JAKE

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Experimenting with code:
Rope Coil Effect

I was inspired by the coil that the ultimakers in school do before a print.

I decided that I wanted to see how I could incorporate it into a process that takes advantage of this phenomenon

I did research into editing g-code. Emiel from the digilab told me about a nice resource for all of the codes used in g.codes. It is called RepRap and has every detail you will need in order to start a custom code.

I also looked at videos on the subject and figured out how to layout the code.

I started by researching what I found out was called the 'Rope Coil Effect'.

This is basically the phenomenon of viscous liquids coiling on top of eachother as they have too much viscosity to fall into a puddle.

To gain understanding, I looked at videos on YouTube and looked at research papers to find the optimum conditions for thsi phenomenon to occur.

Above is the template of g.code that I wrote in order to experiment with the 'rope coil effect'.

I wrote the start command and the end command and was able to experiment with movement, heat and temperature variables.

Above is a sped up video of the result the tests that I made.

below are some of the tests that I did with the code used.

Extrusion: 1500mm/s
Speed: 50mm/s
Z-height: 20mm
Travel: Straight

Extrusion: 1500mm/s
Speed: 50mm/s
Z-height: 40mm
Travel: Straight

Extrusion: 1000mm/s
Speed: 50mm/s
Z-height: 40mm
Travel: Straight

Extrusion: 1000mm/s
Speed: 50mm/s
Z-height: 40mm
Travel: Round

Extrusion: 1000mm/s
Speed: 50mm/s
Z-height: 40mm
Travel: Round Repetitive

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