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Air Bellows origami structure
by peter120
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Air bellows that folds along the inner edges origami style as it compresses so PP is the filament of choice.
Update May 2020: Added a rounded bellows edge stl file. The Cetus tool chain has a firmware bug when printing a vase that rounds small Z changes to zero which caused me lots of grief. I finally converted the printer electronics to a Duet2 controller board and only kept the mechanical. Now I can print a round vase structure. The latest stl file slices better and I can print a much thinner bellows wall (about 0.3mm) using a thinner layer height. A thinner wall reduces the force required to flex the bellows edges (hinges) and compress the structure.
Slice and print in Vase mode. I used prusa slicer to create the gcode for my cetus printer that has a 0.4mm nozzle. Slice with a 0.2mm layer, 0.6mm paving width, 8mm brim, and the default 3 layer center for the vase bottom is fine (the design is an open tube at both ends), this becomes the top bellows seal. This print is thin and
Update May 2020: Added a rounded bellows edge stl file. The Cetus tool chain has a firmware bug when printing a vase that rounds small Z changes to zero which caused me lots of grief. I finally converted the printer electronics to a Duet2 controller board and only kept the mechanical. Now I can print a round vase structure. The latest stl file slices better and I can print a much thinner bellows wall (about 0.3mm) using a thinner layer height. A thinner wall reduces the force required to flex the bellows edges (hinges) and compress the structure.
Slice and print in Vase mode. I used prusa slicer to create the gcode for my cetus printer that has a 0.4mm nozzle. Slice with a 0.2mm layer, 0.6mm paving width, 8mm brim, and the default 3 layer center for the vase bottom is fine (the design is an open tube at both ends), this becomes the top bellows seal. This print is thin and
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