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Re: Anyone ever printed directly onto ABS sheet?

null@example.com (hairballrm) — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 23:58:37 +0000

AZERATE wrote:

uuummmm...do you mean in the sense of printing ABS onto an already manufactured ABS part?
i.e. Printing onto the surface of a Lego?

Well yes kind of...

I would like to "build up" existing 2d shapes to add dimension and hopefully speed up assembly

Re: Anyone ever printed directly onto ABS sheet?

null@example.com (elmoret) — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 23:49:39 +0000

Stratasys does it IIRC, so I'd say it works just fine.

https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!top … 1LS0sVOZ0Y

Re: Anyone ever printed directly onto ABS sheet?

null@example.com (AZERATE) — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 23:40:36 +0000

uuummmm...do you mean in the sense of printing ABS onto an already manufactured ABS part?
i.e. Printing onto the surface of a Lego?

Either way, if you are trying to bond ABS to ABS, you can easily achieve this by using super glue, acetone, or ABS+acetone slurry. So printing parts piece by piece and gluing them together is a very common practice. Look up some of Serin's projects. She could easily give you an expert's guide to achieving this.

Anyone ever printed directly onto ABS sheet?

null@example.com (hairballrm) — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 23:06:34 +0000

I have been making 3d parts from 2d laser cut ABS sheet for several years now.
I am about add a 3d printer to one of the tools in my box.
I have searched and searched to see if anyone is printing directly
onto flat ABS that remains a permanent part of the finished piece without success.
It seems to me that this should work.