Repper's delight

Oozing and stringing are two common problems whith FDM 3D printers that we all know how to deal with and prevent.
It mainly includes playing with

• nozzle temperature
• feedrate or "travel speed" (G0 fast move) 
• retraction parameters

For this study I need the complete opposite.

My goal is to produce as many strings as possible and being able to control their appearance like thickness (diameter), tension, trajectory, position, etc.
(I will soon see that the current slicers I have tested don't offer as many possibilities as there could be... just because they're not meant to produce strings on purpose !)

I tested various parameters with different success/failures until I get good and reproductive results.
Here are just a few of my tests :

There is no post-process on the G-code. All the strings are G0 moves without extrusion. They all produce a string due to oozing.
Once I was able to produce good quality strings (diameter and constance), I designed and printed what I've called my first "Tenstringity".

The tubular structure is very thin (4mm diameter) and fragile (2 shells, empty) and the structure is printed without any support to allow for maximum stringing.
This design is a bit tricky to print ! 
I'm not even sure it could be printed without this "stringing strategy"... because here "strings" are helping in preventing layers from "wobling" too much. They kind of act as supports.
I printed it at a very low speed for the first layers, then accelerated nearly up to the top (about 1cm below it), then decelerated again until the end.

While it feels very fragile, I was suprised how strong it is due to the tensegrity introduced by the 3D strings.
This little thing only weigth 10g and could probably support up to 1kg or more. 100 times its own weigth !!!

It's been a long print and I don't want to brake it right away ! So I take it easy.
But I'm wondering if it could stand 1 kilogram ? (I will have to try soon or later)

A few words about slicers.
As they are not meant to produce stringing, they are lacking parameters in that concern. I think there would be place for some development here. Either as a new "experimental" feature (like was "Wire printing" at a time in Cura) or as a plugin ?
If have quiet a few ideas but not the ability to code. Anybody interested ?

I have posted my first "Tenstringity" on Thingiverse if you want to give it a try.
And if you print it, I would love to see how much weigth your "stringies" can support depending on your material and settings.

And here is another one :