Week 4 Solidoodle II Print Challenge (Tree)

**jooshs** · 2012-10-22 22:02:59

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Been holding on to this one for a while now and it is from a print challenge at a maker faire...I made sure this file is fixed up and scaled to fit on the Solidoodle... Slic3r and SF both slice it as is and it is about 120 mm tall. I haven't quite got it to finish yet... Got about 80% of the way done before it lost contact. Curious how well anyone else can get it to come out... Definitely tests the z lift which has been an ongoing discussion in solidoodle google groups.

This is the link to the source...

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:31464

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**lawsy** · 2012-10-22 22:29:38

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Re: Week 4 Solidoodle II Print Challenge (Tree)

That looks like quite a challenge.

**chuk** · 2012-10-23 01:37:14

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Holy crap! Good luck everybody.

**IanJohnson** · 2012-10-23 01:44:17

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If you want to use SF look into the Hop setting for Z lift. Also a nozzle can will help. The overhanging perimeters tend to curl up as they cool slowly. The nozzle catches them and breaks the branch or knocks the model loose.

**cmetzel** · 2012-10-23 20:34:31

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Re: Week 4 Solidoodle II Print Challenge (Tree)

What's the print time?

**jooshs** · 2012-10-24 03:11:20

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2.5 hours for .1 mm and about an hour for .3 mm. I print with 4 or 5 perimeters, no infill, and about 15 solid layers so the base is sturdy.

**solijohn** · 2012-10-24 16:11:19

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jooshs wrote:

2.5 hours for .1 mm and about an hour for .3 mm. I print with 4 or 5 perimeters, no infill, and about 15 solid layers so the base is sturdy.

I believe this was the "torture" print at this years maker faire.

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**Stoney** · 2012-10-24 16:25:21

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Really enjoying seeing these challenge threads each week, I hope it continues.
I am being increasingly blown away by what these machines are even capable of attempting.
I wish my tracking would update from arrived in aussie USPS sorting faclity ..

soon ..

**solijohn** · 2012-10-24 18:57:44

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Stoney wrote:

Really enjoying seeing these challenge threads each week, I hope it continues.
I am being increasingly blown away by what these machines are even capable of attempting.
I wish my tracking would update from arrived in aussie USPS sorting faclity ..
soon ..

USPS sucks for tracking, we apologize.

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**pretenda** · 2012-11-07 07:48:13

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Re: Week 4 Solidoodle II Print Challenge (Tree)

This is my first attempt at 0.3mm layers. I am assuming that if i did 0.1mm layers I would have gotten further. Im still really happy with how far it got. I got to about 85-90% before a branch snapped off and it started printing in thin air. It stuck to the bed well and good.

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**cmetzel** · 2012-11-07 15:11:26

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pretenda wrote:

This is my first attempt at 0.3mm layers. I am assuming that if i did 0.1mm layers I would have gotten further. Im still really happy with how far it got. I got to about 85-90% before a branch snapped off and it started printing in thin air. It stuck to the bed well and good.

Nicely done, anything special about your settings that you can share?

**pretenda** · 2012-11-10 20:54:47

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Nothing too crazy. I used a z lift of 0.5, which seems to help avoid smashing into things. I'm quite impressed with how durable it is when it is printing. It gets pushed around quite a bit, but it keeps going.

**Smitty505000** · 2013-05-14 14:20:00

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what happened to the print challenge??

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**Gordym** · 2013-05-14 15:44:25

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Isn't every print a challenge?

Smitty505000 wrote:

what happened to the print challenge??
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**mark.burhop** · 2013-06-07 02:19:21

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Gordym wrote:

Isn't every print a challenge?

Haha! I shall face the peril... I mean "challenge"!

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**2n2r5** · 2013-06-11 00:33:17

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Re: Week 4 Solidoodle II Print Challenge (Tree)

Scale it .5

There's no way anyone will get this over hang to work. Good Luck!

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**DePartedPrinter** · 2013-06-11 20:38:49

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Scale it .5
There's no way anyone will get this over hang to work. Good Luck!

I think its possible with the right material. I just wish it wasn't a terribly ugly part...

might work upside down with support.

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**Gomisan** · 2013-08-12 03:05:23

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As a newcomer to these forums I like the idea of a print challenge forum. I see the idea got started last year and then this seems to be the last of them. 4 weeks! You guys could only keep it going 4 weeks!?

Any takers for seeing these challenges brought back to life?

**RikyDrake** · 2013-10-17 13:17:03

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How about re-posting the older challenge prints for those of us that missed them?

**kitcarguy** · 2013-11-12 13:52:24

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There is no way I could ever print this hahaha

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