{"id":278,"date":"2013-07-07T17:34:13","date_gmt":"2013-07-07T17:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=278"},"modified":"2013-07-07T17:34:23","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T17:34:23","slug":"freds-head-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.huxter.org\/words\/?p=278","title":{"rendered":"Fred’s Head"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fred Fields<\/a> is a colleague and friend. He\u2019s an amazingly talented artist. A while ago, Pete Anderson<\/a>, another talented colleague and friend decided he wanted to model Fred\u2019s head. (I didn\u2019t ask.)<\/p>\n

When I saw the model, I thought that this would be an ideal thing to print. So with Pete and Fred\u2019s permission, I got the file and printed Fred\u2019s head, a 4.5\u2033 tall print, in .15mm mode, which means it prints 10 layers for 1.5mm in height. This print took 6.5 hours.\"OLYMPUS<\/a><\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/a><\/p>\n

\"OLYMPUS<\/a><\/p>\n

It is not without its problems.<\/p>\n

In fact, when the print got to the shoulders near the neck, some scaffolding it had printed to support the ears fell over and I had to pause the print. I glued the scaffold back in, revealing to me an amazing thing: This printer can repair scaffolding. By printing the current layer where it is\u00a0supposed<\/em>\u00a0to go, if there is anything supporting this level, even if it\u2019s out of place, it will support the printing of it\u00a0in place<\/em>, and if for some reason it isn\u2019t perfect, it\u2019s there to support the next layer better, and over a few layers, it can actually be back printing fully perfect scaffolding. I have to say \u2013 that surprised me.<\/p>\n

But the pause may have caused some heat differences, because around that point, at the back (thankfully) there is a stress crack that you don\u2019t see in these photos.<\/p>\n

I will be printing this again, one without a crack, hopefully, for Pete, another one for Fred (so I can retrieve the cracked one) and one for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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