{"id":797,"date":"2011-04-08T02:18:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T02:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/797-a-crash-course-in-post-production.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:09:23","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:09:23","slug":"a-crash-course-in-post-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/a-crash-course-in-post-production","title":{"rendered":"A Crash Course in Post-Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><head><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\np.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px}\np.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica}\n<\/style>\n<p><\/head><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Last week, Nancy and I assembled the &#8220;Transformer&#8221; USB drives, lovingly modeled by Duann, so we could offer them as giveaways at the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.betabeat.com\/2011\/04\/04\/shapeways-toys\/?slide=1#slide-top\">office opening party<\/a> we threw&nbsp;last week. What ensued was a fascinating crash course in how WSF responds to adhesives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<p class=\"p2\">If you&#8217;re not already familiar, an earlier version of Duann&#8217;s model can be seen in action <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v2CegvY5KB8\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<p class=\"p2\">In theory, this would be a relatively simple procedure, where we could just use a dab of hot glue on the edge of the USB stick, insert it into the 3D printed transformer and let it sit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p align=\"baseline\" class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/usb_drives2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p2\">\n<p class=\"p2\">The problem was that even though Remco at our Eindhoven printing facility worked really hard to clean these things out, there was still a significant amount of SLS powder on the inside of them. So much, in fact, that it prevented the hot glue from keeping the USB drive in place. After a few failed attempts, we decided I&#8217;d take the transformers home from the office, run them through my dishwasher, and try again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<p class=\"p2\">I returned the next morning with significantly less powdery transformers, but when we tried again, the hot glue still wouldn&#8217;t quite take. So I ran out to get some super glue. Creating an ad hoc assembling line, I hot glued the plastic end of the USB drive, then brushed super glue onto the metal part (being careful to apply it only where the metal came in contact with the WSF) and handed it over to Nancy to hold it in place while it set. 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