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RE: Anyone got a 3D printer?

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3D printed finish is generally rough, even with an SLS printer.

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Shapeways do offer a polished finish that can make it smoother but you
won'=
t get any glossy type finish, if you happen to want this.

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Painting can make it better but you need to apply a few coats to get
anythi=
ng decent.

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Dave=E2=80=A6

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Very funny Scotty, now beam down my clothes=E2=80=A6

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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 04 January 2016 07:28
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Anyone got a 3D printer?

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Well after having all the switches in this place off over the Xmas
holidays=
to pop in CBus wireless switches I find that all the light switches here a=
re wired live / neutral and Earth ... Unfortunately the bloody foil backed
=
board stops the kitchen switch reaching the wireless gateway (maybe if I
mo=
ved the gateway it would work but it would probably stop the bedroom
switch=
working).

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Anyway ... In all the backboxes the neutral and earths and chocolate
blocke=
d together with only the live running into the switch and on to the light
f=
itting (I guess that explains why no two-way switching anywhere in the
plac=
e).

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So I am still tempted to just chocolate block the bloody lives and put
blan=
ks over the top ... Would be nice to pop the wireless dimmer switches over
=
the top though ... :-)

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I don't know what kind of finish it would be possible to get from a 3D
prin=
ter - or even create by painting / lacquering - or whether bits of the
wire=
less dimmer switch back plates could be reused...


Phil


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<span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>3D
prin=
ted finish is generally rough, even with an SLS
printer.<o:p></o:p></span><=
/a></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Ve=
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class=3DMsoNormal><span=
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do=
offer a polished finish that can make it smoother but you won't get any gl=
ossy type finish, if you happen to want
this.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=
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rif"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p
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size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Painting
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decent.<o:p></o:p></span=
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beam down my clothes=
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ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailt=
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/b> ukha_d@xxxxxxx<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ukha_d]
Anyone got a 3D =
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<o:p></o:p></p><div id=3Dygrp-mlmsg><d=
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class=3DMsoNormal>Well after h=
aving all the switches in this place off over the Xmas holidays to pop in
C=
Bus wireless switches I find that all the light switches here are wired
liv=
e / neutral and Earth ... Unfortunately the bloody foil backed board stops
=
the kitchen switch reaching the wireless gateway (maybe if I moved the
gate=
way it would work but it would probably stop the bedroom switch
working).<o=
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ay ... In all the backboxes the neutral and earths and chocolate blocked
to=
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ng (I guess that explains why no two-way switching anywhere in the
place).<=
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I am still tempted to just chocolate block the bloody lives and put blanks
=
over the top ... Would be nice to pop the wireless dimmer switches over
the=
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id=3DAppleMailSignature><p cla=
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lass=3DMsoNormal>I don't know what kind of finish it would be possible
to g=
et from a 3D printer - or even create by painting / lacquering - or
whether=
bits of the wireless dimmer switch back plates could be
reused...<o:p></o:=
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