# Cutting the internal supports

**URL:** <https://forum.formlabs.com/t/cutting-the-internal-supports/26578>\
**Category:** Form 2\
**Created:** [February 12, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/cutting-the-internal-supports/26578 "2020-02-12T07:05:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![NataliaK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/dec6dc/32.png) [@NataliaK](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/NataliaK)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/cutting-the-internal-supports/26578/1 "2020-02-12T07:05:19Z")

</div>

Hi Guys, I’m a newby here and I would like to ask you for the advice. I have a small part printed in Flexible. There is a 6mm hole with some internal supports auto-generated by the preform. Do you have any tips on how to remove them easily before I massacre the hole it with the clippers? I was thinking about using something like a rotatable file but I don’t want to blindly buy unnecessary tools.

Also, were these supports even necessary? After a few fails due to poorly supported parts I am afraid to remove any auto supports.

 ![41](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/2X/7/71e3e2d1500133ba06f9f3aede8778d5d7db3e22.jpeg)

Cheers,  
Natalia

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![HansSpaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@HansSpaan](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/HansSpaan)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 10:18am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/cutting-the-internal-supports/26578/2 "2020-02-12T10:18:07Z")

</div>

You could consider using a 6mm drill bit and gently rotate it between thumb and index finger.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Zachary\_Brackin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4da419/32.png) [@Zachary\_Brackin](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Zachary_Brackin)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/cutting-the-internal-supports/26578/3 "2020-02-12T14:23:20Z")

</div>

Those are pretty minor, you probably don’t need them in the first place, but you can easily cut them out and then sand the hole smooth with some sanding files.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/3X/5/b/5bc2bdf993ff27c2e0eecab5010b25626fbb327a.png) [@system](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/cutting-the-internal-supports/26578/4 "2020-02-19T14:23:25Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 7 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.