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  • DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz
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    8 months ago

    Excellent April’s fool joke, but man it would be sick if you could actually 3D print your own vinyls.

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      8 months ago

      There was a hackaday where someone did that…but it was terrible audio quality from what I remember. Cool idea though.

      • Aniki 🌱🌿@lemm.ee
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        8 months ago

        It will be much easier with a resin printer but controlling for the microscopic pitch shift that would take place with any amount of shrinkage would probably necessitate a specialty printer.

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      8 months ago

      Pretty sure a decent resin printer has enough resolution for a record. Not sure about durability though.

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        8 months ago

        I’m not sure how high the resolution is on resin printers, but the tip of a record stylus is maximum 0.001mm in diameter, here are the specs for records, it’s some pretty small grooves with very fine detail you need for something that’s passable.

      • arc@lemm.ee
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        8 months ago

        In the 70s and 80s there were kids toys which played injection moulded plastic discs with a stylus that tracked the groove. I think you might be able to achieve something similar out of a printed record if it was spun fast enough but it wouldn’t sound great.