#kimmis advent

[kimije]

Advent calendar! Not a lot of in progress pics because it went together so easy.

I like it so much! I really should colour my 3D models more, it's really helped the feeling that I've just reached into the monitor and plucked out the model.

Including reprints:

4.5kg of PLA

140+ hours print time

Dammit I pressed the poll button again

Do you know how to delete a poll on mobile?

Yes (tell me please)

No

Voting ended onApr 25

Anyway, next up is to fill it, which may take a while.

[kimije]

Sigh, so this was going well... But then all 4 hinges snapped on the left hand piece

What I THINK happened is that was the first part I printed and the first layer on the roll of red filament had been out for a while so when it printed it was weak

More filament, try again

[kimije]

Slooow going

Messed up the hinged green boxes. So, if you print a hole vertically it's even more undersized than printing horizontally good to know. I managed to drill out half of the boxes but had to reprint 4 of them... Which meant I ran out of green again, two boxes left :(

BUT I can assemble the rest in the meantime I really hope the hinges work, it's going to be tight

On the bright side, the inlays look really cool

[kimije]

I have made myself a giant jigsaw puzzle, had to order more filament already and also printed some pieces back to front

But it's okay! Mostly

[kimije]

Part 1 done

Not sure I like the texture plate, they need to sell a plate that has the faint impression of layer lines so all the sides can match :P

Otherwise, that support material? Mwah, beautiful comes off so clean and easy there's no other way I would be getting that 1mm recess on the back

There's a couple of weird artifacts, but they'll clean up or be hidden

Print time: 15h 23m

[kimije]

woo hoo fully modelled, waiting for plastic to get here and then we shall be printing for days on end

[kimije]

Latch test

1. Misread a number, didn't realise til I tried to attach

2. Too loose, yet still hard to open

3. Width is right now, kinda impossible to open

Gave up at this point and went to bed. In the morning I remembered I'd printed an enclosure with this type of latch and went to get tips

4. Fully open on the hinge side, reversed cutouts on the latch end. Not enough flex on the latch end too loose on the hinge, arms too long and catching on the box

5. Bit tight on the hingeside, but I'll take it, nice firm snap on the latch, no movement once closed. We have a winner.

Slowly learning what clearances and flex works for my printer, going to be using a filament hinge for everything now, it's just easier.

[kimije]

The Plan

I'm liking this much better than my first attempts, not sure about the white numbers, might go with red.

The base model, all other parts will be made with mirroring

wait I need a latch... ehhh more thought required