New build, the Mars Rover Curiosity
Posted: Wed May 21, 2014 11:43 am
Just finished printing the Mars Rover Curiosity on my Duplicator 4. It was built in Lightwave and prepped in Simplify3D. PLA, 205°, no bed heat. Speed was 3500 mm/minute, 25% infill, layer height 0.17. Printed on glass covered with Scotch painters tape wiped down with alcohol.
This was a fun build and my first lesson after building a large flat object and shattering the glass trying to remove it. Since I don't need to see the bottom of the rover, I just make big voids on the bottom. This gives it a lot less surface area on the plate, so its not as 'sticky', and it actually dropped the print time by an hour. I just put in a beveled 'arch' towards the top so I'd have a solid surface by the time the top layers were being printed. This also helps it not eat up so much material.
Every build is an education!
I'll assemble it later today and post photos of the final. Meanwhile, here are the build details...
http://donfoley.com/3d-printing/project ... -curiosity
This was a fun build and my first lesson after building a large flat object and shattering the glass trying to remove it. Since I don't need to see the bottom of the rover, I just make big voids on the bottom. This gives it a lot less surface area on the plate, so its not as 'sticky', and it actually dropped the print time by an hour. I just put in a beveled 'arch' towards the top so I'd have a solid surface by the time the top layers were being printed. This also helps it not eat up so much material.
Every build is an education!
I'll assemble it later today and post photos of the final. Meanwhile, here are the build details...
http://donfoley.com/3d-printing/project ... -curiosity