3D Printing a chess pawn with my RepRap

Here I'm 3D printing a chess piece. This is the second chess piece I've been printing. Here it is in a picture:
http://reprap.erikdebruijn.nl/prints/IMG_0230.JPG
More details:
http://blog.erikdebruijn.nl/archives/103-Printing-chess-pieces.html

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• 3D
• print
• RepRap

[0carou]

what do you feel gives you a better product overall, the reprap or the maker bot>?

[Erikdb]

@0carou It's slightly more complicated. A RepRap is upgradable with the parts that you can print. Its quality can improve much after it is first built. The Makerbot is bought and is pretty standardized, it allows you to more quickly get nice results. They also use bearings in some places where this improves quality. The new RepRap Mendel design also uses more bearings, so this is very good.

Some people with RepRaps have better quality than the average MB. Some MBs are better than the avg. RR :)

[Erikdb]

@0carou If you build a Makerbot you probably use the kit's parts and get a pretty decently functioning 3D printer. With a RepRap you can go the low cost route and spend a lot of time tuning and get a worse or similar result. Or you can optimze your RepRap to have a higher quality. But this really takes some time and investment. Luckily the design is improving. Most of my prints are done with the Darwin design, there's a second version that I printed too which I haven't used as much for printing.

[Dark0Lord7]

which material did u use? wax?

[Erikdb]

No, this is ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene). It's one of the most common engineering thermoplastics, used in enclosures and also for most lego bricks. It's nice and tough.

Wax should also be possible with a different material feed mechanism.

[GraemearG]

Hey, good video, but was the camera handheld? :P

Out of interest, how long did that take to print?

Thanks

[Erikdb]

It took about 25 minutes. I've sped it up to take about 15 minutes now with the same quality.

[Xerock]

wow.. people could pirate games workshop figurines with this thing.

[Matrix29bear]

You need to print up a tripod for your camera.

[mcrapattack]

Where does one get these in australia?

[Lomitzu]

Thanks for the video... Print a tripod next?

[Al3xHarmon]

@KennYA51 I was reading somewhere... wikipedia I believe...

"One method of 3D printing consists of an inkjet printing system. The printer creates the model one layer at a time by spreading a layer of powder (plaster, or resins) and inkjet printing a binder in the cross-section of the part. The process is repeated until every layer is printed. This technology is the only one that allows for the printing of full colour prototypes. This method also allows overhangs."

[FPEvideos]

Is the Rep Rap capable of printing a full 90 degree overhang? If not, whats the steepest overhang its capable of doing?

[gayegotica]

you fucking want you fucking lose.

[TwoDogsX2]

looks like a bit of nozzle salad

[12enma12]

is this printer...

same like =

watch?v=u7h09dTVkdw&feature=re­lated

[slashsven]

what did i miss?? did i live under a rock for 500 years and woke up and.. .. we can print all kinds of shit, and everybody is like: jea so what..

[SiYanara]

Is the plastic a liquid?