A lot of 3D printing experiments for future panels today. When I start working on a bigger system than the one documented in my CMOS synth thread, I’d love for it to have a Y2K translucent aesthetic, with LEDs underneath diffused by the panel. What’s the point of DIY electronics if you won’t even show off the electronics themselves, innit?
Older experiments at the top, today’s series at the bottom. All are deburred but none are sanded. I’m changing only 1 parameter each experiment.
I’m using this post to dial in my settings—there’s a lot of contradictory advice online about how to achieve the best translucency, but this post has the least worst info. The high impact factors are to use PETG, print hotter than the filament is rated (I go up to the limit of my hotend, 260°C), disable part cooling, never alternate patterns on any layer, have 100% infill, print as slow as possible (it hurts), and use small layer height (there’s contradictory info about this, but example 4 shows 0.2mm layers look much worse than 0.1mm)
I hope I can improve it further. Remains to be seen how impact-resistant it is once it’s a 20cm tall panel, because if I can’t make it strong… Might as well look into cutting acrylic.