Making 3D Printed "Honeycomb" Coasters with Wood PLA
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 พ.ค. 2024
- Today we're going to design this eye-catching coaster set in Fusion 360, and 3D print it with wood PLA!
STL file: morleykert.com/shop/honeycomb...
Wood PLA is made from wood fibers mixed with PLA (a common plastic used in 3D printing), and allows you to create complex shapes that have a "wooden" texture and feel, and you can use it to create objects that you wouldn't be able to create with traditional woodworking techniques!
I printed the coasters on my Prusa i3 mk3s, and used the colorfabb woodfill preset filament profile in PrusaSlic3r. This uses an extruder temperature of 200°C, and a bed temperature of 60°C. I used the 0.15mm QUALITY layer height preset, and got really high quality results with my stock 0.4mm nozzle (no clogging!!).
The first five coasters printed with no problems, but then I started having problems with bed adhesion. I suspect that the wood PLA dirties the PEI bed faster than traditional PLA, and I think my bed is overdue for an acetone cleaning. I don't have any acetone on hand, but printing in a fresh area of the bed and cleaning the bed with dish soap improved the adhesion enough to print the sixth coaster and the stand.
The wood PLA gives these coasters a really nice, natural color tone, and they feel a lot more premium than if they were printed with standard PLA. However, they don’t feel quite like real wood, and I think a major reason for that is all of the straight edges and sharp corners in the design. They actually remind of the high quality plastic you find in Playmobil furniture, but with a bit of extra texture from the 3D printed layers.
I’m really excited to experiment more with wood PLA. I think a more organic shape would increase the "woodiness" of the final object.
I’m very happy with this coaster design, and apart from making your drink look extra fancy, they tessellate and are really fun to play with!
Thanks for watching!
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I've been looking for cool coasters to print and an excuse to use the rest of my wood filament - win win!!! Thanks!
This is a really nice project, Mr. Kert. As a beginner with Fusion 360, I would have loved to see how you constructed the model.
They're really awesome, I bet that woodfill PLA smelt amazing too ☺️
Incredible job Morley like how you explained the design and the wood pla , they look amazing
Thanks man 😁❤️
So interesting! I love the design, but what really gets me is your design for the holder! That's genius! And everything is locked in nice and tight. Well-done!!
Thank you! I'm glad that came across - I put a lot of thought into the holder design.
These turned out awesome Morley! Totally unique. Well done man!
Thank you!
I really like this! Going to be giving it a print myself, love the design!
Thank you!
Nice! Really cool idea, I really like the matching holder!
Thank you! Designing the holder was the most interesting challenge of this project 😊
They look so cool. Good job Morley!
Thanks man 😁
I felt motivated by this video and created my own coaster in the shape of a pallet.
Looks great.
Thanks, John!
I love using that wood filament! It's totally underrated. Nice job :)
Also, a glue stick might help when things aren't sticking... I have to use it with some of the specialty filaments. Not ideal, but it works! Again, awesome video.
Thanks!! Definitely will give the glue stick a shot on the next print
Great design. The bee's knees really.
😊🐝❤️
Great job!
Thank you!
Very impressive job. Thanks for sharing the video. I'm new to your channel. At first I watched the 550 dollar pallet wood table video. And now this one. I straight subscribed because going through your videos I saw some very interesting ones. It's a pity that 3D printing takes such a long time.
Very creative!
Thanks, Jeff 😁
Fun design! I usually use isopropyl alcohol to clean the bed and that seems to work on my Ender 3.
Thank you! I use isopropyl alcohol after every print but that just wasn’t cutting it this time, though dish soap did seem to be more effective. I only have 70% so maybe that’s part of the problem.
I guess 3d printing is still a bit of an art!
Thought to add my same problem with bed adhesion from using many brands from 20% to 30% infill
Esun, Jayo, Hachbox Ankun,
I found Esun and ,Ankun to print the best without stringing, but a bit hard to get first layer. as Hachbox and Jayo strings a lot but first layer easier.
Anyway I have spent many days trying to sort out with differant brands.
some print I done came out great but by luck.
I didnt record the settings and so the next times i had all the problems
I did find the setting in the Gcode in the end and now have them set as profiles, thank god.
There are many factors that causes the problem,
Best way is to clean the bed every time before printing,
Print with a Brim and don't use a skirt and move the z height close to the bed of about 0.01 so you get almost a translucent first layer,
No Glue needed as this causes lifting around the second to third layers.
