BAMComix wrote:really clever stuff!
Cheers BAM! Although I don't think intelligence has anything to do with it LOL, more like experience and patience!
skywalkersaga wrote:Great progress. and sorry for the resin dust mess. Does wetting the resin first help at all? I've done that before, it still creates residue but it doesn't spread as far so quickly. But I don't remember if I tried it specifically with the printed resin...
That seems such a handy and detailed way to cut it.... wish I were not so scared of using sharp tools... ;p
It's not the sharpness of the blade you need to worry about, it's the waiting for the exploding blade part that can get trying! Experience, skill and luck can make blades survive a lot longer, for example I am now finished using the jeweller's saw and only broke 2 blades for a lot of very tricky work using it on an X,Y,Z axis to get around curves and still cut at an angle to save both parts of the armour; when I started a silversmithing course years ago I'd be breaking blades every few seconds which is why they usually come in a pack of 100 or more!
It's having to stop, faff about cutting the blade to length, ensuring it's facing the right way, then putting tension on it (like a violin string) and clamping down the butterfly nuts while keeping the blade in place with only one hand to do it all every time a blade breaks which is the annoying part, not the actual blade breaking itself.
Ovy wrote:Great progress! Sorry to see that mess, I was about to write "It is very messy and dusty." when you first asked, but then I thought "shovelshop surely won't just dremel it unprepared!" :p I like to dremel (censored) like that into a plastic bag like Gubernator does with his heads.
Depending on the kind of resin, hot water makes it more elastic and bendable/cuttable. But it's best done before curing.
To be fair I didn't Dremel unprepared, I used a baby hacksaw as you said cutting it was fine
All done now! Even got that evil elbow apart without breaking a blade! YAY! Done loads of Dremeling too cleaning everything up and removing all the connection posts, excess material and rough edges etc..