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[–] 13 points 4 months ago (7 children)

What if you bought an HTC phone and printed a case with Gold TPU?

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    You can do it. I designed and printed my phone case in TPU on an Ender 3.

    It even used two materials. PLA for the hard outer face, and TPU from there up giving a soft interface and bumper edge.

    TPU does generally suck on a Bowden machine. Stringing galore!

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (4 children)

    I just now realized I could do this easily with my U1. It might be time for me to make a phone case 2.0

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I printed mine with (4) 15×2mm magnets embedded which allowed me to easily attach it to a variety of desk and auto mounts.

    I did this about 2 weeks before the iPhone started doing that, so I felt special for about that long. But it was extremely handy.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    Embedded?! Like inside, under a layer? Or tucked in a divot?

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, inside the case, under a layer. I printed the PLA layers, paused the print to insert the magnets and change to TPU filament, then resumed.

    I had to extend a bump outside of the case a bit to accommodate the depth, but the bump worked nicely as a coping to seat the phone tightly in the mount so it didn't come loose with e.g. road bumps in the car.

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