EASY! How To Make a 3D Printed Lithopane / Lithophane - PLA - Anet A8 3D Printer - Tutorial

[@willproctor7301]

I just handed a print of My cat to the missus and she said "that looks terrible, you've spent hours doing that!" . I then shone a light through the back of it and her mind was blown, now she wants lots of presents making for family hehe. Thank you for showing how simple and effective this is.

[@JMWConceptsTheOfficial]

Thanks for the kind words +Will! :) I had EXACTLY the same situation with my first one. My girl was soooo disappointed after I'd been working on and ironing the bugs out of this project for about a week, then she saw the first result. Before I gave her a torch I thought I was going to get kicked out.. Bahahahaha. Got another pretty cool project almost ready to release so feel free to subscribe for updates. :D

[@ImGriffinP]

Amazing! I've been printing for years and never tried this! Printer is heating up now for the first try

[@JMWConceptsTheOfficial]

Thanks for the comment +Griffin Paquette, let me know how you go!

[@supext]

Great vid, if I can add. When you print them vertically, you will get much better quality.

[@jacquestheodas4779]

The detail of your lithophane prints are so amazingly good. I printed mine at 0.06 layer height and the print was 80mm square but our faces are smiles lack any detail at all. How do I figure out what is wrong?

[@66tbird1]

Just FYI for those S3D users, it can do the same.(Add-ons) I believe it needs a png file to work. Set thickness in multiples of layer height determined by gray scale number plus one. I had to fiddle with the settings but soon it was dialed in as nice as the authors. A+ BTW

[@JMWConceptsTheOfficial]

Thanks +66tbird1! Very useful info for any S3D fans. If you do a video on it, feel free to message me the link and I will post it in the description. Thanks again for the input. 👍

[@techgenadvisor9057]

Care to explain that into a bit more detail?What add-on? you cannot import png models in S3D.

[@JMWConceptsTheOfficial]

+techgen advisor, To be honest, I'm not sure PNG would work as if there is no 'background'(like there is in JPG) then there would be no parameters for the base. I hope this makes sense and apologies if I am incorrect. -JMW.

[@shutterpresser9535]

So I've used lightroom for around 6 years.. First time I've heard of the smart mask.... that's amazing!..

[@JMWConceptsTheOfficial]

Thanks +ShutterPresser! It's a really useful tool that I use quite a lot. It is all about contrast so you will fins in some cases it works flawlessly, and other times it really struggles. Thanks again and happy new year! -JMW.

[@jacknewsham6671]

What type of filament do you use, and does it have to be white?

[@matthiasbyloos2366]

great Tutorial

[@JMWConceptsTheOfficial]

Thanks Matthias! I hope you're staying well through the pandemic. :)

[@skbigelo]

Much better quality if you print vertically instead of horizontally. Takes a lot longer, but you'll get a lot more detail.

[@JMWConceptsTheOfficial]

Hi skbigelo, yeah a lot of people have mentioned this since I originally posted this a couple of months ago. I haven't had a chance to print too many more of these with other projects in the pipeline. I might give it a go next time I print one off! Thanks mate!

[@sr-de5nz]

Agree...

[@InventionTherapy]

Great way to make things!

[@bulletproofpepper2]

thanks, i will try it out. thanks for sharing.

[@JMWConceptsTheOfficial]

Thanks +Sam Yeates, keep us posted on your progress! You can also try printing them upright, apparently it yields better results. 👍🏻

[@vitostoppa1847]

Ottimo video, mi chiedo però come chiudere lo scatolotto.Non si puo incollare altrimenti non possiamo fare la sostituzione della pila quando è scarica.

[@rudiandrian6456]

Hello i want ask to you bro. Make it edit using what a application ?? . Please reply me

[@JMWConceptsTheOfficial]

Did you get this sorted?

[@esmokebaby]

Now how would i add that to a shape like a sports logo or a globe or cross ect

[@JMWConceptsTheOfficial]

my apologies for the late response. We have had a baby and moved house. I haven't made a lot of videos in a while but we are getting back to it! :) Did you get this sorted?

[@esmokebaby]

@@JMWConceptsTheOfficial no only thing i ever see is a website that does it all with limited shapes. Never see a way to do it with your own shapes made from fusion360 ect. Congrats on the baby and move

[@matthewking5362]

@@esmokebaby I'd see If i could export the lithopane as an stl from cura. Then, use the project tool in fusion to project the geometry onto a 3d model. I'm not a expert with cura though, so I'm not sure if this even possible without plugins or something. And also try using the newer emboss tool in fusion, that might help!

[@denizlather7622]

I LOVE this kind of prints. I'm new to 3d printing just build up mine 2weeks ago and been playing around a few nights but not quite to familiar with it. But your video helped me so much with it since I don't know how all settings work yet. I tried a few ones but with your video it worked so thanks to that. I printed out mine with green since i didn't had anything else yet. but I ordered no a glow in the dark, white and clear pls. Which one is the best one to use for this kind of prints?

[@JMWConceptsTheOfficial]

Hi +Deniz Lather, I tend to use mostly PLA because it is so easy to print with. Only if an item needs a certain property do I change filaments. For lithophanes, I think white looks the best but I also did a free one! Haha. Please be aware that glow in the dark filament will degrade your nozzle very quickly. You need to use a hardened nozzle for glow in the dark. Something like this.. amzn.to/2rxqVWO I have quite a few 3D printing videos so feel free to have a look around my channel. :) Thanks!

[@suthagargovindaraj5476]

which software you used ?

[@JMWConceptsTheOfficial]

Sorry for the late response, this was Lightburn.

[@eyewishwalrus]

Does it matter if you use clear plastic? im using davinci "natural" filament

[@JMWConceptsTheOfficial]

Hi Propergander Productions, I personally haven't used clear before so you will have to let us know! I might guess that being clear there will be a lot of refection within the panel which may hurt detail. I have used colours and although it works, you lose too much light. White seems perfect for light diffusion while still allowing it to pass through. Good luck!

[@TheKarmaProjectCo]

i'm wondering if i could use this process to make a printing plate that would take ink instead of etching into zinc or carving into wood. Any thoughts would be great. :)

[@JMWConceptsTheOfficial]

Hi +TheKarmaProject.Co, I don't see any reason why not! Although in my very limited experience with printing plates, they were made out of a semi-flexible rubber sort of material. I suppose to make it easier to press into/ onto the surface to be printed. If you're carving into wood and that work, then this would absolutely work as well. It would be a lot quicker and easier than hand carving, that's for sure! :D

[@rayonwilliamssportsandfun2106]

What format its saved in to be opened in cura?????

[@JMWConceptsTheOfficial]

JPG is fine. :)

[@drfat0101]

Thanks! How do you import the images to Cura? Is it a plug in? I would like to do that in Cura 2.6, not sure how..

[@JMWConceptsTheOfficial]

Hey +FT, you can just drag and drop or 'Load model file' just like you would with an STL. 😀

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[@sandmanmato]

Great video, but why do you have a freakin watermark there?

[@3dpprofessor]

Matej Ondreička to stop free booting?

[@JMWConceptsTheOfficial]

Exactly right +3D Printing Professor, while it's still not that hard, it makes it not that easy. ;)

[@sandmanmato]

If someone wants to do it, he could just crop the video or blur the watermark out

[@JMWConceptsTheOfficial]

+Matej Ondreička, lol. Sorry I made it harder.

[@eyewishwalrus]

your questions are strange and suspicious, his water mark advertises his great channel and doesnt cover up any valuable information so whats the problem?