Ender 3: Upgrade for cutting stickers with it !!! by teamwittholz

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With these 2 tiny parts you can fit a Roland style blade holder to your Ender 3 and cut your custom stickers from adhesive film.
What you need apart from these 2 3D printed parts:
Roland cutter blade (€12 from Ebay or €7 from Ali)
2x M3x15 screws+nuts
self adhesive cutting mat (highly recommended)
color adhesive film (anything will do e.g. DC fix from hardware store)
Did you know that you can drag black&white Bitmaps directly into Cura? That's the simple way, with the downside of having some stairs in your plot.
Alternatively you can Download INKSCAPE for free, and convert any Bitmap into an Vector .svg file. This is really incredible. You can find quick ToDo's on Youtube.
Then you can convert the .svg file into an .stl file with TINKERCAD (online CAD, also free, just registration required). This leads to flawless edges, really amazing good quality.
For cutting you can use Cura. Just set your print to 1 layer, 1 perimeter, 20mm/s, z-hop to min 2mm. Remove the filament from your extruder, and just hang the hotend and fan shroud aside. Set nozzle temp and bed temp to °C. You can also remove all the priming and wiping stuff of your start .gcode. Like this, the printer will start cutting as soon as you hit the print button.
The shoe acts as a slider that has 2 functions: it presses the adhesive film well down to prevent it from coming loose. Furthermore it makes the cutter move up and down as your bed is bent. It keeps a constant distance between bed and blade.
Happy sticker plotting!