The test print of the NinjaFlex went smoothly, so onto the squishy owl. This is a Christmas present for the 5 year old.
A few false starts, and some fiddling with live z-tuning, and things were printing well. The first print is nearly perfect, except for the top of the head, where there are too few layers, and too big of a gap to bridge:
Tried a small second version with a few extra layers, sliced in Slic3r so I can better control a few things. Well, that resulted in nothing printed, and a bundle of twisted and wasted filament; I’ll stick with the first print.
Added a tophat to see if we can cover up the spotty quality on the top of the owl’s head:
- Maker:
- Source:
- License:
- Model:
- Material:
- NinjaFlex Grass SemiFlex 1.75mm
- Inland Peak Green PLA 1.75mm
- Print Date: 2017/11/22, 2017/12/23
- Print Time:
- Owl: 4 hours 10 minutes
- Top Hat (NinjaFlex): failed
- Top Hat (PLA): 33 minutes
- Estimated Print Time:
- Owl: 4 hours 13 minutes
- Top Hat (NinjaFlex): 26 minutes
- Top Hat (PLA): 31 minutes
- Estimated Filament:
- Owl: 8.9 meters
- Top Hat (NinjaFlex): 80.6 cm
- Top Hat (PLA): 1 meter
- Slicer: PrusaControl
- Slicer Settings:
- Owl
- 0.20mm layers
- 0% infill / hollow
- no brim
- no supports
- material setting: Flex – Shore A85 – A98
- Top Hat (NinjaFlex)
- 0.20mm layers SemiFlex or Flexfill
- 20% infill
- no brim
- supports (pillars)
- material setting: Flex – Shore A85 – A98
- scale: 500%
- live adjust z: +0.750mm
- Top Hat (PLA)
- 0.15mm layers
- 20% infill
- no brim
- supports on bed
- scale: 600%
- Owl
- Printer: Prusa i3 mk2