Generic 3D printed boat with internal framing

[zathros]

This model is not my design. I'd like to take credit for it, it's a great model. I chose it to show how much support plastic you have to remove when you 3D print some of these models. There are a lot of little pieces that pop right out with an Ex-acto Knife, but I can't find one, and I wanted to show that these models do not come out clean at all.

This is the boat:

 

[zathros]

The following are some screen captures of the "Slicing" Software for the Creality K1 Max 3D printer. They just upgraded this printer, so for a billion dollars more, I can add 5 different filament colors and materials. Nice to see that it is still up-gradable. Below is the finished boat with all the supports. Not very inviting, but those supports are extremely thing, and pull out with your fingers or tiny pliers, or tweezers. The Hull needed no supports. Usually vertical surfaces like this don't. Under these pictures a screen grabs of the Creality Slicing software, which gives you an idea of how the boat will look, or if in fact, it will print. It is at this point you set support to auto and go for it. Only personal models, I design my own supports, and usually a minimal amount, but this is teaching me that a few more, that will leave no trace. As you can see, on the screen the supports look quite daunting, but reality they aren't, as long as the model isn't small, because it gets hard to tell the support from the model. The final model will be cleaned up, then painted. From beginning to end, this model took around 6 hours to do. I think one could have been made in paper in the same amount of time. The hull may not have been so smooth, unless done in individual lapstrake strips, then it may have looked even more accurate. A great model. It was a free download. I'm trying to remmeber where I got it from, but like I said, it's not mine, annd the designer threw it to the digital wind giving anyone permission to do what they wanted with it. If I find the site, I'll post it in this thread.

 

[Revell-Fan]

Very nice! The printing quality is very good!

 

[zathros]

I threw this filee in and printed it., twice actually. There's another half the size. Much more a p.i.t.a. when they are smaller removing the supports, bigger is better. The actual design f the model is wrong though. The keel is not thick enough, and if this boat hit a wave really hard, 0r came up on shore hard, the narrow bow keel would break. This person who designed this knew how to design, but didn't understand boats fully.

You have to ask yourself, if you are making one of these as a serious display model, would it be worth fixing that fault/ I would think so. If could be done with paper though, just cut out the shape. laminate it up, sand into shape, and glue in. Not a big deal, but that adds quite a bit of time onto how long this model took to make.

I want to make a hand held D.C. Generator, using a14V electric motor from an old battery drill I have. I'd like to hook up a USB-C female plug, plus the square side, and a couple of other terminals. I need to research a capacitor network so I can hook up a powerful LED light, but now to have keep cranking it to keep it on. Dreams.