Slipskull posted:Hancock52,
That's the finish from the printer. I printed it at layer height of 0.2 mm. I haven't done any sanding yet. I used a PLA+ its just a little tougher than normal PLA but has similar tensile strength.
Right, thanks. It was only by enlarging the photos that I saw how the layers had been applied, in effect creating a cylinder. What I have had printed is essentially rectangular, as in a tender body shell. Also, while Shapeways gives you some choice in terms of the material used, as far as I know there's no option for a particular layer height. I think 0.2mm = roughly 8/1000ths of an inch so very thin.
