clay

Attention over time

7-day rolling share of analyzed posts/comments mentioning this entity · 90 daily points ending 2026-09-01

Final complete day: 2026-09-01. Attention was 0.1% — this entity appeared in 17 of 17,943 analyzed posts/comments in the seven days ending that day (35 mentions).

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Recent mentions

1. 2026-09-01 18:48 UTCPost

   Testing a no-CAD cutter workflow: picked an icon, sliced in Bambu Studio, and printed a razor-sharp clay/cookie cutter. - Getting clean, sharp edges on custom cookie and clay cutters usually takes annoying prep work—either fixing non-manifold lines in CAD or tracing vectors by hand. Tested out a direct icon-to-cutter generation workflow for this print: * **Icon selection:** Picked an open-source outline directly from a built-in library instead of drawing an SVG from scratch. * **Blade geometry:** Automatically lofted a stepped blade profile (tapering down to a thin cutting edge) with a reinforced base flange for hand grip. * **Slicing & Print settings (Bambu Studio / OrcaSlicer):** * **Wall generator:** Arachne (or **Detect Thin Walls: ON** — mandatory for the tapered cutting tip so the slicer doesn't skip the sharpest top layers) * **Walls:** 3 perimeters for strength on the flange * **Layer height:** 0.16 mm (Optimal for sharp top slopes) * **Nozzle:** 0.4 mm Stainless / Hardened * **Material:** Basic PLA / Tough PLA The exported mesh sliced cleanly with zero internal gap artifacts, and the test press in clay came out with crisp, separated lines.

2. 2026-09-01 02:42 UTCComment

   If someone created something physical on their own - art or functional items - and then sent it through AI, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. They put in the work to make it. They also probably know their craft very well. There is absolutely nothing wrong with them wanting to make a 3D model of it. Maybe they chiseled stone or ice for hours. Maybe they carved a swan out of butter. Maybe they threw clay onto a wheel and worked it into a funky shape. But then they all wanted to immortalize their work and also share it with others. Maybe they actually wanted to walk into someone's house one day and see their design on a mantle. If those people choose to use the AI to convert their work, I have zero problems with it. They created the entire idea. They used their craft to create it originally. But everyone in this group tends to focus only on the fact that things were put through AI, and not whether the design behind it really was an original creation. Hell someone even got called a liar here recently for a photo that they took and converted, simply because the other guy didn't believe anyone had the skill to create the original. There are real artists out there, and in this sub. But people hate AI users so much, they overwhelm real artists, calling everything AI slop. But not everything is AI slop. Sometimes it's just an easy way to convert other art mediums to a digital model without learning an entirely new skill set, just to make it again.

3. 2026-08-31 19:36 UTCComment

   My first steps would be to compare the added weight of filament if increasing your 100% infill vs how many grams of ball bearing you could fit in there. Not sure of model, so I'm thinking if you could add a ball bearing mid print to each cube, I'd imagine they'd be quite small. But then maybe it would rattle? I've read some people adding clay/play-doh mid print to add weight. Again, not sure how feasible for this model. Maybe setting infill to 0% and pausing print before it bridges to close cube off and adding playdoh?

4. 2026-08-31 04:17 UTCComment

   Here I am, thinking that slip castig would be the better use for clay, especially if you are doing bulk lots of a single design.

5. 2026-08-31 02:46 UTCComment

   Its food safe just because he did add a layer of something inside. 3d printed objects are not un-safe because of the plastic, but because the method of production generate the layer lines where germs and other pathogens can hide and its not possible to be sure that you cleaned it completely. The techonology of 3d printing clay is amazing in itself, but for food safe products is kind dangerous, as it take away the biggest advantage of clay, that is being smooth enough to be cleaned. On this specific case scenario we can see that he applied something inside, and that does make it food safe. It's still problematic that layer lines are outside and could still hide germs and other pathogens, but its not the part that touches the food or the mouth, so I do not see as a big problem.