Its Here! Photo to Mesh V3

The new version of Photo to Mesh V3 is now here! What's so exciting you ask ? Well cylindrical lithophanes of course! Plus a host of other great new features.

Here are just a few examples of what I have printed over the last few days. All printed on an UP! printer at .15mm layer height.

This first one has 3 photos printed on the outside. Done by stitching 3 photos together then importing it as one new photo.

Lucky enough we just had our first baby boy just a few weeks ago, so I have the perfect subject.

A group shot.

Below is a print I made without any smoothing. I had falsely thought the printer wasn't capable of resolving the full detail, but I was stunned at just how good it could look. I now have to go back and print my earlier ones as they now look blurry in comparison.

Be one of the first to own a copy. You can get it HERE

Thanks Owen Ransen for all your hard work developing this great piece of software.

Lithophanes revisited

Something very exciting is about to happen in the lithophane world. Stay tuned....

1.7mm Wood has arrived!

I was pretty excited to receive my 1.7mm wood sample the other day. It looks really good. very flexible, to the point it is quite difficult to snap, unlike ABS.

I quickly put it in the UP and extruded at 200C. All looked good for a while, as I attempted to print out the cyclonic shape I printed with the Crysta-Line filaments. Anyway, after about 10 minutes the extruder blocked. Damn. Although when cleaning I discovered the tip hadn't blocked but the tube above had! Not sure why, as this is 2mm wide. I later discovered that it is also reccomended to use a nozzle of .5mm. I have a spare which I will drill out ( the stock Up nozzle is .35mm) and try again.

One thing I found was that due to the texture of the wood layers almost disappear.

Here is a picture of what I managed to print out.

Crysta-Line colours!

Here are some printed examples of the new Crysta-Line colour range.

Crysta-line Crystal Clear
Crysta-line Ruby Red
Crysta-line Topaz Blue
Crysta-line Amber Yellow

Stock expected 12th of November.

New products in the Crysta-line range.

I just had a quick look at some samples of the new colours coming in the clear Crysta-line range.

For now the choices will be

Ruby red
Amber yellow
Sapphire blue
and the original clear.

Should be available in the next 2 weeks.

Watch for splinters!

I received my sample of laywoo-D3 wood filament today. To say this stuff is weird wood (hehe) be an understatement!  Unfortunately its only available in 3mm at present, and I can only print in 1.75mm.

Its very brittle, so its clear it would need quite a large reel. Or sold only as loose coil.

I plan on getting some for stock as soon as possible.

I got two samples, one is almost a chocolate brown, the other a tan. I believe the extruding temperature will effect the colour also. Higher temps result in darker wood.

Here's a pic..

UPDATE  I should have some 1.7mm samples very soon!

A sneak peak.

Here's a quick look at one of the new ABS filaments I'm working on. Should be available soon. Other colours coming too......

This is a rose bud sitting atop a torch. A bit hard to capture in a photo, but it looks pretty cool. I think if it was printed with less internal support it would look even better.