The Versatile Frag Plug Project.
- Thread starter spinycheek
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I made a video of my first test with the "Coral Clip". It's meant to be a universal, glue-less attachment for branching, plating and soft corals. Have yet to test on soft corals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWIi2IZQUSI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWIi2IZQUSI
I finally made a DIY 3D printable disc. I had to adjust quite a few things to account for the imperfections inherent in FDM printers, but the results are pretty cool. The surface texture is actually designed as a grid pattern on the CAD file, but it's meant to use the printer's bridging artefacts to get the course, textured surface where the glue/coral attaches.
Free to download at www.mausreef.com for those interested.
Thanks!
It takes about a week from start to finish, I have to blend colors to get the clay the right color then they're shaped and textured by hand. Dry for a day, Add more coloring, dry again. Fire them which takes about a day. Once they're cool, I clean them up with water and a toothbrush.
Then I print the threads and glue them into the bottom of the ceramic mounts. Let that cure for a day. Then they're finally done.
I started off using molds, but I couldn't get the concave underside the way I wanted it, which I've found to be really nice for conforming to live rock, because they wrap around it and don't stick out so bad.
It takes about a week from start to finish, I have to blend colors to get the clay the right color then they're shaped and textured by hand. Dry for a day, Add more coloring, dry again. Fire them which takes about a day. Once they're cool, I clean them up with water and a toothbrush.
Then I print the threads and glue them into the bottom of the ceramic mounts. Let that cure for a day. Then they're finally done.
I started off using molds, but I couldn't get the concave underside the way I wanted it, which I've found to be really nice for conforming to live rock, because they wrap around it and don't stick out so bad.
