Walking Ball Bowls

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<p>These bowls require special processing.</p> <p>You cannot simply use vase mode because the bottom of the ball part is too shallow and the layers are too far apart, so will sag and or fall out. The trick is to set them up as you would in vase mode, but turn vase mode off, and make the walls 2 layers thick instead of 1 as they would be with vase mode. 2 or 3 bottom layers, and zero top layers.</p> <p>Additionally I have added easily removable support. See the last photo. One has support that I added and the one on the left has the support removed using small needle nose pliers. You can remove it or not.</p> <p>Most of these are done with ABS at 245/110C. .26 layers with a .5 nozzle. I usually am too impatient and use .3mm to .38 layers, but this ball issue requires tighter layers.</p> Category: Sculptures