A Different Direction..............

[Neil Merryweather]

Very nice Dave. Interesting that you see layer lines like this on some moulded products these days. They must sculpt and print digitally, then make the moulds from the prints.

you can actually just print the mould, Tim. My brother has an injection-moulder and prints in a high temp resin....

[Tim Marlow]

you can actually just print the mould, Tim. My brother has an injection-moulder and prints in a high temp resin....

Never thought of this. The moulding company in my head is Renedra. They make thier own stuff, but also act as a moulding company for most other gaming figure UK companies. However, not all of them have the lines…..I suppose the companies that sub out the manufacturing make thier own moulds?

[Neil Merryweather]

Never thought of this. The moulding company in my head is Renedra. They make thier own stuff, but also act as a moulding company for most other gaming figure UK companies. However, not all of them have the lines…..I suppose the companies that sub out the manufacturing make thier own moulds?

Games Workshop have been doing it for years, but whether the moulds or just the originals I'm not sure

[JR]

Dave well done , you've got the hang of this very quickly, you must be very pleased its gone so well.

[stillp]

That looks very good Dave. Is he solid or hollow?
Pete

[Dave Ward]

That looks very good Dave. Is he solid or hollow?
Pete

It has 20% infill - that means that there is a sort of honeycomb support structure under the skin. It means that the print is lighter, takes less time to print & uses less filament. The infill geometry is generated by the slicer programme, and you can vary the infill all the way up to solid ( 100% ). Just another setting you can change!!
Dave

[Dave Ward]

For the second time I managed to give myself an electric shock - so I decided it was time to print out the power supply cover from Thingiverse by Area51. - This incorporates a space for a switched plug socket

Bit doubtful about this one, it's going to take 5hrs+ to print. The first layers have gone down well & it's sticking - just a matter of going away & leaving it to do its' stuff.
Dave

[Gary MacKenzie]

For the second time I managed to give myself an electric shock - so I decided it was time to print out the power supply cover from Thingiverse by Area51. - This incorporates a space for a switched plug socket
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Bit doubtful about this one, it's going to take 5hrs+ to print. The first layers have gone down well & it's sticking - just a matter of going away & leaving it to do its' stuff.
Dave

I noticed that on the early reviews, had assumed that the company would have taken the ''shock'' news onboard and enclosed it in something to stop that.

[Dave Ward]

Well, it actually took 61/2 hours to print and this was in draft mode

Drafting is for functionality, not aesthetics - not sure why the odd marks on the left in the last picture. That was facing away from me on the build plate, and I only saw it when I popped it off the plate - It doesn't seems to affect the mechanics of the thing! This guard will prevent my fingers from finding the tingly bits, and add a switched plug connection. I'm getting more confidence in the reliability of this now, but not enough to have it running overnight ( yet! )
Dave

[Tim Marlow]

Well, it actually took 61/2 hours to print and this was in draft mode
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Drafting is for functionality, not aesthetics - not sure why the odd marks on the left in the last picture. That was facing away from me on the build plate, and I only saw it when I popped it off the plate - It doesn't seems to affect the mechanics of the thing! This guard will prevent my fingers from finding the tingly bits, and add a switched plug connection. I'm getting more confidence in the reliability of this now, but not enough to have it running overnight ( yet! )
Dave

Got to love a machine that has design issues, but allows you to make improvements just by using it….I have absolutely no use for one, but I ain’t half tempted…..

[Dave Ward]

I'll put up some pictures of the fitted cover tomorrow - then I think that is it, for this thread, it's been about the trials & tribulations of building the 3D printer, setting it up, and learning the basics of how to begin tweaking the slicer programme for better results.
So far I've only printed models created by others, later this week I hope to start printing some of my own. Simple at first, but hopefully getting more adventurous! I'll be starting a new thread, which will be about creating something actually relevant to modelmaking!
Dave

[JR]

Going to be a must follow one then Dave.

[Dave Ward]

Oh - no play today - just having the warnings of a diabetic hypo, so grabbing mars bar & full strength coke & heading for bed

[Tim Marlow]

Oh - no play today - just having the warnings of a diabetic hypo, so grabbing mars bar & full strength coke & heading for bed

Hope you catch it early enough Dave. Take it easy and see you when it stabilises again.

[Jim R]

Take care Dave.