Can you engrave on 3d printed parts? Adafruit sucesfully demonstrated that you can. They used an Othermill CNC and PLA / PHA 3d printed part. They used a tape to protect the are from splitting.
Engraving video, the process is demonstrated on a DIY game RasPi console:
Othermill milling set up:
More detailed article:
https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/05/02/can-you-mill-on-top-of-3d-prints-millingmonday-othermill-othermachine/
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Engraving video, the process is demonstrated on a DIY game RasPi console:
Othermill milling set up:
- 12,000 RPM Spindle
- 0.006in Depth
- Tool: Engraving Bit
- Plunge: 0.591 (15 mm/min)
- Feed rate: 7.087 in/min
- PLA / PHA
More detailed article:
https://blog.adafruit.com/2016/05/02/can-you-mill-on-top-of-3d-prints-millingmonday-othermill-othermachine/
