Dominion Rod

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<p>The Dominion Rod from <i>The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess</i>!</p><p><strong>My remix uses a 3/8" (9.5mm) diameter aluminum rod</strong> to reinforce the center of it and give it some extra weight and make it feel like a real rod. This can be bought at your local metal shop or home improvement store for less than $10. It also cuts down print time significantly on the shaft pieces. <strong>I strongly recommend using PETG! </strong>It's cheap, doesn't warp <strong>(ABS would be bad for this due to dimensional tolerances)</strong>, is easy to print, and pretty durable, <strong>especially if you want to take this to a convention</strong>, but I'm not your Dad. Go bonkers and use Carbon Fiber or some other exotic filament if you want! Just make sure to share pics lol.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>If the metal rod does not fit a certain part,</strong> try lightly sanding down the metal rod evenly with a dremel. These plastic parts have very small tolerances so print defects and/or the metal rod may cause issues that are hard to see.</p><p>If you do not want this extra weight, you can use the files I remixed from, which are made to be screwed together instead of inserted into a metal rod.</p><p>The parts are alphabetized from bottom-to-top. B and C can be printed together with the BC model to save on glue, or separately if you want. The same can be done with F and G. H is entirely optional to print, but I'm leaving it in as an option for those like me with OCD.</p><p>Use tweezers to help superglue H to G. The rest can be glued together using superglue with the metal rod acting as an alignment guide. <strong>Make sure to move the metal rod to prevent the glue from bonding to it!</strong></p><p>GCODE files are provided if you use PETG on a MINI+ printer. All 3MF files are ready to print via PrusaSlicer!</p><p>I printed all of this in Prusament PETG Signal White, then sanded, and used acrylic paints to finish it. <strong>Print at 0.15mm for best looking results!</strong></p><p><strong>NOTICE! </strong>Unfortunately, this prop<strong> cannot </strong>infuse ancient statues with life!</p><p><strong>Remixed from </strong><i><strong>ahudsoncms</strong></i><strong> over on thingiverse:</strong><br><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4976113">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4976113</a></p><p>This is my first model post so hope I did everything right. Feedback is welcome!</p>