Occasionally I’ll do a random project just because. If it’s interesting enough it’ll end up here.
Fun With Overhangs
Overhangs are annoying. When 3D printing, you must be cautious to avoid having an overhang of more then a few dozen degrees, and if you do, you must support it with extra support material. This material is annoying to remove and makes the print take longer. Recently, a few new techniques to print overhangs without support have been popularized. Conical slicing and arc overhangs are two new ideas that allow the printing of overhangs basically by always pulling filament against an already printed surface....