Most common ABS plastics are safe for food use. I would not use it for anything above 140°F. The general rule of thumb is that if you cant keep your finger in/on it for 5-10 seconds, its too hot.<div><br></div><div>Do not use it for boiling water/near boiling water as the strength of the ABS will be very minimal.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Marnia Johnston <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marnia@gmail.com">marnia@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 7:23 AM, Jonathan Lassoff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jof@thejof.com" target="_blank">jof@thejof.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">
Excerpts from Sai Emrys's message of Sun Aug 09 07:12:14 -0700 2009:<br>
<div>> That's awesome.<br>
><br>
> Are the tolerances good enough that it could be made functional? (i.e.<br>
> hollow spout and body, recession that fits lid)<br>
<br>
</div>Eh.. not as function as you describe.</blockquote><div> </div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Not exactly food safe (can't hold water; would the boiling water remelt the plastic?). I'm a ceramic artist and we use these 3D printers to print out a 'pattern' that we then use to make a slip cast mold. I can then use the mold to make ceramic tea pots.</blockquote>
<div class="im">
<div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex"><br>
I'm still not sure how to best get it laid down to start. It's almost as<br>
if the plastic doesn't stay hot enough or something.<br>
As it comes out, I'm having a hard time to get it to start sticking to<br>
the stage or to the layer underneath it, and it will roll up under the<br>
head and make a mess.<br>
<div><br>
> I'm impressed that it's able to do bits where there isn't underlying<br>
> material (like the handle). How do you do that? The only way I can<br>
> think of offhand is by using something underneath that's then taken<br>
> out - either in some alternate material that is easy to remove, or a<br>
> little snappable post like you see holding the pieces in model kits to<br>
> their container.<br>
<br>
</div>There is some filling mesh-like material. See here:<br>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thejof/3804170316/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/thejof/3804170316/</a><br>
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