Kylo Ren Saber hollow hilt for electronics

arhine27 said:
Sorry Kind of off topic kind of not but Can anyone recommend a good program for 3D printing? I've heard really good things about simplify3d just wanted to know if that was the way to go or if there are free softwares that work just as good.


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If you're new to 3d printing, one of the free slicers available will work just fine. You'll get better results using Simplify3D however.

My stainless PLA arrived today, and I'm testing it out right now. If all goes well, I'll give the v5 files a try to see what kind of finish I can achieve!
 
has anyone figured out how to make the blade unstable looking? also i see some awesome prints on here what layer height/other parameters are y'all using to get such a great finish
 
Will someone help me find the 3D files? I have an account on shapeways and still can't seem to find them. The Facebook link doesn't seem to work either, even though I do have a facebook.


arhine27 said:
has anyone figured out how to make the blade unstable looking? also i see some awesome prints on here what layer height/other parameters are y'all using to get such a great finish
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Here is a pretty impressive unstable blade effect http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=253127
 
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elr02k said:
Will someone help me find the 3D files? I have an account on shapeways and still can't seem to find them. The Facebook link doesn't seem to work either, even though I do have a facebook.
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It's in the Knights of Ren group under files.


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A metal one does sound nice actually. I just have no prior history of CNC machines. Is that something I can find locally?
 
elr02k said:
A metal one does sound nice actually. I just have no prior history of CNC machines. Is that something I can find locally?
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You don't wnat to get this machined on your own. machining a single one of this would be upwards of $1000, if you could even find a shop to take it on.

I've got a thread in the projects sales thread where I am getting a run of the V5CNC files machined, if you're interested it's in my signature.
 
It's a bit out of my budget but I'd love to see when its done. Any idea what the best 3D printer is for this project? Or are they pretty much all the same. I'm looking for the least amount of print lines.
 
E Williams said:
Ok, I stand slightly corrected... the glow stick's external housing doesn't quite fit in the printed saber, even with it sanded down an extreme amount. However! The little battery/LED housing inside pops out as one piece just fine:

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/374/19681675366_6bcbf6a0ce_c.jpg

It would be very simple to add a switch on leads to the module.

LED module and glowstick tube fit into the saber with room to spare:

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/389/19700731112_2545cfd60a_c.jpg


Oh, also something that I thought was kinda neat. When I printed the upper part of the saber, I did it upside down to reduce the amount of support material needed. The ends of the side blades warped a bit, giving them somewhat the droopy appearance that the prop on display at Celebration had :)

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/345/19708110895_a2ca79650a_c.jpg
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Impressive! What printer did you use? The hilt looks so smooth
 
elr02k said:
It's a bit out of my budget but I'd love to see when its done. Any idea what the best 3D printer is for this project? Or are they pretty much all the same. I'm looking for the least amount of print lines.
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I believe one of the best out of the box printers is the Ultimaker2, but that's up for lots of discussions that aren't for this thread. There are quite a few printers out there with the 20 micron, which means very high detail, but still the typical print lines that need to be cleaned up.

If you're looking to remove print lines you want a SLA printer, it's basically printing using resin and light. The bed moves out of a vat of resin and light cures it as it comes up, so you don't get traditional printlines.
 
dday said:
I believe one of the best out of the box printers is the Ultimaker2, but that's up for lots of discussions that aren't for this thread. There are quite a few printers out there with the 20 micron, which means very high detail, but still the typical print lines that need to be cleaned up.

If you're looking to remove print lines you want a SLA printer, it's basically printing using resin and light. The bed moves out of a vat of resin and light cures it as it comes up, so you don't get traditional printlines.
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Thank you! I'm looking into a 3D printer for myself, as I am currently printing these hilt parts out on my schools 3D printer. Not exactly sure what the quality is going to be since I haven't printed any of them out yet but I'm excited to see how they look. I must say that the maker bot 2 was at my previous school and that printed out parts almost completely smooth. As for the SLA printers, I might look to them in the future since they are only kits and not commercially made.
 
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