Thanks to all who attended the event and the filament workshop held during FabFest in Boston.

We will have another booth at the Dover NH Mini Maker Faire on Sat Aug 29th.

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Thank you so much to all of you who visited our stand and who attended the @ workshop on Saturday and a huge thank you to @Alexander_8 for hosting! Hope you all had a great time and I cannot wait to see your prints. @3Dimodels, @, @Michele_Bernard, @bmatt, @Jeffrey_1, @Melissa_2, @Roy_Chan and @ please do share your ProtoPasta CF and Stainless Steel prints with us here? We’d love to see what you get up to and read about your experience with the filaments.

@Alexander_8, would you share your super tip for ‘finishing’ your special filament prints with us?

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@toymaker2 The tumbler shown in the right hand side of the pic is a brass tumbler that can be used with coarse (hardware such as small nuts and bolts) to softer medium (crushed walnut shells with added polish solution is a standard). It is similar to a rock tumbler but I find that the design is far more robust and will last longer with heavy use. Like using a rock tumbler, the process of abrasion or smoothing (depending on medium) takes some time. This is a “set it and forget” it form of print finishing. The product can be purchased here for a reasonable price due to its prevalence in other industries: Robot or human?

There are other models available at sites like Harbor Freight as well.

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Thanks for sharing! It’s all in the finish with these special filaments!

Guys, here’s my first attempt with stainless steel filament. I print 4 Iron Man Rings(http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:112672) in 100 micro layer height. Since I don’t have tumbler, I polish them with sand paper by hand. Check it out!

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I was there and got to meet @Alexander_8 and attend the workshop. It was great! Got me interested in ProtoPasta and I already ordered my first spool.