3D Printing
Since High School, I have had a Creality Ender 3 FDM 3D Printer. The printer has taught me a great deal from an introduction to CAD and slicing software. Below are some of the projects I have printed.
Some more simple prints with PLA. These were products of figuring out print speed and temperatures.
These prints are utilizing links. The links are fairly easy to print you just have to reduce the speed of the print. Pulling the prints off the print bed and "cracking" the joints for the first time is pretty cool!
This is my first print. I am displaying this to show my progress and learning of FDM printing.
This is my first print with TPU. TPU is fairly hard to print because the temperature has to be perfect or stringing happens. Retraction was shut off to remove stringing too.
This is one of my largest prints as it is around 5 inches tall and 6 inches in length.
Printing these boats or "Benchies" is somewhat of a meme in the hobbyist 3D printing world. Essentially it is a great way to test your print settings for the filament since it has arches other challenging geometries.
This print is a Tesla Model 3. I made it for my brother when he bought a black M3. The wheels were printed separately from the car then attached later.
The lion print is one of my favorite prints I have done. The far left picture is how the lion came from the print bed. Then I cut the skirt off the mane. The second picture shows the lion without the skirt. I then took a blow drier to the mane and melted those filament strands backward.
This is my phone case I currently use. I printed this over two years ago. I have made many iterations over the years for my phone case. Originally, I did not have a design or card holder on the back. I saw many people stick those wallets to the back of their phone cases so I decided to integrate one of those into my phone case. I also added the design of the Purdue Engineering Fountain. This is probably the print I am most proud of since I designed and customized this design over years to make it fit my needs of a phone case.