| ▲ | Makers around the world are 3D printing medical gear for Venezuela(printforhelp.org) | |||||||
| 4 points by random3 5 hours ago | 4 comments | ||||||||
| ▲ | random3 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
https://printforhelp.org/parts https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1uhevtz/request... | ||||||||
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| ▲ | TacticalCoder 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
I'm into 3D printing at home. One of the first thing I learned (maybe wrongly?) was that parts 3D printed at home weren't good for anything touching water/sweat for there are tiny holes and liquid finds its way inside the parts and it's a fertile ground for bacteria. For example I'm 3D printing a self-designed "anti-ant" cat food thing, where the food "floats" above water (so the ants simply cannot reach the food). The problem is it cannot be used for more than a month or so before bacteria develops. Something like that. Is a splint for, say, a broken leg in which the person is going to sweat in PLA or PETG really that good of an idea? | ||||||||
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