BillieRuben

It would warp the mould. It doesn't lose much detail, the coating is about a half a millimetre thick.

It just won't show up with like a linen texture or something.

Body safe silicone is very thick, you'll have a very hard time getting an even coating.

100% all of this.

Thank you for taking the time to explain <3

Thanks!

I always wanted to demonstrate that I'm a whole human. Not just sexual or chaste. Sex is a healthy part of my life, and I like to demonstrate it thusly.

In the article I explain how to go from print to safe dildo very easily and quickly using a technique I haven't seen anywhere else. With this technique I have made toys that legit are on par with the bad dragon dildos I own. I compare them in the article.

I also mention adding a base if you're going to use it for anal play, so I'm not sure why you felt the need to assert my article wasn't "complete".

I think it's now pretty obvious from your lack of reply to my responses to your questions that you didn't actually care to have your questions answered.

What do you want to make? What's your budget? How handy are you?

No. It's just a made up one. My boyfriend modeled it for me. I made it a bit thinner and smaller though. Dude is a bit ambitious for me.

Dunno what dogs you've been looking at but you should take them to a vet. Lol

Unnecessarily snarky comment

(which btw, is against the rules of this site).

You'll just have to be brave. :)

Sex is a healthy and important part of life.

Actually most sex toys are sold as novelty use items specifically to get around medical device laws. It's a whole terrible issue.

With regard to my article, I specifically talk about using the right silicones in it. There's no need for this level of snark.

wow, rude.

The guidelines for this site state to be kind and not snarky.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I don't understand your meaning.

yea, seems like it's a smooth on thing, unfortunately.

Which comment about trial and error sorry? I honestly rarely do the same thing twice... ADHD and all. lol

Yes, filler primer is great and I recommend it often. I think I actually mention it in the article? It's just a LOT more work than pouring some wax in and out of a mould.

When using 100% pure beeswax, it seems to be an issue with just Smooth On Dragon Skin. Is that what you used? I've added a note to the article about it.

I've also had a few folk think they were using pure bees wax, but noticed when they poked around on the label after that it wasn't actually, it's often mixed with other oils and waxes.

the way they are asked can be though, as evidenced above.

sorta yes:

It's a reference to my teddy bear (Billy Rubin) who I've had all my life. He was named after I made my mum's bilirubin wonky in the womb, my parents have a great sense of humor.

A few years ago I wanted to study medicine, but I knew we would miss my income, so what's a girl to do to make easy money while studying? ... Porn of course! So when I made my porn accounts I used Billie, the name was so familiar and it had a good alignment with my goals.

But my porn went unexpectedly viral and I kinda got overwhelmed by that. And in the mean time I took up 3D printing, and that's how I ended up moderating the largest 3D printing community on earth under the username BillieRubenCamGirl. lol.

I ended up meeting lotsa doctors because of the name (doctors love puns as much as I do it seems) and decided through talking with them I didn't want to be a dr after all. Ended up starting a double degree in two other STEM fields.

I still have the teddy, he sleeps on my bed every night.

I hadn't seen the beeswax smoothing done anywhere else, so I felt I had to share, hence the article.

But yea, I dunno why it should have to be novel..

But hey, haters will attempt to find literally anything they can to try and cut you down. I've unfortunately learned this well in my time producing content.

and you can add glitter!

I think the trouble was your tone, it's important to remember that another real life human made this article.

aren't they great? I got them at Spotlight here in Australia but I've since seen them on aliexpress too. :)

I already have a great human dick I get to play with.

A dildo would be a poor substitute for him.

Also you end up with gooey ABS to leech VOCs into your toy. :/ I really worry about that method.

Thanks!

hey thank you for saying this, I also though the tone was pretty off.

You go to the shop and ask so you get the right product because silicones that are safe for this are rare and rarely advertised as such.

Because 3D builder is legit better than tinkercad in many ways, but you're free to use tinkercad, it's totally a matter of preference. I actually list it as an option in the article, so not sure what prompted this comment.

Tinkercad won't give you volume info and nor will most organic sculpting software.

Are you talking about "magic numbers" with regard to the layer height? If so, I'm printing on a delta so it basically doesn't matter.

Yes, because it removes the layer lines, which is the main health risk in printed toys (and without smoothing those layer lines just get transferred to the toy, silicone picks up microscopic details)

mean.

:)

this is the reason.