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Just 3D Printed A Chess Set

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Completely unnecessary but I needed a trash can in my room with the 3D printer for all the scraps and shit. I thought I'd have some fun with it.

This is by far my longest print and took 32 hours. I set it on 30mm/sec for the outer walls because I read that slow like that is how you get the most shine out of silk PLA, and it proved true.

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It does look nice, and yeah, mildly amusing to 3D print the trash can you're going to use for trash from 3D printing.
I actually have a project that could benefit from 3D printing, as I'm building a pickup for my harmonium, but instead I'm using found materials. The lid from an orange juice jug was just about the perfect size for the largest transducer shell once I used a rotary tool to cut some of it down. Then I used part of a sour cream container for the mating surface where it will mount to the instrument. It won't be visible but I painted it anyway because I wanted to.
 
For my next 3D printer I want the platform to be at least 1 meter long in all dimensions, because most of the games I play use meters as measurement such as the Arma and Assassin's Creed series.

Also in Minecraft all of the blocks are exactly 1 meter long in all dimensions.


 
Have you figured out your cost for making the phone stand? Time, materials, electricity, walking to and from the sales point, etc?
 
Chaotic42 said:
Have you figured out your cost for making the phone stand? Time, materials, electricity, walking to and from the sales point, etc?
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'Orca Flashforge' is the software I use and it tells you how much filament you use and how much the filament cost.

It says it cost about 50cents per phone stand.
 
I made this little bathroom organizer so that I don't just have my shit all over the sink like a slob.


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Had made this for my kids a couple weeks ago so now there isn't really anything around the sink other than our 2 organizers so it's much nicer lol.

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Gizmo j said:
'Orca Flashforge' is the software I use and it tells you how much filament you use and how much the filament cost.

It says it cost about 50cents per phone stand.
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It's good that you're tracking that. The next step would be electricity, time spent setting it up and selling the item, and wear-and-tear on your printer. Good start though.
 
purbeast0 said:
I made this little bathroom organizer so that I don't just have my shit all over the sink like a slob.


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Had made this for my kids a couple weeks ago so now there isn't really anything around the sink other than our 2 organizers so it's much nicer lol.

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So many fun options:

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Ive never used transparent filament before. Post pics of your results!

I would guess that the outer layer of the ball needs to be thin to minimize light absorption, which the inner tetrahedron can be quite thick to make it opaque.
 
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