The Solido SD300 Pro is a unique 3D printer that builds solid parts out of layers of PVC plastic film. I created this blog because I don't think there's enough information about it on the Internet. I intend to explore, review, and exploit its unique & quirky features here.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Classic 45 Vinyl
I 3D printed this imitation of a 45-RPM pop single by designing a simple disc with a long spiral groove. When a model's geometry has small channels, narrower than 1mm, the SD300 cuts the outlines but doesn't apply Anti-Glue so the plastic stays in one piece unless the user forcibly tears it away. That makes it possible to scribe cosmetic markings like a record groove or the text on my Cuburr puzzle.
The last time I tried to build this 45-RPM record model with ordinary black material, the resulting disc was too transparent. The grooves were pretty, but the transparency ruined the effect. To make the disc appear dark and opaque this time I sandwiched a layer of red material and a layer of blue material between the layers of black material.
The grooves look realistic enough to the eye, but they're too narrow to play back on an ordinary turntable. I tried it, but the needle just skates across the surface. So this 3D printed record is nothing more than a visual novelty. The files can be downloaded from Thingiverse.
I have tried printing this on an Ender 3 V2 3D printer, it looks OK but unplayable, I am looking for a way of putting music on them, I can print at 0.12 mm resolution, so its close but no cigar.
Fair enough, the Shapeways blog gave it an unflattering title of "A record that does not work." https://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/1565-the-sound-of-a-3d-printed-replica-vinyl-record-that-does-not-quite-work-video.html
I made these because the SD300's laminated vinyl *looks* a lot like a real record. But as 3D printing has evolved over the decade since 2012, vinyl has been abandoned because it really isn't suitable for extruder-based machines.
I've been interested in puzzles ever since I stole my sister's Rubik's Cube back in the 1980s. I've grown to love mechanical puzzles of all types, not just the twisty "cube" puzzles. First I expressed my creativity by trying to make pretty patterns, but now I want to build my own puzzles too!
I have tried printing this on an Ender 3 V2 3D printer, it looks OK but unplayable, I am looking for a way of putting music on them, I can print at 0.12 mm resolution, so its close but no cigar.
ReplyDeleteFair enough, the Shapeways blog gave it an unflattering title of "A record that does not work."
ReplyDeletehttps://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/1565-the-sound-of-a-3d-printed-replica-vinyl-record-that-does-not-quite-work-video.html
I made these because the SD300's laminated vinyl *looks* a lot like a real record. But as 3D printing has evolved over the decade since 2012, vinyl has been abandoned because it really isn't suitable for extruder-based machines.