3DPrinting
3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.
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Drop a penny or two. Or a nut. Stainless steel ones seem heavier. But cost more.
Just make a cavity in your print. Pause before it closes up. Drop the weight in. Also I pause and put in some glue when I drop it in so it doesn't roll around inside.
You could also make cutouts for pennies or nuts on the bottom and glue them in after the print finishes.
There is a Lego phone holder that does the cavity.
https://makerworld.com/models/660273
Hope that helps.
I made this. Used nuts cause I didn't have any pennies. Worked pretty well.
There are pictures in the description. So check those out.
What's a good way to pause during prints? Is there an easy way to stop at a certain y level and move the nozzle out of the way, then resume the print when you are done? Or do you just manually do it?
Yeah in the slicer you can add "pause at layer". What slicing software do you use? For Bambu and prusa, you just go to the preview, roll through the layers to find the one before it closes up. And right click on the little icon dot thing on the slider that shows the layers. On the right side. And you get an option to "pause at layer".
Nice, that's handy. I use prusa but there are so many options that it's hard to know what's available.