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Category: 3d Printing
MtG Trophy update
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Another trip to Toledo, another round of updates to my work on our trophy for the upcoming Magic: The Gathering tournament. Last time, I applied a base coat of black to the overall model, making it appear to be a large lump of tar. This time, it was drybrushing the stone base with different shades…
ADVi3++ upgrades
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The title is a bit of gibberish to those unaware, but this past weekend, before my trip, I managed to make time to try to upgrade my 3d printer to use the ADVi3++ firmware. Basically, this means upgrading and re-flashing the firmware of the built-in controller board and LCD panel with the ADVi3++ software –…
Printer gaps
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I have tried numerous possibilities, and I still can’t seem to resolve what appears to be the final quality issue with the 3d printer. As you can see in the picture, I am getting gaps in the print at the start of the layer on the outer wall. It isn’t consistent by layer, but of…
A (mostly) successful print
My continuing efforts to 3d print and craft a set of dice boxes for our gaming group managed a bit more success yesterday, with a successful print in copper of the customized box top. I have been having quite a bit of challenge with the cutout on the lid, which is printed first – the…
Revisiting the Trophy
Several months ago, I posted about my project to craft and create a trophy for our annual Magic the Gathering tournament. I managed to revisit this project this week, while I was spending time for work in Toledo. Didn’t end up having as much time as I had hoped (we had a big outage to…
The Dice Box
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As I continue to experiment and attempt resin molding, and fiddle and tune the 3d printer, I managed to finish a single full usable dice box, in my preferred copper PLA filament. Its not the ideal design (I have a version with a Runelord’s Sihedron Rune in the top), but the lid and base are…
Molding Fail
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Apparently, I made a mistake with the resin. After a bit of math, I had estimated fairly closely the amount of resin mix required to fill the mold – right at 1 cup total. Mix the material, add coloring, stir for several minutes, slowly pour into the mold. After several minutes of slow pouring, I…
Experiments in molding – part 2
We finished the second half of the first attempt at a mold on Tuesday, and managed to de-mold the forms that evening. New lesson learned – if you don’t spray a sealant, the new silicon bonds with the old. Thus I had to cut a new seam in the mold, to remove the original. Fortunately,…