At full scale and fine resolution, this would take a little over 4 days just to print the body of the chocobo. I want more along the lines of action figure / 38mm scale, so I initially printed at 25% of original model scale. At that scale it’s a bit to small – clean up is difficult,…
Month: February 2018
4 Kilometer Token
The printer was well past 4 kilometers of printed filament before I noticed. Time for another token! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dwyer Devices (@dwyerdevices) At the current print velocity, we’ll be adding another kilometer of printed filament nearly every month. Maker: patricknevindwyer Source: 4km Token Model: 4km coin.sl Material: Inland Silver…
Space Ship Tokens
It’s unsurprising that the 10 year old’s open ended school projects often result in building a new board game. This round, the game called for a series of Space Ship tokens: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dwyer Devices (@dwyerdevices) The old-school/1960’s futurist vibe of the original model fit perfectly, and is captured surprisingly…
3 Kilometer Coin
In the dizzying lead up to the holidays, our Prusa i3 mk2 zipped past the 3 kilometer mark for printed filament: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dwyer Devices (@dwyerdevices) Source: 3 Kilometer Token Maker: patricknevindwyer License: Creative Commons – Attribution – Share Alike Material: Inland Egyptian Blue PLA 1.75mm Print…
Chinese Bo – Warring States Period
High quality bell making started in China somewhere around 400-300 BCE, more than a thousand years before bellfounding became well understood in western Europe. As an example of ancient Chinese technologies, it fits well into the 10 year old’s group project at school. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dwyer Devices (@dwyerdevices) This bell…
Terracotta Army – Horse
The Warrior 4 from the Terracotta Army has a companion: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dwyer Devices (@dwyerdevices) The Warrior and Horse we’re well received when the 10 year old brought them to class for a group project working session. Also printed in Red Copper PLA, the horse took significantly longer, particularly…