{"id":1969,"date":"2013-03-19T15:23:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T15:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/1969-shapeways-ask-an-engineer-3-polishing-strong-flexible-plastics-video.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:26:47","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:26:47","slug":"shapeways-ask-an-engineer-3-polishing-strong-flexible-plastics-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/shapeways-ask-an-engineer-3-polishing-strong-flexible-plastics-video","title":{"rendered":"Shapeways Ask an Engineer #3: Polishing Strong &#038; Flexible Plastics (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"674\" height=\"379\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qecZEwyN3ak\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>In this third episode of Shapeways Ask An Engineer, we take a look at the polishing process for Strong &amp; Flexible Plastics products. Production Engineer Sven takes us through all the steps. Take care &#8211; this machine is LOUD! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>What would you like us to do next time? If you have any 3D printing questions you would like answered by our 3D printing engineers please email askanengineer@shapeways.com<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>For more information on Shapeways 3D printed materials <a href=\"\/materials\">visit our materials hub<\/a> and and more design tips take a look at our <a href=\"\/blog\/archives\/1678-design-for-3d-printing-101-intro-to-design-for-3d-printing.html\">Design for 3D Printing 101<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this third episode of Shapeways Ask An Engineer, we take a look at the polishing process for Strong &amp;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"thumbnail":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shapeways Ask an Engineer #3: Polishing Strong &amp; Flexible Plastics (VIDEO) - Shapeways Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this third episode of Shapeways Ask An Engineer, we take a look at the polishing process for Strong &amp; Flexible Plastics products. 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