"Shapeways 20% til end of December" Topic
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 miniMo  | 21 Dec 2016 12:44 p.m. PST |
For the rest of december 20% off on WSF, FUD and FED at Shapeways.
Use promo code FAREWELL2016 at checkout. |
| nazrat | 21 Dec 2016 6:44 p.m. PST |
So what do all those letters mean? I know of Shapeways but a bunch of random acronyms mean nothing to me… |
| Jeff Ewing | 21 Dec 2016 7:06 p.m. PST |
I think it's "White, Strong, Flexible," "Flexible Ultra Detail" and…something else…they're grades of 3d printing material. I just got some WSF tanks, and they take a little getting used to, but I'm quite pleased over all. I may buy some more with that code! |
| miniMo | 21 Dec 2016 7:39 p.m. PST |
Yes, it's on those particular types of plastic:
White Strong & Flexible
Frosted Ultra Detail
Frosted Extreme Detail
Sorry for just dropping the acronyms. I presumed folks who order from Shapeways would know them. The more expensive plastics do produce much finer printed detail. For a cost, of course.
WSF is the least expensive. A bit grainy in the prinring. That can be cleaned up with the scraping of an XActo. The Strong & Flexible part is really good for very spindly details like skinny gun barrels.
FUD shows much much more fine detail than WSF.
I haven't tried any FED models yet. |
| Mako11 | 21 Dec 2016 11:18 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the note. The material is definitely white. Strong and flexible are misnomers, from what I've experienced. |
| miniMo | 22 Dec 2016 9:42 a.m. PST |
In my experience, it stronger and flexibler than the others ^,^
Still doesn't hurt to brace up very spindly bits with a coating of Zao-a-gap. |
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