I want one of those broad cone-based ceramic raktajino mugs.
Search for Hiwave Hotjo. They’re slightly different, but they’re the ones used in ops for DS9.
Hiwave Hotjo
Woah, thanks! I always figured they were custom props.
The other mug – the broad-based one you were actually thinking of – was also a commercial product made by a company called Feltman Langer. They were never available in blue, though; the DS9 props department repainted them.
Also, apparently somebody just came out with a replica as of two days ago, so that’s neat. $30 is a little steep for a coffee mug, but I guess not bad for a special prop replica coffee mug.
Oh, you’re right. That’s the one I’m really thinking of.
So it comes with a working replicator? Because that’s how the enterprise crew drank coffee. They got it from a replicator. :p
Bones: “it disassembles your poop and turns it into coffee. Well I can still taste the poop” he says on his sixth cup that day.
Seems like the kind of niche items some small scale 3d printers could tackle.
I thought you weren’t supposed to make food, bongs or uh “other bodily items” with a 3d printer
There’s only like 3 reasons why you shouldn’t, and you can work around those reasons fairly reasonably.
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The filament might not be food safe. So just make sure you use one that is.
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The extruder bit on the printer could be made of a metal you don’t want mixing with food or vessels that will have food. Again, just make sure you use a food safe extruder.
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The way 3D printing works, you will have a fairly porous object. If you can ensure it is sealed properly with a food safe sealant so that microbes and other nasty stuff doesn’t get trapped on the surface, it should be fine.
Also since it’s kind of related: They actually make food printers that print things out of chocolate. They’re super expensive though.
The other thing you can do is use the 3D printer to print a mold, then cast the item itself out of some other material.
Oh neat, any way to make bongs? I was told bongs I had to be especially careful with because you’re inhaling out of it instead of just eating
I haven’t heard anything about that… I would assume the worst thing is that because the filaments are meant to melt at fairly low temps, you’ll end up burning some of it even if you added metal or glass downstems and bowls to it, since those materials could transfer the heat to the main body.
I have had that experience with cheap plastic bongs that weren’t even 3D printed. I would just stick to glass, metal or silicone.
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Hey, what a man, a tribble, and a 50 gallon blue barrel of KY do in the privacy of home is their business.
Well, now I’m craving a chicken sandwich and coffee.
