Laser Cut Ships' Materials
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2022
- What is the best material for laser cut Ships? Here's a side-by-side comparison of the main materials I have found for these ships.
Thin Clear Acrylic: www.jpplus.com/rowmark-genera...
Thin Blue Acrylic: www.jpplus.com/rowmark-lucent...
Styrene Sheets: www.dickblick.com/products/pl...
Modelling Board: www.dickblick.com/products/ar...
Thin Project-Ready Wood: ocoochhardwoods.com/scroll-sa...
Be sure to check out my website, where I have several board and card game accessories, such as tokens, trays, and overlays. www.meepleswoodworking.com/
I post many of my other projects to Instagram as well, if you ever want to see what I am creating for tokens, accessories, and more! / meepleswoodworking
Excellent video! Love the comparisons and detailed analysis, very helpful. For overall materials it seems like styrene, PLA and acrylic are the main winners. My biggest problem with the lightweight woods are they are too fragile and will not hold up for sustained play usage.
The thick wooden ones seem like the "gucci" versions of ships haha, like a luxury product.
I agree completely! It's fun to have a wooden ship or two, but for someone who plays a lot, it's good to have some cheap alternatives.
I understand that you would not get the same assembly method, but what about using 3D printing for the hulls and laser-cutting for the masts? Should solve all the problems with bending and (AFAIK) you don't need to ship stuff in booster packs...
Personally, the finish with a 3D Printed part isn't nearly as good as a laser cut part, and 3D printing takes much longer to manufacture than lasering. Not to mention, from a process standpoint, if I want to make a ship, I now need to upload a file and prepare two separate machines rather than one. It's far more efficient to run one manufacturing process than two, so all 3D printed or all laser cut unless there is a specific reason to do both. On something this small, you'd spend more time in setup of the files than actual manufacturing.
There are certainly folks that make fully 3D printed ships, 3D printing is not my jam, but they have had good success with fully 3D printed ships.
Now, as far as shipping stuff in booster packs, shipping is certainly a concern for myself as I have a few people that order ships from me. The laser cut pieces all fit in a small bag such as a 2x3" zip top bag and then a bubble mailer. If I 3D printed a hull, more than likely I would have to switch to shipping the ships in boxes instead of bubble mailers, which costs more in shipping materials and weight (shipping cost).
I enjoyed the challenge of bending wood, it was a fun experience for me to figure out, but is too fiddly and time consuming for much of a mass-production. In most cases, a simple 3D printed ship is cheaper and simpler than a wooden one, and that's fine.
Thank you for your thoughts!
@@meepleswoodworking Oh, I was not aware that you ship models out! Cool! Will have to explore your channel a bit more!
By tolerances, do you mean slot widths, material thickness, or something else?
I assume super gluing the magnet to the wooden mast wouldn't help much. Maybe something like an epoxy for outdoor use could be better.
Tolerances mean all of it, unfortunately. If the material thickness changes, then the fit in the slot will change. Also have to account for how close we cut the slot to the material thickness.
@@meepleswoodworking Makes sense, thanks!