/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9132059
Nothing within .050" or so of standard sizes. ALso, seaming multiple pieces together would create a lot of weak spots.
Everything printed is getting assembled(epoxied) over a 1/2" OD stainless steel tube, so I would need spacers if the prints weren't designed to fit that. I mean, I could probably have lathed the main tank from some wood, but there's some textures and circumscribed detail lines in it and the handle, midsection that mean I'd have to chuck up parts to groove them- don't have the tooling for that.

Also, I recently started using some high build catalyzed primer that murders the striae on prints in one pass and buffs to a pretty hard finish, as smooth as you have elbow grease to sand down to.

Also, filament is cheap. Skilled labor and free time are not..
And I'll be making at least two. Gotta automate.

Oh, and the design will be pretty easy for others to print and assemble now, too. So others benefit.