To start of with use around the middle temperature for the Bed as described and also find the sweet spot of the hot for the fillament by printing a heat calibration tower, this is a must as will save wasting time and material on the long prints
Also make sure not to print to slow as the heat from the nozzle causes the first layer to lift
If you print to fast then it does not get chance to stick properly as it basically drags the filiamnet of the bed.
for trying out the best speeds & heats and feeds i would make a 2mm thick square model about the size of acup base.
Why square you may ask. well its the corners that cause a lot of problems due to shrinking and stressing. as a round objects has much less,
Well i hope some one find this helpfull.
Please comment on your experiance.
I'd not heard of that Wood PLA before. Interesting experiment. ... but you know the coasters wont stop condensat... - Drink faster! 🤣
It's cool stuff! And yes exactly haha
great video thanks. can you create a larger file for a cnc?
What is the license on this stl file? 😊 Great job!
Neat coasters! Very different from the coaster video I hope to be doing soon :) Did you try staining any of them to see how they'd look? I know I wouldn't because getting an even stain in all those hexes would be a pain in the rear.
Thanks! I have not tried staining, but dip dyeing would probably be the way to go!
@@MorleyKert Thin the stain, drop it in on a hook, let it drip dry.
Or at least that's what I would try. With a test piece, of course HAHAHAH
These are cool! When are you making 3d Catan pieces? 😆
Thanks! That’s a cool idea, I don’t play a ton of catan but maybe some other game pieces!
@@MorleyKert I saw a number of 3d models out there. Some very cool solutions for connecting them by using magnets and all of the awesome textures. One reason that I would strongly consider a 3d printer. But the resolution needs to be really high.
Can you please export the coasters in DXF for CNC or laser-cutting
Hey I'm kinda late to this video but I'm wondering, would very hot water in a cup melt the PLA?
**Notices your mallet looks familiar**
**Hears you talk about cleaning up stringing with an awl**
....is.....is this a (fellow) leatherworker with a 3D printer? Why, yes...yes it is.
And subscribed.
Also, love the coasters! You could possibly do a wood PLA/leather combination print w/ leather insets on the coasters as well (for tooling, etc) too!
A kindred spirit! ❤️
That’s a cool idea, I’ve been brainstorming more ways to integrate Leather with 3D printing!
@@MorleyKert Definitely molds/jigs (and even some kind of way to clamp the molds/jigs together), as well as dummy phones (for phone cases and even sheathes/ holsters if there's a need), Definite shop stuff as well, like sanding jigs for edge finishing.
could you maybe please make some tutorial videos on how to create items like a coaster and or a keychain design like a small spartan helmet or shield using Fusion 360 please and thank you.?
Thanks for the feedback! I may make some fusion 360 tutorial videos in the future 😊
Is PLA suitable as a material for hot drinks sitting on top?
At the start you implied that this would not be easy to make out of real wood but these coasters could be made with a lazercutter or cnc realy easy
Definitely, these would be a great CNC or laser cutter project! I said that one cool aspect of wood PLA is it allows you to create complex shapes that you wouldn’t really be able to create with “traditional” woodworking techniques - by traditional, I was thinking bandsaw, drill, hand saws, table saw, etc. Though I would think we’re approaching a point where laser cutters and CNCs may soon be known as “traditional” woodworking tools - pretty cool!
When did the skirt get three layers?
Ya know you can do the same thing without wasting your time in cad. Just take a basic shape at 7mm in height and have 0 top and bottom layers and just exposing the infill and multiply the infill lines.
That’s an interesting idea! I should play around with infill Art
@@MorleyKert
I didn’t mean to sound snarky.
I made a soap tray for the bathtub out of TPU it more like a little mat and the soap sits in it I used 4 walls and 10% triangles infill and no top and bottom layers at 5mm height.
It’s two years old and still holding up.
Oh and multiplied the infill lines to two
@@jack0cat you don’t sound snarky, it’s genuinely a cool idea that I will look into!
use IPA not dish soap or acetone those can damage your print bed
So when are you gonna make Penny a 3d printed cat toy?
It’s a hard sell when she gets so much enjoyment from strings and cardboard boxes!
@@MorleyKert try a honeycomb ball toy that you could put catnip or treats in.
‘I set it off the rails by fifteenth thousandth of an inch’
Lol Americans and imperial 😂
First!
Ya that's right, i was the first person to day first 😮😮