Love by Layers: 3D Printing a Valentine's Rose
2025-02-13 | By Lulzbot
License: See Original Project 3D Printing
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Guide by LulzBot
This Valentine's Day, we're sharing a unique and effective post-processing technique for crafting a Valentine's Rose, hoping to inspire you to create your own DIY heat-formed gift.
The thinness of the petals allows for easy manipulation, yielding an organic-looking flower through the heat forming process. Quick action is needed as the petals begin to "wilt," but minor adjustments can be made with additional heat. We suggest printing extra petals for your initial attempt to accommodate any losses during experimentation with temperatures and techniques.
Check out this short video and see below for more information.
Steps:
1. Print the Flower Parts: Download the files linked at the bottom of the article. We used Taulman T-Glase filament for transparency with a 0.3mm layer height, although standard PLA is also suitable.
2. Gather Materials and Tools: You'll need the 3D printed flower parts, a strand of 2.85mm filament, gloves, a heat gun (or a hairdryer), tweezers, superglue (as needed), and clear coat spray (optional).
3. Assemble the Core: Attach the 3D printed bead to one end of the filament strand using a small amount of superglue.
4. Shape the Petals:
5. Repeat for Remaining Petals:
6. Customize Your Flower: Add more petals as desired for larger flowers. A suggested starting point is 3 small, 6 medium, and 5 large petals.
7. Final Touches:
Congratulations! You've crafted your own Valentine's Rose. Enjoy your unique, handmade flower!
Tool Head Used : Meteor
Filament Used : Taulman T-Glase Filament, 2.85mm
STL File - Free Download : Valentine's Rose