To give a little background on this, I am a big Mass Effect fan. I have tried a few ways of making props, from pepakura to mdf. My skills in making are pretty low so I hit a brick wall.
I moved over to 3d printing a year-end a half ago, initially using a dremel ideabuilder and pla, then building an I3 clone to run abs (to make sanding a bit easier).
If you want to make a 3d printer from scratch. Check out toms3d.org my I3 is based on this only using metal where he used wood.
My set up is as follows
Fusion 360 for the 3d drawings
Simplify 3d for the slicing (this is expensive, use a free slicer)
Clone i3 for printing
Hatchbox copper colour abs 1.75mm (I used 2 kilos, but this included a lot of failing and testing)
I am new to fusion 360 so we will call this my interpretation of the gun. I set out with the goal of creating a 3 layer sandwich, the core would be 1cm thick, with the side details in sections. Meaning I could sand recessed details, but I would need to fill seams running the entire perimeter of the gun.
I moved over to 3d printing a year-end a half ago, initially using a dremel ideabuilder and pla, then building an I3 clone to run abs (to make sanding a bit easier).
If you want to make a 3d printer from scratch. Check out toms3d.org my I3 is based on this only using metal where he used wood.
My set up is as follows
Fusion 360 for the 3d drawings
Simplify 3d for the slicing (this is expensive, use a free slicer)
Clone i3 for printing
Hatchbox copper colour abs 1.75mm (I used 2 kilos, but this included a lot of failing and testing)
I am new to fusion 360 so we will call this my interpretation of the gun. I set out with the goal of creating a 3 layer sandwich, the core would be 1cm thick, with the side details in sections. Meaning I could sand recessed details, but I would need to fill seams running the entire perimeter of the gun.