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    Following on from Mars, Earth!

    Since my Mars print was quite successful, but a bit wibbly I thought I'd do a print of the Earth. Mars was wobbly because I tried to print the whole sphere, and the southern pole of the sphere does...
  2. Thanks! But thanks mostly to NASA who put up the...

    Thanks! But thanks mostly to NASA who put up the DEM greyscale image of the whole globe.
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    It took me several attempts to understand the...

    It took me several attempts to understand the thicknesses which worked in white ABS and in orange ABS. This ugly photo without interior lighting will give you an idea of what worked:
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    Bell Shaped Lithophane

    You know those ceramic candle holders which have the same effect as lithophanes, but with a candle inside them. Well I thought I'd do a LED version:

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  5. The Martian globe complete with mountains, plains and valleys

    I've printed a 3D Mars complete with mountains, plains and valleys.

    http://3dprintboard.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=5027&stc=1

    I used PhotoToMesh (bowl shape). Full instructions here:
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    It does cylinders, spheres and surfaces of...

    It does cylinders, spheres and surfaces of revolution:

    http://www.ransen.com/phototomesh/3D-Printed-STL-Gallery.htm

    http://www.ransen.com/phototomesh/3D-printing-stl-file-creation.htm
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    Lithophanes on the DaVinci 1

    Here's my experience of lithophanes on the XYZPrinting DaVinci1

    http://owenransen.blogspot.it/2015/02/lithophanes-i-can-only-learn-by.html
  8. The machine had stopped with an error message in...

    The machine had stopped with an error message in the panel, the infamous 0040, was flashing its internal light, and "beeping". I assumed that it knew what it was diong, but I'm glad to know I can...
  9. Apparently the SD memory card can often get...

    Apparently the SD memory card can often get dislodged during transport. The solution is not mentioned in the documents as far as I can see.

    What you have to do is open the back panel, 2 screws,...
  10. DaVinci 1 failed on first demo print. Error 0040, SD card read write failure...

    Before trying my own STL files I thought I'd get it to do a demo. It stopped and gave me a 0040 (cannot read\write SD card) error. XYZprinting said they'll reply to my support request within 3...
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