First attempt at Smooth Welding
Added 2023-02-25 23:47:19 +0000 UTCSaw something about this on Reddit last week and have to give it a try for myself.
Picked up a temp control soldering iron off Amazon for about $16
You can set it to 180/185 and it slooowly melts the filament together.
My first attempt went well. Just messing around on some test parts before i finish it off tomorrow for a new video
Comments
Oh I was saying that because it seems to be more time consuming than the typical filling / sanding & painting. But would totally be a good option to smooth & paint if you wanted. Thanks for joining as well!
Uncle Jessy
2023-03-18 21:48:08 +0000 UTCI don't know if you'll see this but why did you say NOT to do this if you're going to paint them? Also I don't have my printers setup yet and I have the the liquid kind will this work for that?
Ghostrider Hobbies Jim Zilvitis
2023-03-18 17:22:22 +0000 UTCI’ve been trying something similar with a cheap pen style fdm printer with meh results. This might be a better option
Chris Smith
2023-02-26 10:12:53 +0000 UTCIs it glue together first and then "weld" into the crease/gap?
Ramble6
2023-02-26 01:09:19 +0000 UTCOh nice, as a metal welder/Fabricator I am more scared to try and weld PLA lol.
James DiFrancesco
2023-02-25 23:55:20 +0000 UTCYep!! I was using a bunch of the scraps and melting them into it. Def takes some practice but fairly impressed
Uncle Jessy
2023-02-25 23:53:38 +0000 UTCYou might want to try to put filament upto the pieces and weld it like that almost like soldering or real welding. Could come out a little cleaner for sanding it back.
James DiFrancesco
2023-02-25 23:52:26 +0000 UTCIt definitely takes practice! And hard not to melt too too much
Dan Wabno
2023-02-25 23:49:31 +0000 UTC
