3D printing "at home"

**decapod** · 03-14-2018 03:33

Interesting experiment

A friend of mine bought an ANET A8 3D printer from Amazon for £178 and did a few experimental prints for me...
A few 1/600 scale ships and a 1/144 RE2000

The RE2000 is printed in "low res" 0.2 and took about 1 1/2 hours (material cost 30p) - with a bit of tweaking could probably get it much better but seems similar res to WSF.
I just have to remove the support material now.

As usual the photo doesn't really do it justice - click for the full size image.

Home printed

Looks like home printers are getting better...

**RJG173** · 03-14-2018 05:10

The ships are nice, but too modern for World War I. Where did he get the digital files?

**Ken at Sunrise** · 03-14-2018 05:42

I found a bunch of files on Thingiverse. Lots of 1:200 scale trucks, tanks, other tracked units for WWI

**Jager** · 03-14-2018 07:53

Does the machine need to be watched/tended while working?
Karl

**zenlizard** · 03-14-2018 08:44

Originally Posted by Jager

Does the machine need to be watched/tended while working?
Karl

Typically, not really. There's not a whole lot one can do with monitoring the process anyway, save interrupt and toss the trash if things are going horribly wrong in the middle.

**Ken at Sunrise** · 03-14-2018 09:12

Originally Posted by Jager

Does the machine need to be watched/tended while working?
Karl

I never do. I do wait and watch until it has started, usually the first minute or so. Just to make sure the filament is adhering to the bed and my z-axis isn't off. Then I don't worry about it until I hear it beeping. Occasionally I'll check in to see if somethings gone awry, especially if I'm trying new settings or a completely new print that is complex.