One of the huge misconceptions about 3D printing is that it is so easy you can just push a button to make multiple copies of a design. (Let’s not even think about CREATING the design.)
HAH!
After detailing how I had to replace another 3D-printed sculpture that got destroyed when it was shipped and delivered upside down, I recently got another master class in another reason that claim is so far from the truth when a patron dropped one of my large format 3D-printed sculptures.
3D-printed sculptures are pretty durable, but this must have been dropped just right. LOL
The fact that the sculpture is kinetic and made of multiple pieces added to the challenge of fixing one part of the sculpture, Gearbox8 (above, right).
It’s now taken several weeks to “fix” the sculpture, a tale I’ll detail in my next blog post.
Suffice it to say for now that it definitely took more than pushing one button! Three orders for new filament and innumerable visits to various files and an unbelievable amount of head-scratching later, I think I’ve finally gotten where we wanted to be.
It was neither pretty nor fun, but it is quite a tale.
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