Just got my first FDM printer, Taz 6 and am loving it so far. Took me a while to get used it as I came from a DLP system. Now that I have some of the settings under control I’m going from broke and printing a project I’ve been working on for 3 years on and off.
I’m calculating about 30kg of filament and it’s taken almost 20 days of solid printing to print what I’ve printed so far… no end in sight. I think I was a bit ambitious for my first print…but what the hell!
I’ll post my progress here but hope you all enjoy!
That looks very very cool and I’m impressed that you’re going for it! Ambitious might be an understatement but that is certainly a good thing. As someone just getting started I can only hope to put in the time and dedication you have. I look forward to seeing some more of your updates.
It’s all printed and assembled now less the teeth which I’m working on. The plan is to post process it and make a mold then cast a few resin copies of it.
Parts were welded together using 2 methods 1. with a 3Doodler and the same filament used to print. 2. With a soldering iron with adjustable temp setting and flat tip.
@Mulanzo - I’m interested in printing this same thing - wanted one forever. I’m new to the 3d print world - any chance you’d share the file with the pieces broken up? I’m still learning how to cut files. Thanks - it looks fantastic!