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Easy Built Taube by edtherenderman. Viewed 405 times.
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| edtherenderman | 13-Jan-20 11:22 | | Here is a close up of the engine that I printed on my 3D printer. You can see the overall length is 2 inches. |
| Creosotewind | 13-Jan-20 16:22 | | Very cool. I've been wanting to design some 3D parts. What kind of printer are you using. The resolution looks really good.
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| edtherenderman | 13-Jan-20 16:41 | | For these parts, I'm using a Kudo3D Bean LCD SLA printer (https://www.kudo3d.com/bean-3d-printer/). Resolution is 0.05mm. The details you can modeled and print are pretty amazing. When prototyping, I use an older MakerGear Mosaic FDM printer (0.3mm resolution). Not as much detail but allows me to get sizing and scale correct. |
| Don C | 14-Jan-20 10:14 | | Nice. I know nothing about this. What do you use as a model or plan for the printer? |
| edtherenderman | 14-Jan-20 11:24 | | Don, it's a real process. Before I start, I look for lots of reference pictures or drawing, mostly on the internet. Once I have a good idea of what I want to model, the fun begins. It usually takes five separate steps (my “Pipeline”): 1) Virtual Modeling of the part using the drawings or pictures as reference (tools: Blender, ZBrush, Maya, Sketch-up, Autocad). 2) Model Cleanup to fix any issues that may occur while modeling (tools: Meshmixer or online tools), 3) Adding supports and slicing the model into layers since the printers actually lay down one layer on top of another as they print (tools: Slic3r), 4) Printing the model (tools: depends on the printer. Some printers use open source software, while others have their own driver applications). 5) Post processing cleanup depending upon the type of printer, includes washing and curing the model, removal of support materials, sanding and fine tuning.
You can find some models on the internet that are pretty much ready to print, but I’ve never been so lucky. Besides, I like modeling, whether virtual or real!
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| Don C | 14-Jan-20 13:18 | | You're right! I almost got lost at #1 - tools. Don't know what any of that is, but at least now I have some idea. More complicated than I first understood it to be. |
| edtherenderman | 14-Jan-20 13:39 | | Yah, I'm probably making it harder than I need to with all the 3D stuff, but it wraps two hobbies into one result, which I enjoy! |
| Creosotewind | 15-Jan-20 09:22 | | I do the same when I can design parts to be laser etched. My Piper Cub's motor was done that way, and my Sherman tank used a lot of etched parts I designed.
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| edtherenderman | 15-Jan-20 09:51 | | Creosotewind: I bought an inexpensive laser etcher (2500 mw) in November with the hope that I would be able to cut parts for the many scratch builds I want to build. I've literally burned an entire sheet of balsa getting settings that worked, but I think I have it now. I plan to use it on my next model (Hannover CII). Looking at your Sherman tank, it looks like you are getting great results! |
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