Monthly Archives: June 2011

Epoxied Foam – 1st Try

I had epoxied up a sheet of the old pink foam, that had problems with part removal. I wanted to make some pegs for the workmate, that I use for support removal, so the test was run making two pegs: … Continue reading

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FDM2000 Lives!

I most assembled the FDM2000 today with the ABS head I got off eBay. It’s suprising how much you forget, when you dis-assembled it over a year ago…… All axis jog okay, and model & filament loaded okay. Testing & … Continue reading

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Epoxing Pink Foam

I got some old penetrating epoxy put on the Pink Foam today. I just used a throw away brush to apply. As I was applying, the foam was dusting, and those particles became imbedded in the epoxy. It didn’t penetrate … Continue reading

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Another Pink Foam try

I needed to re-run my one-off part after some modifications, so I figured I’d try the pink foam again. I back the Z off to 0.005″ above the foam before running. The part still stuck well to the foam: Rather … Continue reading

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Pink Foam

I picked up some ‘Pink Foam’ on eBay recently. It was not in a Stratasys box, and didn’t have a Stratasys part number, so I don’t know where it came from. It was listed with son other Stratasys FDM items, … Continue reading

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