{"id":307,"date":"2015-12-25T19:51:30","date_gmt":"2015-12-25T19:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tgaw.com\/wp\/?p=307"},"modified":"2015-12-25T23:00:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-25T23:00:37","slug":"print-diary-anglerfish-in-colorfabb-bronzefill-and-glowfill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tgaw.com\/wp\/print-diary-anglerfish-in-colorfabb-bronzefill-and-glowfill\/","title":{"rendered":"Print Diary &#8211; Anglerfish in colorFabb BronzeFill and GlowFill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After months of craft shows and custom orders, my very last design and print for 2015 was something for me! As soon as I received my first spool of ColorFabb GlowFill, I wanted to do an anglerfish. I&#8217;m almost done with that roll, so this seemed to be the time. And as luck would have it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.printedsolid.com\" target=\"_blank\">PrintedSolid<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/3dprinting\" target=\"_blank\">reddit<\/a> were running <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/3Dprinting\/comments\/3v2m3t\/printedsolidcom_presents_a_material_use_contest\/\" target=\"_blank\">a mixed material use contest<\/a>. Destiny! I designed and printed my anglerfish in BronzeFill and GlowFill on my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.makergear.com\" target=\"_blank\">MakerGear M2<\/a>. The GlowFill parts were actually inserted into the fish and sealed in as the BronzeFill printed.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - From Side By Books\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tgaw\/23885821911\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1490\/23885821911_efa858786a.jpg\" alt=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - From Side By Books\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n <em>Tada! Anglerfish!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As you may expect, the GlowFill parts glow in the dark and the blacklight.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - Glowing in Blacklight 2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tgaw\/23968358255\/in\/album-72157662613741521\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1599\/23968358255_33bbf8473c.jpg\" alt=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - Glowing in Blacklight 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<em>Glowing Anglerfish<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Material Choices<\/strong><br \/>\nI chose two materials for my anglerfish, both were mainly selected for <span data-dobid=\"hdw\">aesthetic<\/span> reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/printedsolid.com\/collections\/1-75mm-filament\/products\/colorfabb-bronzefill\" target=\"_blank\">colorFabb BronzeFill<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; The bulk of my print was in bronzeFill. To me, bronzeFill elevates designs. It&#8217;s heavy, so it feels expensive. It gets a sheen with sanding so it also looks expensive. I have found it to be a forgiving material as it is so easy to sand afterwards and redeem. I only had time for one print of my design before leaving for vacation. I needed a forgiving material. : ) I&#8217;ve also seen it bridge and do overhangs well, so I knew it was a good fit for my fish.\n<p>Semantics also play a little bit of a role. Bronze pulls with it connotations of the Bronze Age&#8211; gladiators and warriors. Bronze is a material of badasses. Anglerfish withstand immense pressures down there at the bottom of the ocean. They warrant a badass material.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/printedsolid.com\/collections\/1-75mm-filament\/products\/colorfabb-glowfill\" target=\"_blank\">colorFabb GlowFill<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; And GlowFill was a no brainer. To really do justice to an anglerfish, I needed him to glow. : )<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Design<\/strong><br \/>\nI designed my angerfish in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blender.org\" target=\"_blank\">Blender<\/a>. I designed cavities and supports inside the fish to hold our GlowFill pieces. That way, I could insert the pieces and let the rest of the print seal them in.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - Laying Out Both Colors in Blender\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tgaw\/23340116454\/in\/album-72157662613741521\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1529\/23340116454_35afc62733.jpg\" alt=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - Laying Out Both Colors in Blender\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n <em>Model in Blender<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - Visual of the Innards in Blender\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tgaw\/23600474769\/in\/album-72157662613741521\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1637\/23600474769_f2639af48b.jpg\" alt=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - Visual of the Innards in Blender\" width=\"500\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<em>Cavities Inside the Fish to Hold GlowFill Details.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So for example, the glowing eye detail. Inside the head of the fish, I have a little rectangular holder to keep that detail in place. I wanted the pupil of the eyes to remain dark, however, so that glowing eye detail had a circle cut out so the BronzeFill behind it could show through.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - Illustration of the Glowfill Part Placement in Blender\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tgaw\/23885815691\/in\/album-72157662613741521\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1651\/23885815691_b4503ab2cc.jpg\" alt=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - Illustration of the Glowfill Part Placement in Blender\" width=\"443\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n <em>A View To Show the Relationship of How the GlowFill Eye Would Be Supported<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Printing &#8211; GlowFill<\/strong><br \/>\n I printed all the GlowFill pieces first. Very straight forward&#8211; 0.25mm layers, nothing super special.