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So I printed my screen tops for my tank many years ago. 2 of them I reprinted sometime back because the intial frames I made for them were very bulky and the access port in the tops wasnt big enough for me. However one of the tops I hadnt ever gotten around to reprinting again, mainly because I was being lazy about it, but it finally time to reprint it. So I thought I would share some of my process for this
Goal for this print is to make it lighter and less bulky, but still maintain good strength. I also want to dramatically increase the size of the access panel.
Pic of screen top to be reprinted
Step 1 is to re-do the 3d model. I am using 3ds Max for this. I could do in Fusion 360 but I already had the old model done in max so I just continued there. The model basically consists of 4 main pieces as you can see here
Next step is to break up the pieces into printable sections. Unfortunately my conveyor belt printer, which would let me print much longer pieces, is not working currently so I need each part up into pieces that are less then 12 inches long so they fit on CR-10s.
In the past I have done fairly simple joints between each piece, but this time I want to try something different to try and increase the strength between each. However these joints have proven to be somewhat problematic for a few reasons, so I am going to have to rethink my approach here and come up with a join that is printer friendly and gives the added strength I want.
So Needless to say, more to come as I try out some different joints... Stay tuned
Goal for this print is to make it lighter and less bulky, but still maintain good strength. I also want to dramatically increase the size of the access panel.
Pic of screen top to be reprinted
Step 1 is to re-do the 3d model. I am using 3ds Max for this. I could do in Fusion 360 but I already had the old model done in max so I just continued there. The model basically consists of 4 main pieces as you can see here
Next step is to break up the pieces into printable sections. Unfortunately my conveyor belt printer, which would let me print much longer pieces, is not working currently so I need each part up into pieces that are less then 12 inches long so they fit on CR-10s.
In the past I have done fairly simple joints between each piece, but this time I want to try something different to try and increase the strength between each. However these joints have proven to be somewhat problematic for a few reasons, so I am going to have to rethink my approach here and come up with a join that is printer friendly and gives the added strength I want.
So Needless to say, more to come as I try out some different joints... Stay tuned