Headless Gourd Shaped Tenor Ukulele for 300mm Printers

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Some has asked me about how to print my gourd shaped ukuleles (e.g. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1868201) on smaller printers as the unibody design requires delta style printers that can print the unit vertically with ~500mm height and 200mm x 100mm on the X-Y plane. Although the use case of accommodating smaller printers are anticipated in my Gugulele scripts (https://github.com/bguan/gugulele), it may be unclear to casual users how to drive the parameters to make it happen. So I have generated this Tenor sized ukulele model (scale length 430mm ~17") to make it possible to print on printers with Print Size ( X Y Z ) of at least 300mm x 200mm x 60mm, and the model is meant to be printed in a horizontal fashion. The pieces are to be glued together. The screws are used for decorative and alignment purpose. M1.6x12 for fretboard long holes e.g. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XP4OD5Q and M1.6x4 for body, bridge and fretboard short (mid-line) holes e.g. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XP4ZWY2. Through body grooves are there for 2 carbon fiber rectangular rods (e.g. http://www.acpsales.com/.125-x-.325-Rectangular-Rod.html) to counter the strain from string tension. The tuner holes are placed at the tail end, with design that is compatible with most ukulele and guitar tuners ranging from $5 to $50, but some rimming may be necessary. I haven't printed and made this particular model yet, so please let me know if you've made one and succeeded. Category: 3D Printing