Printable Skeletons for TPE dolls
Printable Skeletons for TPE dolls
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Re: Printable Skeletons for TPE dolls
Re: Printable Skeletons for TPE dolls
I'm printing a lot with 3D printers. The material would have to be so strong (thick and heavy material) that the skeleton would cost much more than the simple steel skeleton and with same stability I think it could even be heavier than the steel tubes.
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Re: Printable Skeletons for TPE dolls
There are different 3D printing technologies out there.
No, they all don't use hot extrusion heads.
So, perhaps one of the powder or lithography printers could do the job?
On the other hand, TPE/silicone can be 3D printed, so a dual head printer could conceivably print out a TPE/silicone doll with an internal (nylon?) skeleton.
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With current technology and prices you wouldn't find buyers.
In a few decades maybe.
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Re: Printable Skeletons for TPE dolls
Everyone seems to think 3D printing is for production work. It can be on small items, but generally it is for R&D or to make a model which is then molded then the production item is made via cast resin or injection molding.
Injection molding can fill a mold in 5 seconds where the same item may take 10 hrs to 3D print.
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There are newer technologies however...
https://3dprint.com/53286/gizmo-3d-printers-fastest/
Personally, I think that while it doesn't make sense to 3D print a doll that can be injection molded more cost effectively, 3D printing a doll would make sense if you wanted to include
soft robotics applications (effectors, sensors).