Author Topic: Printing a SpaceX Dragon via 3D Printer (Read 4373 times)

Prober · « **on:** 01/30/2013 03:49 pm »

Live "test" print of the dragon spacecraft

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/threed-printing

Robotbeat · « **Reply #1 on:** 01/30/2013 04:52 pm »

Watching paint dry...

Prober · « **Reply #2 on:** 01/30/2013 06:51 pm »

Quote from: Robotbeat on 01/30/2013 04:52 pm

Watching paint dry...

yep, but you learn the art of 3D printing.

It's recorded and available now ......I'll need to review the mistakes and make the corrections to recalibrate.

Chris Bergin · « **Reply #3 on:** 01/30/2013 07:01 pm »

Jeez Prober, did you type that thread title on your phone or something

Moving to the model section.

Nathan · « **Reply #4 on:** 01/30/2013 07:25 pm »

Seem to be using a lot of plastic on the interior. That would get expensive. Can that be reduced without the structure collapsing?

SpacexULA · « **Reply #5 on:** 01/30/2013 07:40 pm »

Quote from: Nathan on 01/30/2013 07:25 pm

Seem to be using a lot of plastic on the interior. That would get expensive. Can that be reduced without the structure collapsing?

Yes you control the infill in the gcode generator, I personally would have went with 5 percent concentric infill on that model but does not matter.

Our plastic is around $20ish a kg and that use just a few 10s of grams