Here is my print of "Akiko" by leadingzer0:  http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:23365 These where printed on my

Here is my print of “Akiko” by leadingzer0: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:23365

These where printed on my Bukobot with QU-BD hot end, my levered bearing extruder mechanism, Tatsu drive gear, and MABS filament. This was printed without support and I have not done any cleanup. It’s 260mm tall (a little over 10") and it’s the first full-height print on my modified Bukobot (the more compact hot end gave me an extra 2" of build height). I’m really happy with how it came out, even though it’s a relatively low resolution print and the translucent filament isn’t the best for showing fine detail.

this is wow … support but no cleanup? or have you removed the support but made no additional cleanup

Отлично сделано. Распечатано с первой попытки?

@Nils_Hitze “…printed without support…”

ah sry, misread. Even moar epic

that’s awesome. very well done

That or know someone who nabbed the STL before it was taken down. For the record, it was taken down because of a licensing issue on the base model, for which I own a license (grabbed it a year or two ago when it was on sale for $0).

I have a license. I don’t like the licensing system of this thing though I do understand its importance… Anyway I have the stl too. I wonder if its ended up on the pirate bay. I haven’t checked. It kinda seems like there should be a system where you can request to share models freely in a format like stl, since it doesn’t really help anyone trying to make a different model. Or they should really modify the license to allow people to share files generated with the system in file formats that don’t in any sensible way allow people to have access to the original model, which stl would satisfy.

@Flink_Flack the problem with those models are that generally they’re designed for games, where intersecting faces, etc are tolerated and just fine.

Those same models don’t work for us as 3D printers because we need a single, uniform, manifold shape with all faces and polys facing outwards, no intersections, etc.

@Flink_Flack I looked for such a utility and tried Meshlab and Netfabb Studio (the Netfabb cloud worked) to flip single faces but no joy. What free utilities do you use?

@Flink_Flack the point is that they have intersecting faces/vertices, and they are most definitely not ready-to-print models. I’ve downloaded quite a few to test them out, and none of them were satisfactory.

That is an awesome print! Shame like you say about the colour for showing the detail off! Wish I had this stl!

How do you like the QU-BD hot end?

I like the hot end. The rest of the mechanism has issues, bit nothing that a better drive gear and my levered bearing idler upgrade can’t fix.

@Whosa_whatsis What drive gear do you use? I have assembled my hot end with your upgrade, but have not wired it in yet.

We made a few of our Tatsu drive gears with 5mm bores (they’re normally 6mm) for testing direct-drive extruders. I’m using one of those.

So Mr. Whosa Watsis :wink: Will the QU-BD be utilized on my february Bukito? Is this the type of quality I’ll be able to shoot for?

Our extruder design is similar, but even better quality. We’re getting a bunch of the extruder parts made to our specifications by a company that made gears for the Mars rovers.

Just noticed, is that a delamination between her bust and her diaphragm?
Also, is MABS a specific brand or distribution of ABS or a specific type of ABS? And since I have your eyes at this moment, - vitamins - with respect to printers, just the various parts and pieces, the electronics? I missed the definition somewhere along the line and didn’t figure a general search on google would bring about an easy answer…

No, that’s part of the model.

MABS is a hybrid of ABS and acrylic. It’s a really great printing material that I’m surprised more people haven’t adopted.

The term “vitamins” refers to all of the non-printable parts of a Reprap printer.