Nice, where's Natasha

Working on getting a model of Sasha.  Why bother with Natascha, it's a weaker gun.  We want big, heavy gun !!

Anyway, at the moment I' trying to print the Demoman.  This time around, I cut the model at the waist so I'm printing, the 2 halve upright.  One thing I noticed is how messy the infill is.

Once again I'm using KiSSlicer to generate the GCode, and it look fine, but it's so thin, that the heat from the extruder head mangles it up as it goes over it.  The setting is for 10% infill with cross-hatch pattern.  Layer thickness is .15mm, and the extrusion with (and infill extrusion with) are .20mm.   

The question is, should I even bother with Internal support for these models?  They are intended s static models, and don't need to be structurally strong.

Sandvich make me stroonngg!

The model was split in half (front and back), then the 2 halves were sliced using KiSSlicer.  The layer thickness is .15mm, and the infill was set to 10% with a honeycomb pattern.  I didn't use a raft, per se, rather a simple skirt.  Also the way the cut worked, it didn't need any support at all.

The front half was printed yesterday, the back today, and in between , the front curled up ever so slightly, to where it will need clamps to hold the model together while it's being glued.

The picture below is of the model loosely held together with a bit of glue.  It's only 3.5" tall, and weighs 12.75 grams (.45oz).

Next test will be the same model, but sliced in the middle top and bottom, so the grain will run in the other direction.  We'll see what the difference in output quality is.

use raft only when you need to improve the size of the sticking zone (for a small part with overhang for example..  diamond that you want to print on the tip)

or for a particular problem of sticking ( part that warp...) or when you use Support. Sometimes support need extra strenght to stay in place

to remove raft, use a good exacto and lot of patience.. no miracle..

you can use Brim instead for a light raft sort of..

when i use raft, i let it in place and cut what i don't want to keep...

I'm trying to print "The Heavy" character from Team Fortress.  I decided to split the model down the middle and print it in two halves, then glue it.

The piece on the left was the first try, and I abandoned it when it was doing some weird things and melting some areas inside the arms and legs.  But never the less, after I removed it from the printer, I then tried to remove the raft.  It's impossible, it's a permanent part of the piece.

So, how do you get rid of it?  Or can you?  I like the idea of the raft as it builds a platform for your models, and any stray pieces of filament which you usually get on the first pass, are gone by the time it starts on the actual part.