My latest head scan print.
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Very, very cool.
Out of curiosity, is this done with the "vase" spiral mode, or are there more than one perimeters per layer?
If it's not a spiral, how did you deal with the seams? Are they running up the back of his head?
And what slicer program did you use?
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Thanks. It was not done with spiral vase mode. There are 3 perimeters, and no infill other than selective solid infill simplify3d puts to maintain shell thickness.
Yes, the seam is running up the back. It's pretty small but still visible. I actually sculpted the back and top of his head smooth to help alleviate some suspected problems with the rough hair, so the back is kinda funny looking.
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Thanks for the info. Now that I have my printer mostly dialed in, I'm looking into slicers and slicing parameters. I was curious how you did it.
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Nice job. How did you get the scan?
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Thanks. It was professionally done by a company called Pixel Light Effects. I got a second one done, too, and printed some 1/6th scale heads as a test: http://imgur.com/a/kwwDL
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That is amazing! The skin is is so detailed! And I can barely notice the print lines!
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Thanks! It is pretty good, but I'm almost ready to build a printer that should produce even better results… all made possible by Duet.
As a side note, this head print was one of my longest prints until just the other day -- 204 hours print time is now my new record (client's print, can't show pics unfortunately.)
Not a single ajax disconnect in those 204 hours! (Duet 0.8.5 on an ancient beta firmware 1.15) (Sorry for any users encountering troubles, not meant as a low blow.)
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As a side note, this head print was one of my longest prints until just the other day -- 204 hours print time is now my new record (client's print, can't show pics unfortunately.)
..........................Wow! That's like 8 and a half days - hope you charged the client a lot of money.
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It was only part of an order, but that part alone was priced at about $650.
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Cool, if your brother get an iPhone X you can probably unlock it