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Figure 13. The printing surface. Left and Middle: A wet paper towel. Right: A piece of paper taped to the surface. We also tried wetting the platform with water from a spray bottle. If we did not wet it past an arbitrary point deemed “too much,” the clay temporarily adhered to the surface during the print. Prints were dried for 2 to 3 days in a cool, controlled environment (Joe’s garage). It was not difficult to slide the print onto the kiln tile. 3.3.2.2 - Lilypad 2 The attempted fix to address the inability to retract the clay was the diamond top surface on the Lilypad legs. It was hoped that the design could be printed more continuously, without the nozzle needing to be lifted, by making a diamond pattern as shown in Figure 14. The Ultimakeer Cura software has a feature called “profile” which shows the user how the layers are sliced, and the design appeared to not require many jumps.

Figure 14. Diamond surface for Lilypad 2 Design in CAD. The Lilypad 2 still did not print well. It continued to be sliced incorrectly. The diamond surface came out “curly” as shown in Figure 15.

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