Fifteen minutes in CAD (used Solid Edge CE for this one), fifteen more on the printer, and we have Liko’s hair clip ready to hot glue onto a little barrette. Drying paint and clear coat will take longer than the rest of it.

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    8 months ago

    If you want to improve the surface considerably with an absolute minimum of effort: A single edged chisel Xacto knife blade like #17 is the ideal tool to take off small zits with precision and not risk damaging or making a bigger issue. Note that this is a medium pen size blade, unlike the small pen sized #11 angled blade.

    The single bevel allows you to slide the knife over a flat surface using the obtuse bevel side as a fulcrum so that the cutting edge remains just above the surface of the print. The edge will only contact the high spot of the zit without gouging into the print by mistake.

    With 3D prints, blade #17 is my most often used tool for basic rough cleanup work :)

    image of xacto 17