Redesign the extruder head, inside use stepper motor drive screw to push clay to the nozzle. Designed a control valve to adjust the value of the air pressure. The first generation of the extrusion device uses an air compressor to push the clay fluid into the nozzle through a strong air pressure. The early design was to use the existing 3D printer frame, redesign an extrusion device, control the soft degree of clay and the extrusion speed to match the speed of the printer, we can print out a clay model. I spent six months designing this clay 3D printer. This instructable show how to use clay 3D printer to make a cup that can be used to drink water. Next time I will write a tutorial to describe the detailed process of designing a clay 3D printer. So I designed a clay 3D printer by myself.ģD printer design process is too complicated, a lot of information is not organized, this time to simply mention the design process. But the market is mostly expensive clay printer, the volume is very large, can not buy enough options. Would like to be able to use the 3D printer to quickly print a cup, firing it, I can get the cup I want. I would like to be able to quickly make a cup at home, but do not want to go to clay model studio. If you want to get a daily use of the cup, bowl or shade and other daily necessities, then need to go to the clay model studio to learn the hand-kneading model, after firing can be obtained. The printed model is primarily used as a product prototype for testing the feasibility of a product, or an ornamental model for viewing. There may be issues with them, make sure you check before committing to a print.Traditional 3D printers use materials that are ABS, PLA, or light-cured resins. The files above are what I used, but that doesn’t mean I did them right.

Test tile with example textures at 100% sizeĭisclaimer: I’m pretty new to 3D modelling and had never used Blender before this project. I intend to make a second mould with a different texture, but the overall mould block will stay the same.īasic test tile (smooth sided) at 100% size The mould is designed to tesselate with itself, so two prints of the same design make up both sides. I went with 112% for the mould, but scale according to your slip. The amount you’ll have to allow for shrinkage will vary with different clays. In this case, 100% was intended to be the bisque size for dipping. So, all that said, here are the relevant STL files. They are neat enough to keep as ornaments I can have multiple textures per tile without any additional effort (eg, the Impulse dots) I can fully dip the tile in 30ml of glaze (around half that of my thrown tiles) Plus there are a few advantages to these test tiles: Yes, this is totally overkill for a test tile, but it’s also a perfect item to learn the process on.

Ceramic 3d print stl files