Post B2K7bf5M1nhTainTns by newmodel@shin.mugicha.club
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 (DIR) Post #B2K7bdf5Jz5pAxUzDc by tj@howse.social
       2026-01-10T08:10:27Z
       
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       @thouters @PKYo Nope, just PLA. I'm going to cast them from aluminium once the design is final. Or try one of those CNC-as-a-service things.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2K7bf5M1nhTainTns by newmodel@shin.mugicha.club
       2026-01-15T22:56:39.769334Z
       
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       If it's critical I'd go with one of those cnc-as-a-service places. I've found sand casting aluminium without inclusions to be difficult
       
 (DIR) Post #B2K7c3Hw2g1YegrrkG by tj@howse.social
       2026-01-10T06:22:43Z
       
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       You know it's a good day when you get to break out the big bag of assorted springs.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2K8JPi6YM7UeFmiiu by tj@howse.social
       2026-01-15T23:04:22Z
       
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       @newmodel @thouters I've had limited success with lost-PLA aluminium casting many years ago, this time I want to try a one-heat burn-out and flow temperature profile in my kiln. I don't have any natural PLA, so I'm just going to hope that there won't be too much burn-out residue.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2K8RlfWnPqT4GYyci by newmodel@shin.mugicha.club
       2026-01-15T23:06:07.393760Z
       
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       Have you experimented with extruding threads at all?
       
 (DIR) Post #B2KAVx3ObnuDRbqke8 by tj@howse.social
       2026-01-15T23:27:33Z
       
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       @newmodel @thouters Yep! Anything above M10 works well enough at medium layer heights.