I’ve been playing around with strength testing. This weighs 30g… and supports my not-inconsiderable 125 kg!
Microcenter PLA printed at .2mm on a Prusa mk2 20% infil
I want the fudge to the left. That looks great.
Nice…clean print too.
That’s pretty good. Imagine how strong it would be if it was solid.
@Kevin_Danger_Powers …and how heavy…
I’ve always advocated for Microcenter filament. Probably printed 70+ rolls now with no issues.
Does the fudge explain the 125kg?
@Cliff_Bramlett probably around 54g. He said it only weighs 30g at 20% infill. The infill itself probably only accounts for 20% of it’s total weight which is probably about 6g. 6g x 5 (to equal 100% infill) is 30g. 30g + 24g (the initial weight of the walls) would get you 54g. So it probably wouldn’t weigh a whole lot more. But even if my math is wrong and it weighs 100g, it still wouldn’t be that heavy and could hold a LOT of weight for a chunk of printed plastic.
@Matt_Harrington No, the 6’5" does…and some of the fudge.
@Kevin_Danger_Powers It’s hard to see in the photo, but there actually isn’t a lot of infil…the legs of the tripod are I-beam shaped, and the thickness works out so that they’re pretty much 100% infil…the only infil are the bottom pieces that turn the structure into a truss (and are a big reason why it’s as strong as it is.)
@Mike_Miller oh, gotcha. The picture looks like square supports, not i-beams.
Cubic infill? How many perimeters?