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Master at Arms
Remember thinking 3D printing wound be the death of model kits since you'll be printing kits at home?
Well the last thing I had to do during the shop rearrange was calibrate my printer. Once done, I went to print off something I've wanted for a long time, but never jumped on the resin kits out there: the Discovery One from 2001.
There are a few guys out there that did it, and I came across an amazingly detailed version, all broken down into parts (about 60 files) to print and assemble. I scaled it down to 60%, generated the code and since it was still early in the day, I started to print the main sphere. At 60%, it would be about 3.5 inches wide, not too shabby and since the model is long, wouldn't take up much space.
The front half of the sphere is 611 layers, each layer .1mm. I started printing at 2PM and went on to do other things, dropping in on it every so often. At 4, it was on layer 42 (the early layers are the smallest too). By my guess, it'd at least be another hour to hit 60, one tenth of the job, so my guess is 30 hours. That's just for the sphere, not the other pile of parts, etc.
I guess I'll be looking for a resin kit again.
Don't get me wrong, the printer is an amazing tool and saves me a ton of time, but the dreams of printing a kit got a cold dose of reality.
Well the last thing I had to do during the shop rearrange was calibrate my printer. Once done, I went to print off something I've wanted for a long time, but never jumped on the resin kits out there: the Discovery One from 2001.
There are a few guys out there that did it, and I came across an amazingly detailed version, all broken down into parts (about 60 files) to print and assemble. I scaled it down to 60%, generated the code and since it was still early in the day, I started to print the main sphere. At 60%, it would be about 3.5 inches wide, not too shabby and since the model is long, wouldn't take up much space.
The front half of the sphere is 611 layers, each layer .1mm. I started printing at 2PM and went on to do other things, dropping in on it every so often. At 4, it was on layer 42 (the early layers are the smallest too). By my guess, it'd at least be another hour to hit 60, one tenth of the job, so my guess is 30 hours. That's just for the sphere, not the other pile of parts, etc.
I guess I'll be looking for a resin kit again.
Don't get me wrong, the printer is an amazing tool and saves me a ton of time, but the dreams of printing a kit got a cold dose of reality.
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