User:MarjoleinStassen/MMM

LETTERS

To learn about three different techniques one had to use the milling machine, the lasercutter and the 3D Printer to make three letters out of the word "DIGITAL CRAFT". I chose the letter G & D. The G I used two times to I could see the difference between 3D Printing and Milling.

3D Print

I 3D printed the letter G. With the help of support material I could make the letter.

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  3D PRINTING LETTER G

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  3D PRINTING LETTER G

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  LETTER G

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  LETTER G

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  LETTER G

Milling Machine

After that I used the milling machine with the same letter so I could see the difference of possibilities between the two machines. With this milling machine I couldn't make the letter as I planned it. With the use of the 3D printer I could print my letter as I envisioned it. Because the milling machine can't turn several degrees it couldn't take out the indents under the letters. This machine only can go up, down, left and right.

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  Milling Machine

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  Letter G

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  Letter G

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  Letter G

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  Letter G

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  Comparison

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  Comparison

Lasercutter

I opened the letter D in Illustrator and slowly made several copies of it that the letter grew smaller and closed up. After I cut this from the wood I glued the layers on top of each other and created a 3D object with a 2D printer.

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  Milling Machine