on RepRap is to make a part with a
sparse interior fill and then to pour in PU resin to fill the voids.
That makes the thing pretty strong. You could obviously use a more
specialised resin with a higher Young's modulus than PU.
Best wishes
Adrian
Dr Adrian Bowyer
http://people.bath.ac.uk/ensab
http://reprap.org
chuck@churtle.com wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm trying to find a way to manufacture a part that is 1 inch by 2 inches and has minimal flexing of the material. Trying to keep material cost under $5 per part.
>
> Looked at objet and dimension machines, but the part flexes too much.
>
> Are there hardening techniques that can be used for some of the machines out there without losing accuracy?
>
> Thanks to anyone with some suggestions.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Chuck
>
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>
>
Received on Wed Sep 15 22:10:02 2010
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