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Topic: solidoodle clay extruder?

Are there any replacement head extruders for Solidoodle that allow to print clay?

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Re: solidoodle clay extruder?

depending how soft iit is theres syringe like extruders that migght be adapted to work ?

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Re: solidoodle clay extruder?

I've only seen some syringe extruders that print chocolate or some cream. The ones I've seen are very inaccurate.

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Re: solidoodle clay extruder?

Unfortunately those syringe extruders are about all that will work for clay at the moment.  The mini metal maker is a printer which has been made specifically for those sorts of clays, however it's a little expensive for a hobby printer.  If you do make any progress with a syringe extruder on the Solidoodle, please let us know!

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Re: solidoodle clay extruder?

Look up richrap clay extruder smile

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Re: solidoodle clay extruder?

there was that one that used sand and the Sun to make something like a laser beam that melted the sand into a really crude "glass" kinda worked like a SLS machine. looed friggin AWESOME

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Re: solidoodle clay extruder?

^That was a totally cool project, but neither clay, nor solidoodle, nor FDM, lol.