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Post by Ron Walker on Feb 17, 2023 13:11:16 GMT -7
Well, Scott's model is extremely detailed and my 3D skills are lacking. This is the best I've done so far.  Look especially at the detail with the electrical slip ring sliders. Much of mine have globed together but enough worked to get the idea of how it worked. I'm just wondering if I can get any better. |
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Post by scotttucker on Feb 18, 2023 0:32:20 GMT -7
Hmmm.... could be a number of things - quality of filament, nozzle temperature setting etc. Are you letting your slicing software add a support structure? That might help. My print was a little more satisfying than this one but I still needed to tidy up parts of the lower surface (a soldering iron on the lowest setting is pretty good at smoothing out some of the stringy whisps).
One easy solution would be to print the top half and the bottom half of the slip rings separately so you avoid the worst of the overhang printing then glue them together - let me know if you want me to electronically slice it into two halves.
Another thing you may not have noticed yet is that the lugs (top left in your picture) that insert into the main cradle are not very thick - on my build, which has sat with the full weight of the projector on them for several months now they have sagged a little - nothing drastic but another thing to add to the list for improvement.
In the fullness of time, I would like to make a mkIV version in which the slip rings are covered by a smooth cowl (I also quite like the look of the collar that was fitted beneath the starglobes on the Mk IV) - that would eliminate this particular issue - those slip rings are the finest/ most delicate part of the whole model. You may have to wait a long time for the mkIV to materialise though- other priorities.
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