I was hanging out with some friends over the weekend, and we were throwing some Shapeways items around. They asked me “how strong is this material anyway?” “Well,” I responded, “what better way to find out than to test it out yourself?”
Here are the results..
BAM! (thanks to Nervous System for use of their Reaction Vase)
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“The milk failed but the vase survived” is my new favorite phrase. Good to know the name “White *Strong* and Flexible” is exactly what it says on the tin. 😀
Ouch ! not the reaction vase !! 🙂
Nice product testing there! The ripped jeans add to the effect! 😛
For those of us who want to spill milk with our prints – what’s the maximum and minimum wall thicknesses of that vase?
is this a challenge to do the same with thinner parts? 🙂
Doing the same thing with thinner parts is the default plan for *everything* – Shapeways ain’t giving away material for free! 🙂
There might be a contest in that idea: design a part with the least amount of material no bigger than a certain cubic area that will support a certain weight…
I can’t whether they’ve printed the cheap version of the lamp or the expensive version. The cheap version varies between 1-2mm and the expensive one 1-4.5 mm
and by lamp I mean vase…
You have seen the video of just how strong 3D printed White Strong and Flexible is with the table top impact test. Now XXL1966 has shared a video on YouTube of some more advanced torture techniques on Black Strong and Flexible (which is WSF dyed black)I