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Hi, I have a project making use of aluminum A380 as the base material. I want to coat some of the parts with either type II or III clear anodizing and other parts with a chem finish. My questions are as follows; if I anodize the part, will the coating be visible? Secondly, if I go with a chem finish will this affect how well an adhesive can stick to the part? I am specifically looking at 3M’s DP125 or PU 8609 adhesives.

Hey everyone! I’m having some trouble with weird surface quality when 3D printing my models. The resolution of my prints seems to be awful, with surfaces looking faceted and curves that look lumpy. Can anyone explain what I might be doing wrong?

Hey everyone, I’m creating a molded ABS enclosure for an electronic product with snap-fits to close the enclosure. I’m not sure of the best direction – I’ve looked at some products, I see little consistency. I’d love to hear from someone who’s tackled this before?

Hello everyone, I am part of a team of students who are working on a racing car prototype and we are trying to laser engrave our logo on various metal and plastic parts. So far, we have used CorelDRAW and Illustrator, but we are wondering if there are other software options that might offer better precision and control for detailed engravings. We want to achieve a professional finish, while maintaining the quality of the details.

Plastic resin- PA6/6T The resin has high melting temperature around 380deg C. Do we have any other options like silicon molding, Hand molds, Aluminium molding? to manufacture proto samples with low cost, short lead time?