[SML] Overkill

[Jacob Blumberg]

I get their filament and I don’t get that! Can you send a picture?

On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 15:47 Jerry Durand via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> I figured I'd tap the great list mind to see if there's any logical reason
> for this...
>
> For one client we 3D print with polycarbonate (or Poly & Her Carbonates as
> referred to with the client).  We're using e-Sun brand filament and their
> spools at first glance are like any other, styrene spool with 1kg of
> filament on it.  But then you notice that instead of the two halves of the
> spool being glued together, they're assembled with two M6x40mm bolts with
> double-thickness nuts.  M6!  To hold the two halves of a thin polystyrene
> spool together?
>
> It's not that I object to a "free" supply of nice hardware, but wouldn't
> bolting it together be a little overkill?  Also seems more expensive than
> dipping one half in glue and shoving it into mating tabs on the other like
> everyone else does?
>
> --
> Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc.www.DurandInterstellar.com
> tel: +1 408 356-3886
> @DurandInterstel
>
>
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