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06-10-2018, 08:25 PM
A post on a third droid in one day? Hmm, that's a lot of droids...
I've also printed some of the "sensor" bits and the short antenna and one half of each of the two sensor balls. (Ok, I misread the file names and didn't realize they didn't go together
)
One thing that I'm really, really happy with is the fin bits. They'd barely worked before, but I stuck them on their adjacent disks this time and they printed brilliantly. I really like how that worked out.
And I was able to assemble the entire subunit. The post needed a bit of filing, my slicer apparently stuck all of the layer changes at the same spot, so there was a little ridge, but it wasn't bad at all.
For the "antigrav" thingy, I realize the supports need removed, but I thought it looked really cool with all those supports in there.
The short antenna is rounded on both ends for whatever reason. I wasn't sure if it was going to be very happy printing that way, but it seemed to do OK. (I think it's upside down here)
In that picture you can also see that I tried several of them on their tops and also on their bottoms, trying to see which way printed better. I think printing with the posts down is better so that there's less cleaning of the exposed recesses. The shapes require support as they jump out pretty sharply.
Several of the parts are also very similar, so that should be interesting trying to figure out which is which when I get around to assembling it.
I've also printed some of the "sensor" bits and the short antenna and one half of each of the two sensor balls. (Ok, I misread the file names and didn't realize they didn't go together
)![[Image: normal_DRK-1_3D_Print_Start_28729.jpg]](http://www.rebeldroids.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10017/normal_DRK-1_3D_Print_Start_28729.jpg)
![[Image: normal_DRK-1_3D_Print_Start_28929.jpg]](http://www.rebeldroids.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10017/normal_DRK-1_3D_Print_Start_28929.jpg)
One thing that I'm really, really happy with is the fin bits. They'd barely worked before, but I stuck them on their adjacent disks this time and they printed brilliantly. I really like how that worked out.
![[Image: normal_DRK-1_3D_Print_Start_28829.jpg]](http://www.rebeldroids.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10017/normal_DRK-1_3D_Print_Start_28829.jpg)
And I was able to assemble the entire subunit. The post needed a bit of filing, my slicer apparently stuck all of the layer changes at the same spot, so there was a little ridge, but it wasn't bad at all.
![[Image: normal_DRK-1_3D_Print_Start_281529.jpg]](http://www.rebeldroids.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10017/normal_DRK-1_3D_Print_Start_281529.jpg)
For the "antigrav" thingy, I realize the supports need removed, but I thought it looked really cool with all those supports in there.
![[Image: normal_DRK-1_3D_Print_Start_281129.jpg]](http://www.rebeldroids.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10017/normal_DRK-1_3D_Print_Start_281129.jpg)
The short antenna is rounded on both ends for whatever reason. I wasn't sure if it was going to be very happy printing that way, but it seemed to do OK. (I think it's upside down here)
![[Image: normal_DRK-1_3D_Print_Start_281029.jpg]](http://www.rebeldroids.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10017/normal_DRK-1_3D_Print_Start_281029.jpg)
In that picture you can also see that I tried several of them on their tops and also on their bottoms, trying to see which way printed better. I think printing with the posts down is better so that there's less cleaning of the exposed recesses. The shapes require support as they jump out pretty sharply.
Several of the parts are also very similar, so that should be interesting trying to figure out which is which when I get around to assembling it.