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Picture yourself at a time worn wooden door, with hand-forged hinges of blackened steel.
Checking the paper in your hand, you are satisfied you have the right address but you are puzzled at the appearance of the place. You've come here to learn and share experiences about an exciting new, cutting edge, decidedly 21st century technology: 3D Printing. And, you can't help wondering why this place is not state of the art; why you are faced with a story-like journey instead of the cold facts.
While the recesses of the ornate handle are green with patina, the golden brass of the knob itself shows it has been polished by the passing of many hands. Everything about this entrance is hand-made from the square headed hand-forged nails to the bronze door knocker so heavy and nicked that no technology of today could have afforded or replaced the kind of care that went into it's making.
As you lay your hand upon the handle, a notion enters your mind: While we are on the verge of amazing technology, our need to be physically involved in the making of the world around us is important. We live during an exciting time - a time where the balance of craft and technology is ideal. We have the ability to use the tool of technology in conjunction with the dexterity of our hands to augment creations and give them life. And that is precisely what this Wiki is all about. It's a grimoire of recipes detailing your hands on experiences of how you breathe life into your creations.
You know that your first step on this journey is to open this door into the fantastic workshop-library that lies beyond; one that you have the opportunity to help build.
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Post Production by Surface Treatments
Colour
Dye Baths (steeping and dipping)
Heat/Flame (torching, baking, or firing)
Paint/Ink (brushing, marking, spraying, or staining]
Durability
Smoothness/Roughness
Post Production by Fastening Method
Post Production by 3D Printing Material
Mineral
Glass
Gypsum (ie. Z-corp machine) note: Shapeways calls this "full colour sandstone" and "sandstone"
Stainless Steel
Plastic
ABS plastic (FDP) (ie. Makerbot, Stratys machines)
Acrylic-based photopolymer (ie. Objet machine)
Nylon (SLS) (ie. EOS machine) note: Shapeways calls this "White/Strong/Flexible" or "WSF", and also "Alumide"
Other
Paper (ie. Mcor machine)
PLA (ie. Reprap, Makerbot machines)
Post Production Links
(appropriate tutorials/references are also linked within sub category wiki pages)
