I know that I am posting too much 3D printing and I will stop soon, promise:-D . I did get the idea to take my very detailed 1/4 scale digital models and print them in a cheaper plastic for Christmas ornaments. Something to do during football ... What I found is that the cheaper plastic is roughly 1/3 the cost of the detail prints. I have printed enough to know what will be lost, the screw heads will be melted together and you won't see the place for the screw driver anymore. That level of detail will not print with a laser sintered plastic. Sintered plastic requires a much larger gap for parts to remain separate after printing and those gaps are just too big. Nothing on these prints will move. I had to thicken here and there just to make them printable. I am thinking that they will actually look good and certainly good enough to hang on a tree, LOL. Of course I will have to order a set to find out.
No matter what color I order in the laser sintered plastic in, it is printed in pure nylon and then dyed the selected color. I have found that the pure white nylon just absorbs all of the contrast with its "whiteness" and I am thinking that I will order them in a color. I hate the feeling of pure sintered plastic in my fingers and the dyed plastic for the most part is polished (except black) and loses that feeling.
The HDS 6200 is 5.1" high to top of hanger, T3 is 4.2" to top of hanger and the Geod 600 is 4.5". The volume of the HDS6200 makes it by far the most expensive to print too (almost twice the T3). We will see how the wife takes to instruments hanging from her tree. She accepted the Ariel Atom's I printed last year...
and I hate the cantilever hook too, much to late right now to create something different
Very Cool!B-) :totalstation: :stakeout:
Thanks Jered!
Thinking about it, these might be a little large for ornaments, I am thinking I might scale them to 1/6th. I have some 1/8th scale instruments sitting on my desk looking at me and I am thinking they are too small and the 1/4th scale too big.
Norm
I uploaded a 1/6th scale Wild T3, Leica C10 and Geodimeter 600 that were re-designed for sinter printing and that scale. This is getting more into the realm of what Christmas ornaments should cost, well, except the C10. I may have to do a 1/8th version of it. The robot in color will be just under $30, the T3 in color will be right at $22 and then the C10 came in at $52 in color. The scanners are just so much material! I still have that 1965 Geodimeter Model 6 sitting in the back room that I want to model some day, I am now cringing at the amount of material even in a small scale.
I uploaded a 0.75 x 0.75 x 0.75 reduction (42%) of the 1/6th scale C10 and that yielded a $25 color print cost for 1/8th scale. I would have to go in and make sure all the walls meet minimum widths and such though. I will hate printing one at different scale, but, I have to draw a line on the tree somewhere!
Did it sound familiar? I am assuming that this is Gavin.
Didn't really feel like working this afternoon, so, I thinned some of the walls on the 1/8th scale C10 and it is right at $20 for a color print
Want one? I have several on my desk and I need space for Christmas ornaments
I am thinking that the level of detail will be fine with the sintered plastic. This is a sample of what I am expecting, a little rough, but, everything in the right place.
Of course the detail plastic is MUCH better ...
Very cool stuff. Looks as though it would be fairly time-consuming to create these files. What software are you using?
The heavy lifting is Autodesk Inventor, but, I use TerraModel for the CAD 2D and quite a few other suites for other aspects.
I did the T3 first and it did take a while, I had been using the software to go from scan cloud out of Cyclone to automotive parts design, but, an instrument was way out of that box. The C10 was the biggest pain for a verity of reasons, but, the HDS 6200 and the Geodimeter robot were very quick. You do have to draw a line at some point, I did not model the threads for instance. They are not solids and are hollow shells with openings on the bottom for the material to pour out after printing.
I own Zeiss digital and optical levels, Leica digital levels, Geodimeter 440, Geodimeter model 6, a Trimble robot, Wild T16 with gyro, Wild T1, Wild T2 with striding level and steep oculars, HP 3800, Leica 2500, Leica ScanStation 2 and I know I am forgetting something. I wish I still had my 4400 robot, but, it was lost in a fire. I have a bunch of Trimble and Geodimter GPS receivers spanning quite a few years, but, who wants a box? I can't see doing either of the other two laser scanners as they are just so big and unfortunately that will probably hold true for the Model 6. Because the Model 6 is so rare, I am sure most have not seen one. They are huge, yes bigger and heavier than a Leica 2500. One of the first "portable" EDM's way back in 1965. I can't see the levels taking any real time, but, the result will be a boring box. I have been thinking about the T16 and the T2, lots of curves and hard to do shapes. The 440 interests me. I kind of want to do a transit or a dumpy, but, they were before my time and I do not know that much about them and do not own any.
Right now I am doing a Seattle Seahawks cell phone case for myself, so, it has all priority.
OK, Seahawks set!
Those are pretty cool Norm; if I ever get an IPhone, I'll be sure to look you up...B-)
Doug
That is a Galaxy S4. I am not knocking the iPhone as they are very cool kit, just I am a big guy and I need a more "proportional" phone
> That is a Galaxy S4....
That's what I'll probably get too; 2007 called me, it wanted it's phone back..:snarky:
I just said the IPhone, because it sounded trendyB-)
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Some changes before I push print. I was thinking that the entire reason I did these in the first place was because I could do motion so small. Now that I am printing in a new medium, why am I changing the goal? The gaps that I have to adhere too are just too large for a sintered plastic, but, I can place multiple shells in each model. in other words as long as I make parts big enough for the operator to see, I can do multiple parts per model. I moved the scope out and the lower rotating assembly down, so, that they are clear. Remeasured and modified their contact areas. I hope the plastic is flexible enough to get that scope back in, .. it should be. I then moved the two side knobs out and sprued them figuring they would be lost otherwise.
How can I buy one of these for my office mate for Christmas?!
Copied from a different thread
WSF (laser sintered nylon, doesn't paint well but takes dye - very strong and flexible and does need to be sealed to keep the dye. These are all snap together kits for dying and for movement once the model is together
Wild T3
1/4th scale http://shpws.me/p78n
1/6th scale as pictured above http://shpws.me/p7og
Geodimeter 600 Robot
1/4 scale http://shpws.me/p7zN
1/6th scale as pictured above http://shpws.me/p7ss
Leica C10 laser scanner
1/8th scale http://shpws.me/p7Bk
1/6th scale http://shpws.me/pt6Z
Leica 6200 laser scanner
1/6th scale http://shpws.me/p7zJ
Geodimeter Model 6
1/6th scale http://shpws.me/pSef
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FUD Fine Ultra Detail printing - great detail and a little brittle. All are designed with moving parts, but, printer orientation decides if it will actually work and we have no control of that. View them as models and if they function, great!
Wild T3
1/4th scale http://shpws.me/oU0x
1/8th scale http://shpws.me/oZgr
1/12th scale http://shpws.me/oQy7
Geodimeter 600 Robot
1/4th scale http://shpws.me/or69
1/8th scale http://shpws.me/oyR7
1/12th scale http://shpws.me/oFdm
Leica C10 laser scanner
1/4th scale (not available)
1/8th scale http://shpws.me/oTZS
1/12th scale http://shpws.me/oZgy
Leica 6200 laser scanner
1/4th scale http://shpws.me/oLsp
1/8th scale http://shpws.me/oZgQ
1/12th scale http://shpws.me/oZgE
All of the surveying models https://www.shapeways.com/shops/cpconsult?section=Surveying&s=0
Thanks! I've been looking at the colors to choose, but I am unsure which one is the colors used for the photos taken of the 600 robot. I would love to get the orange and black one in the photos. Thanks!
