3D Printing wood filament with our Creatr HS

What a great feeling!

Now one of our secretely most wanted items can be 3D printed! I’m obviously talking about the Dutch wooden shoe! 3D Printing wood filament is now possible with our Leapfrog Creatr HS 3D Printers. There is no better give-away-present thinkable for a Dutch startup that has clients worldwide, then the wooden shoe. Even multiple prints are possible in one turn, depending on the needed shoe size.

The result is astoundingly. Just print the shoes. It is even possible to sand your shoes, and like the originals your Clogs will smell like wood! Your prints will look absolutely amazing and your 3D printer cave will smell like an authentic woodworking shop!

But of course it doesn’t stop there. Ever build a table or chair with wooden with wooden joints? These small parts are often difficult to maken, but printing these is a breeze! The possibilities are endless. Check out our 3D Printers and start printing yourself!

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Wooden shoes or clogs

Although everyone knows what they are and what they look like, they are worn much less frequently nowadays. In fact; clogwearers have become an all but extinct species. Yet it is not so long ago that almost everybody owned a pair of clogs and used them every day. Consequently there were many clogmakers those days, who all made their own models, often in a variety of colours and decorations. This immense diversity in clogs from the past now forms a valuable part of the cultural heritage of the Dutch.

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3D printers

The earliest 3D printing technologies first became visible in the late 1980’s, at which time they were called Rapid Prototyping (RP) technologies. This is because the processes were originally conceived as a fast and more cost-effective method for creating prototypes for product development within the industry. As an interesting note, the very first patent application for RP technology was filed by a Dr. Kodama, in Japan May 1980.

Unfortunately for Dr. Kodama, the full patent specification was subsequently not filed before the one year deadline after the application. Which is particularly disastrous considering that he was a patent lawyer himself! In real terms, however, the origins of 3D printing can be traced back to 1986, when the first patent was issued for stereolithography apparatus (SLA). This patent belonged to one Charles (Chuck) Hull, who first invented his SLA machine in 1983. Hull went on to co-found 3D Systems Corporation — one of the largest and most prolific organizations operating in the 3D printing sector today.

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Leapfrog 3D Printers

Leapfrog 3D Printers aims to make high tech 3D printing techniques and materials easy to use and affordable for a broad user base. Adding value for business- and educational customers is the core of our existence. We form partnerships with different types of professionals, whouse our desktop 3D printers and learn from their experience. This way we can help them and other potential users to capture all the benefits of 3D printing for their application. Whether it is engineering, product design, medical purposes, architectural design or education, together with them, we Create the Future.

Wood filament

The wood filament is a compound of 70%PLA and 30% recycled woodfibers. It is best printed with a .5mm nozzle with an extrusion temperature of 200°C, bed temperature of 40°C and a speed of 150 mm/s.