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Anglerfish - GlowFill Parts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tgaw\/23845962611\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5828\/23845962611_2880f46a3a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Anglerfish - GlowFill Parts\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Printing &#8211; BronzeFill<\/strong><br \/>\nBronzeFill is where the thinking came in. I still printed\u00a0at 0.25mm layers. Using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.simplify3d.com\" target=\"_blank\">Simplify3D<\/a>, I set up nine separate processes for the BronzeFill. At the end of each process, the print would stop, the Z bed would drop 100mm allowing me to insert in the appropriate GlowFill piece(s) before starting the next process.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - Different Starting Points in Simplify3d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tgaw\/23672665450\/in\/dateposted\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5627\/23672665450_3edf3a1736.jpg\" alt=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - Different Starting Points in Simplify3d\" width=\"500\" height=\"268\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n <em>Preview in Simplify3D, the Blue Lines Illustrate Stopping Points<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - Layer Modifications in Simplify3d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tgaw\/23600474779\/in\/album-72157662613741521\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1519\/23600474779_7a325f51db.jpg\" alt=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - Layer Modifications in Simplify3d\" width=\"500\" height=\"422\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<em>Using Layer Modifications in Simplify3D<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - Custom Ending Script in Simplify3D\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tgaw\/23600474649\/in\/album-72157662613741521\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5638\/23600474649_6e10b02417.jpg\" alt=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - Custom Ending Script in Simplify3D\" width=\"500\" height=\"421\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n <em>Custom Ending Script in Simplify3D to Just Drop My Bed At the End of the Process<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - Printing After Eye Inserts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tgaw\/23839312002\/in\/album-72157662613741521\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5835\/23839312002_1523e69e4a.jpg\" alt=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - Printing After Eye Inserts\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<em>After Eye Detail Was Inserted<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I did have a bobble. When I inserted my side panels, I noticed they were a little higher than the BronzeFill layers around it. I thought it would be safe&#8230; but it knocked my nozzle and offset the X a bit. The seam you see in the pictures is the product of that shift. Lesson learned &#8212; better safe than sorry. : )<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - Side Inserts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tgaw\/23652013120\/in\/album-72157662613741521\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5752\/23652013120_ff5e0a87f1.jpg\" alt=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - Side Inserts\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n <em>The Bobble<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I did also end up printing the little dangly do-dad on the top of the fish separately. That was unplanned, but serendipitous as the fish would have been a pain to sand with that delicate detail in the way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finishing<\/strong><br \/>\n I sanded the fish with three separate grades of sand paper and I finished him off with super fine steel wool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lessons<\/strong><br \/>\n I only had time for one print and I do have adjustments I would make for my next run. First off&#8211; the teeth are not worth installing during the print. It was a lot of stops in the print to insert the teeth and the sanding. My gawd, the sanding. Those teeth were just a nuisance during sanding. I did get a little thrill each time I installed a tooth and had the print seal it in, but it wasn&#8217;t worth it. Next time, I&#8217;m just going to glue the teeth in after the fact.<\/p>\n<p>Secondly, I learned to decrease the height of those side GlowFill panels slightly so I don&#8217;t get my nozzle knocked. : )<\/p>\n<p>Even with my little bobble, I am thrilled with my anglerfish. Love!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - In Hand\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tgaw\/23340119214\/in\/album-72157662613741521\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1442\/23340119214_5b789de9fc_z.jpg\" alt=\"3D Printing - Anglerfish - In Hand\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<em>I Did It!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>More <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/tgaw\/albums\/72157662613741521\" target=\"_blank\">photos of my Anglerfish and its process<\/a> can be found on my Flickr site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After months of craft shows and custom orders, my very last design and print for 2015 was something for me! As soon as I received my first spool of ColorFabb GlowFill, I wanted to do an anglerfish. I&#8217;m almost done with that roll, so this seemed to be the time. And as luck would have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tgaw.com\/wp\/print-diary-anglerfish-in-colorfabb-bronzefill-and-glowfill\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Print Diary &#8211; Anglerfish in colorFabb BronzeFill and GlowFill<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[118,88,97],"class_list":["post-307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","tag-anglerfish","tag-printedsolid","tag-simplify3d"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgaw.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgaw.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgaw.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tgaw.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tgaw.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tgaw.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313,"href":"https:\/\/tgaw.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions\/313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tgaw.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tgaw.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tgaw.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}