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05-08-2014, 02:37 AM #9
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.
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