test article 3

thingiverse

This project turned out to be an unexpected game-changer for a friend of mine. Originally intended as a test holder for their current project, it surprisingly doubled as a high-quality printer exercise. Since then, I've been digging deeper into dimensional stability in 3D printing. This print in particular stood out due to its dense array of precisely drilled holes and intricately cut feature incursion within each one – all spaced neatly at intervals of 2.54mm on a single plane. The designer made it easy by coding the instructions directly into TurboCAD 20 for us users. As a printing challenge, it requires test subjects to see just how well their machines can handle printing an object as demanding as this test piece. It was during my testing process that I noticed one significant hurdle: achieving proper temperature management across multiple layers within this object proved tough on many standard printers – the Makerbot Replicator Dual being no exception, struggling to keep both its nozzle at 240C and heated bed at a stable 112C as requested by the project's parameters.