I talked with it back and forth with my wife and we ended up ordering those sheets above and these solar flame lamps. I’m thinking about using three of them in each of my constructed lamps. These flame lamps have a very convenient solar panel light tube assembly that can be removed from the shell.
Who knows when I’ll get anything though we have a postal strike on the go.
I have been practical today. I needed to add another wire in an outside box and I already had four coming in the bottom. The last plug was a struggle so I knew a fifth would not go.
But I have received prints from different people using different printers, and a common trend I see is just how weak parts turn out to be.
It wasn’t until I saw a video discussing continuous glass fibers and identical parts made in CF and other materials proved to be even WEAKER compared to glass fibers being incorporated in the prints.
So, I wouldn’t know what kind of printer I would be looking at to add such a capability.
You have to know what the part is being used for, and how much stress.
Print orientation and design are critical.
What flavor FDM is also critical. Some stuff is stupid strong if printed correctly, but brittle. Others are weak, but very flexible - Read, will have some give and spring back into place or absorb shock whereas others will simply snap under the same conditions.
Can you 3D print an OR Bumper mount - not yet. OR Light pod mount - absolutely.
Printed the top of the lantern that hold two of these lantern solar panels. Running too low on filament to print the body of the lantern. Postal Strike Still on going I may have to start ordering from Bambu in the US soon.
Man, thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. FWIW, this type of bridging works perfectly; I’ve been designing parts with a 0.2mm bridge in all of the counterbored holes ever since Maker’s Muse (YouTube) did a video about it last year. The extra design step is a pain, and it has always bugged me that you can’t see through the holes on my 3D models.
I can’t wait to try it! Now if only we could get brick layers!
Yeah, @holla2040, it blows my mind that none of these Chinese companies (who are known to have a somewhat loose relationship with IP laws) haven’t pushed this obviously weak (erroneous!?) 2020 patent, but then Bambu Slicer is forked from Prusa Slicer, and so maybe they’re waiting for Prusa Slicer to do the hard work for them!?
I am using support interface material, it is also black.
Not with this type of solar panel. but I do plan are buying another donor lamp to try something different. It’s one of the reasons I made the top lid as a separate piece so I could try different assemblies.
