Bob A Feet
Jr Hunter
Hi everyone!
Random question here, but has anyone tried adding dents to plastic or 3D printed (in this case, PLA) parts?
I 3D printed the knee armor pieces thanks to RafalFett, but I need to add some ROTJ era dents to them.
I had a scrap gauntlet piece that I used to test out some denting methods. I ended up heating the piece with a heat gun and pressed the end of a ball-peen hammer into it:
I then sanded the pieces to see how the surrounding areas were affected by the heat. Not too bad, but you can definitely see the areas around the 2 circled dents got a little warped.
I might try again with a smaller ball-peen hammer, and maybe taping off the other areas with some foil to hopefully isolate the heat.
Any ideas anyone?
Thanks!
Random question here, but has anyone tried adding dents to plastic or 3D printed (in this case, PLA) parts?
I 3D printed the knee armor pieces thanks to RafalFett, but I need to add some ROTJ era dents to them.
I had a scrap gauntlet piece that I used to test out some denting methods. I ended up heating the piece with a heat gun and pressed the end of a ball-peen hammer into it:
I then sanded the pieces to see how the surrounding areas were affected by the heat. Not too bad, but you can definitely see the areas around the 2 circled dents got a little warped.
I might try again with a smaller ball-peen hammer, and maybe taping off the other areas with some foil to hopefully isolate the heat.
Any ideas anyone?
Thanks!