{"id":879,"date":"2024-02-17T00:04:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T00:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fluster.co.uk\/?p=879"},"modified":"2025-03-28T21:36:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T21:36:42","slug":"the-perfect-expresso-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fluster.co.uk\/wordpress\/2024\/02\/the-perfect-expresso-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"The Perfect Expresso Cup…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I love the whole process of 3D printing to slip casting, but it does take a while, so I’d love it if it was perfect the first time… Pah!<\/p>\n\n\n

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I have this lovely Expresso cup<\/a>; beautiful, but the maximum size I can fire is only 4cm tall, so it’s only a single-shot cup. I want a double at work, so need something with more capacity..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had a very productive lunchtime chat with a colleague and came up with a design. Same octagonal shape, but with straight sides and a little foot. This means I can make it a little wider, and the flat sides mean more coffee!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Blender, I made the positive ready for 3D printing. There is a very slight width difference between the top and the bottom, but not much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo montage time..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This gets destroyed as I pull it out of the mold<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Super glued down before plaster.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I use the same bottomless tub to make my molds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Empty mold, drying<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Slip in…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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These are way too thick.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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You can clearly see the 3D print lines which I like…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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No good…<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Maybe I just de-molded too soon, but it’s ripped some of the mold off… I think I need to re-make with more of an angle on the side; wider at the top, narrower at the bottom. I’ll try one more time before starting over!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love the whole process of 3D printing to slip casting, but it does take a while, so I’d love it if it was perfect the first time… Pah! I have this lovely Expresso cup; beautiful, but the maximum size I can fire is only 4cm tall, so it’s only a single-shot cup. I want a double at work, so… Read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pottery","xfolkentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fluster.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fluster.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fluster.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fluster.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fluster.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.fluster.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46627,"href":"http:\/\/www.fluster.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879\/revisions\/46627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fluster.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fluster.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fluster.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}