3-dPrinting

It was finally time to print the figure on our brand new Tinkerine 3-D printers. Unfortunately, I am not thrilled with the results. The clear material feels cheap, and the support material left rough edges that cannot be removed without damaging the figure. I plan to print again using the powder printer, and hope to get better results.

One thing that I will do differently is orient the glasses so that the front of the frames are face down on the ground plane. This should minimize the amount of support material that they need. As you can see, the way that I oriented them in my first attempt resulted in them being completely encased in support material.

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