Collapsing Lightsaber (Removable Blade)

prusaprinters

<p>This Lightsaber has a removable collapsing blade that can be printed separately in a different color. The hilt is designed with a screw on cap which allows the blade to be inserted after its printed.</p><p>The hilt is 209mm long with the cap installed but it expands to over 950mm in total length with the collapsing blade installed!</p><p>The sword is designed to be printed with a ,4mm nozzle, so the blade will be two shells thick. I had weird issues with blobs and zits at retraction which I normally don't have until I turned on "wipe" and "coast", I'm still using S3D.</p><p>Detailed printing instructions can be found on my <a href="https://www.dddprintingworld.com/pages/printing-collapsible-lightsabers-and-swords">website</a>.</p><p>I think this is a result of the thin walls with a narrow amount of clearance between the blade segments. I had good luck with .15mm coast and 3mm wipe, on my MK3.</p><p>If you are printing the blade with translucent filament there is no way getting around the seams. I created files for separate blade segments to be printed in vase mode .85mm thick. I used .8mm nozzle with .5mm layer heights but I am told that a .4mm nozzle set to a .85mm extrusion width will also work.</p><p>There are two version of the hilt, the heavy version is more durable as it has heavier walls in the thin section of the hilt.</p><p>Included is a test print file. Use this to confirm that your segments don't stick together and that you have a thickness .85mm.</p><p>Check out my prints for other versions of these collapsing swords and lightsabers.</p><p>Here's a link to the <a href="https://amzn.to/2Vya1Jv">Silver</a> and <a href="https://amzn.to/2JJYBMH">Transparent Green</a> filament I used to make the sword.</p><p><strong>Support and Licensing</strong><br>If you would like to help support more free models, or get permission to sell physical copies of my models, consider joining my <a href="https://www.patreon.com/3dprintingworld">Patreon</a>.</p>