Whatcha Printing?

[Zeiram]

As promised in another thread, here's a topic for people to post pictures of things they're 3D printing for recent projects. I'll kick things off, but I don't want to spoil anything so I'm just going to tease a couple photos.






So whatcha printing?

- larry

[scubasteve]

Zeiram that ungloved hand in the first picture looks really smooth.

My printer has been quiet for about a month but here is a recent print. It is an adapter to hold dowel rods on a peg board to display my paint.

[beaveren]

I printed this on my Form2




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[scubasteve]

Looks great Beaveren!
I have been looking into getting a Form 2 but it is not going to happen anytime soon. My concern is the cost of the resin. I know in the three years I have had my Replicator I have spent about $1300 in filament. I can only imagine what I would spend with the Form printer.

[Zeiram]

That pegboard/paint rack thing looks cool - very clever. Elektra is stunning.

- larry

[Zeiram]

Fun little piece I banged out today. A bit of cleanup left to do, but the detail is pretty impressive for the size.

[Zeiram]

Wondering if I should go bigger?



The base and pose w/ axe and warhammer are really tall, so I thought I'd go with a more modest scale, but....

- larry

[Heavy Metal Spike]

Maybe print the size you have it and then make him angry? (er) . . . although you won't like him then (apparently).


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[ReVvQuIK]

Already have a separate post showing my process. But here is my current print of the Incredible Hulk.

[Zeiram]

Nice! What printer are you using?

[ReVvQuIK]

Nice! What printer are you using?

Formlabs Form2.

[scubasteve]

Zeiram, you got good detail on the face. I can see the gum line. I tried to model and print a 1/6 scale MP5 and it is ok but nothing like a Formlabs could do.
I could easily see where I should have both printers.
RevvQuik, Your Hulk cleaned up nice. The first picture I thought he was all melted and gooey.

[Zeiram]

I was guessing a Form2. Really nice work!

I've been really surprised with the detail I can get out of FDM. I haven't printed anything smaller than .1 mm layers, but I probably will at some point just to see where the limits are. I've also thought about going to a 0.3 or 0.2 mm nozzle. It's funny that so many folks on the Interwebs want to go to bigger nozzles for faster/bigger prints. I usually want to go the other way.

- larry

[Heavy Metal Spike]

. . . The first picture I thought he was all melted and gooey.

Ditto (I'm so clueless sometimes )


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[Tim Fortuna]

You guys are doing some pretty awesome work.
How do you clean your prints off/ get rid of the layered look?

[beaveren]

You guys are doing some pretty awesome work.
How do you clean your prints off/ get rid of the layered look?

Primer and sandpaper just like the rest of you.

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[scubasteve]

Thick primer, sand, fill, rinse and repeat. I have also used Smooth Form XTC on a few things but not entirely sold on it. Acetone does not work on PLA which is the only thing I print in.
Punished Props has a great video on cleaning up PLA prints and creating a small robot model of Mr. Handy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRAlMoCPECs&t=351s

[Zeiram]

Around 120 hours in, with just the hands and weapons left printing. Most everything printed at 0.1mm layer height except the base which I rushed out at 0.4mm. Pretty happy with surface finish on everything. You can get a sense of the size of the piece now, and I'm glad I only printed it at 200%. I think it's going to be around 2' tall when finished.

[Heavy Metal Spike]

Around 120 hours in, with just the hands and weapons left printing. Most everything printed at 0.1mm layer height except the base which I rushed out at 0.4mm. Pretty happy with surface finish on everything. You can get a sense of the size of the piece now, and I'm glad I only printed it at 200%. I think it's going to be around 2' tall when finished.

The Gorilla Super Glue bottle came out looking VERY realistic!

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[Zeiram]

Thanks! This was my first attempt printing in full color with multiple materials. Getting the liquid CA to print correctly in the bottle was very challenging.