3D canes
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Here is a basic 1 meter tall and 40 mm diameter cane . It's a 7 part print and slicer ready - manifold pieces !
I haven't printed as I'm out of translucent filament currently . Below pics show fitment and press together connections.
link below for .zip
simple cane
I haven't printed as I'm out of translucent filament currently . Below pics show fitment and press together connections.
link below for .zip
simple cane
I totally missed the files- thanks.
I just sliced via Bambu studio @ 20% infill and tree supports, and it only took 435g.
How did you do supports on the long curved section? Studio wants to put support inside the tube and that seems like it would be quite hard to remove. And I think that's too drastic of an overhang to go without?
I just sliced via Bambu studio @ 20% infill and tree supports, and it only took 435g.
How did you do supports on the long curved section? Studio wants to put support inside the tube and that seems like it would be quite hard to remove. And I think that's too drastic of an overhang to go without?
I just used Cura to proof the .stls were manifold . That is a quick design basic cane. You could probably print the curves horizontal without issue .
do u want cut away .stls to see how it fits ?
I printed just a small piece of the large curved piece from the first files. It actually printed pretty well with no supports, but it broke free of the bed in the final layers. I don't think that would have happened with the full piece since it would be better supported and not rock back and forth like this one. In the meantime, I've restarted it with a brim.
The walls are pretty thick... thinner would pass more light and save material, but be harder to join the pieces together
I'm not sure I'm understanding your latest design.
The walls are pretty thick... thinner would pass more light and save material, but be harder to join the pieces together
I'm not sure I'm understanding your latest design.
I went ahead and printed the large curved section in white PETG (closest thing I have to a 'transparent' filament)
It's a chonky boi. This piece alone weighs more than 2 or 3 of my existing canes, lights included lol.
Did a quick test with some seed pixels, and although you can certainly see them in the dark, it reduces them far too much for my needs. I'm sure a true transparent filament would help with that.
FWIW, I wasn't able to get it to print in PETG without having supports underneath. That was printing it horizontally on its side: vertically would have certainly required support, and it was a lot more of it. I went with 10% infill which was sufficient for a successful print.
If my PEX project doesn't pan out I may have to look at something like this, but with much thinner walls. That would make joinery tricky but overall work better for what I'm thinking of.
It's a chonky boi. This piece alone weighs more than 2 or 3 of my existing canes, lights included lol.
Did a quick test with some seed pixels, and although you can certainly see them in the dark, it reduces them far too much for my needs. I'm sure a true transparent filament would help with that.
FWIW, I wasn't able to get it to print in PETG without having supports underneath. That was printing it horizontally on its side: vertically would have certainly required support, and it was a lot more of it. I went with 10% infill which was sufficient for a successful print.
If my PEX project doesn't pan out I may have to look at something like this, but with much thinner walls. That would make joinery tricky but overall work better for what I'm thinking of.
Thank you for printing/testing this and giving feed back . I now know how to fix this .
I will re-create the 7 pieces individually as hollow shells with simple flanges at either end for joining .
This will make them much lighter and thinner.
Was the 40mm diameter to large ? I noticed you mentioned seed pixels in another thread .
For testing purposes I'll provide you a cutaway as it doesn't consume much time or filament .
I will re-create the 7 pieces individually as hollow shells with simple flanges at either end for joining .
This will make them much lighter and thinner.
Was the 40mm diameter to large ? I noticed you mentioned seed pixels in another thread .
For testing purposes I'll provide you a cutaway as it doesn't consume much time or filament .
I've printed loads of things with it . I think it is great and probably the most pure .