I just got back in from the workshop to announce, SUCCESS!.

Slicing the object down the centre and rotating it so that the cut edge lay on the print bed worked a treat. I doubled up on the objects before slicing. I was worrying during printing that the cut might not have been on a line of symmetry and the finished halves would not join to make the correct shape, but I struck lucky.

Here are the two halves, hot from the extruder:

2 halves hot from the extruder.jpg

Amazingly, the object just popped off the raft.

Object and raft.jpg

Then I stuck the two halves together with slurry (after running them past a disc sander to flatten the flats.

Stuck together.jpg

I know that the object has a wood grain finish, but this is OK for this object. Can't Tell you what it is - commercial confidence, and all that.

I've really enjoyed doing this print. I had to quickly come to terms with my CAD software, plan how the print would be done and then decide on printer settings. What a learning curve!

Thanks to jimc for his masses of support, and thanks to lycan for asking me to do the job.

Old Man Emu