• ventrix@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Looks great! I much prefer seeing these custom prints rather than stuff downloaded from the internet

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      1 year ago

      1.5 years going strong, but I soon have a revision worthy of a new print.

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      1 year ago

      It’s funny cause I always kinda thought that was a bit of hyperbole regarding uv exposure.

      Made a bracket to fix a broken mount for our back seat cam in our car. Printed in pla just to test the dimensions. It worked so I left it in the car. Didn’t make it a single day. Completely warped.

      Reprinted in petg and it’s been going strong for 2 weeks now.

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        1 year ago

        Wouldn’t heat be the main problem in a car? On a sunny hot day a car can get up 130+ easy, add in the heating from the sun actually hitting the print and it’s not hard to imagine it could get warm enough to become a little malleable.

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          Definitely heat - pretty much all windshields/windows nowadays block UV, otherwise the dash/seats/etc. would also get wrecked way quicker than they do, not to mention drivers getting sunburn even with the windows up.

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          1 year ago

          Hmm the car is parked in the garage so I just kind of assumed it was the UV during driving but yea I guess it must have been the heat.

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          1 year ago

          Yep. I was under the impression that UV radiation causes PLA to get brittle over time. But heat causes it to warp very quickly.

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        1 year ago

        in a car? during summer? Ngl that sounds more like a temperature issue than a UV one. PLA doesn’t degrade that quickly and it can get pretty hot inside a car during the summer

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      1 year ago

      Thank you 😊 It really just disappears behind the TV.

  • Cris@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    What tv/stand is that? Is it on a stand, or are the legs part of the tv?

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      1 year ago

      It is a separate stand from the TV. It us this stand “Alterzone ALZTV45-65-3LB”, it can be a bit hard to get your TV on it, but other than that I have zero complaints.

    • BluetoothOP
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      1 year ago

      Not at all, I have had no issues at all with it.

    • dom@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      I doubt it would in a typical living room.

      I have a snes mini and a Bluetooth adapter behind my TV and I have no issues

    • BluetoothOP
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      1 year ago

      I mentioned previously that it might be 3DE PLA, but it could also be galaxy black PLA from Prusa. I think that is the most likely, it has a very faint sparkle in it.

      • Meeech@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Are you concerned at all of the exhaust heat coming out with PLA’s low melting point? Your design looks killer! Nice job!

        • BluetoothOP
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          1 year ago

          The heat mainly comes out of the top, so far it has not been a problem. But all the concerns have made me want to print a new revision in a more durable filament. Thank you for the compliment, I really like it too.

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      1 year ago

      I think it was 3DE PLA filament, seems very sturdy, but minor warping on a piece that got direct sunlight.