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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

how much weight can that thing hold? I wonder if you could make a decent end table for supporting a reading lamp, or something. Maybe print the base as solid and flip it upside down?

either way, I find that to be impressive!

[–] p1mrx 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I tried putting a 1kg box on the 240mm tower, and it buckled. So the limit is a bit less than that.

My goal was "just barely printable", so you could install OpenSCAD and increase the thickness = 1.2 value to support more weight.

[–] redchlorophyll 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How.... how long did that take to print??

[–] p1mrx 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Around 6 hours. The 120mm version was 1-2 hours.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ok, but now what do you do with it?

[–] p1mrx 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's a big fragile hyperboloid. What don't you do with it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Sit on it Cook with it Use it as a jack stand... I feel like my list is endless and yours is limited

[–] henry_rowengartner 1 points 2 years ago

This guy hyperboloids.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That looks like the mother of all torture tests. Good on your printer for printing it at all!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

"how many retractions?"

"all of them"

[–] Apepollo11 1 points 2 years ago

Yikes just looking at that!

My extruder would have ground that filament down to dust with amount of back and forth that must have been necessary.

[–] froh42 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)