As I said earlier the wheelhouse went missing during those 15 years in storage.
I decided to go the 3D printing route to make a new one. Definitely not "economically viable" but I wanted to play with 3DP which is an interesting technique.
Based on some measurements on the 1:1 (well 1:25 actually !) plan and pictures from ShipSpotting and Marine Traffic I created a 3D model.
Now I'm learning 3D modeling and 3D printing.
Gruno V
Gruno V
Gruno V
Gruno V
Gruno V
Gruno V
3D model
3D model
3D model
3D model
3D model
3D model
3D model
I obviously went for a very simple/boxy design. I piped my design to the printing software (slicer, actually).
Slice 355 out of 735
Raft and support structures
The model is cut into hundreds of slices. Printing head will then move around and deposit melted plastic in small layers (0.06mm to 0.2mm depending on settings).
Supports were enabled. Model is "grown" from layers of plastic. You can't really print in the air (well actually to some extend you can). The slicer adds extra support structures (in blue/green) that you just snap off when the print is complete.
As I said earlier the wheelhouse went missing during those 15 years in storage.
I decided to go the 3D printing route to make a new one. Definitely not "economically viable" but I wanted to play with 3DP which is an interesting technique.
Based on some measurements on the 1:1 (well 1:25 actually !) plan and pictures from ShipSpotting and Marine Traffic I created a 3D model.
Now I'm learning 3D modeling and 3D printing.
Gruno V
Gruno V
Gruno V
Gruno V
Gruno V
Gruno V
3D model
3D model
3D model
3D model
3D model
3D model
3D model
I obviously went for a very simple/boxy design. I piped my design to the printing software (slicer, actually).
Slice 355 out of 735
Raft and support structures
The model is cut into hundreds of slices. Printing head will then move around and deposit melted plastic in small layers (0.06mm to 0.2mm depending on settings).
Supports were enabled. Model is "grown" from layers of plastic. You can't really print in the air (well actually to some extend you can). The slicer adds extra support structures (in blue/green) that you just snap off when the print is complete.
Here's a video of the printer at work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM5Oa5pixQMAnd here's what you get after hours of printing:
PLA print
PLA print
This is one of my first prints with the printer. A lot to learn when is comes to printing. Lots of settings to play with.