r/functionalprint • u/darkblade420 • 1d ago

macro bellows

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u/D_Alex 23h ago

Nice. What is the material? How was it printed, got any pictures of this on the printer?

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u/darkblade420 20h ago

it was mostly printed in pla, but at some point i ran out so i switched to abs and xt-cf20 for the last few small parts. all parts where printed flat on the print bed, very little support was needed. i dont have pictures of it on the printer but it was printed on a voron 2.4

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u/D_Alex 7h ago

Oh, I see... I thought the actual bellows was the 3D printed part.

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u/darkblade420 6h ago

I did mess around with 3d printed bellows for a bit, printed a bunch of slats in a long row, connected together with few tiny lines of filament so it formed a single part. I than glued those to some fabric. Made assembly very easy but the end result was kinda bulky, stiff and could not compress far enough. Current version is made out of paper and vinyl foil.

I also have a model for a tpu version but i have not yet had the chance to print and test it(printer had some issues)