For my assignment, I decided to 3D print a cat with articulated joints. I found the .stl file for this object on thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6918587.
Additionally here’s a bird’s eye view of the file. You can see the articulated, interlocking joints from this view.
Cat with Articulated Joints
I originally printed this at 100% scale. However, once I placed this into the gumball capsule, I realized I could print at a larger scale. I took the dimensions of the gumball capsule and scaled accordingly to 104%. Using the measure tool in Bambu Studio I confirmed that the 104% scale still fit within the gumball capsule dimensions.
I proceeded to print with the Bambu printers (white figures) and the Prusa printers (green figures). The resulting figures can be seen below.
Articulated Joint Cats Printed with Bambu
Articulated Joints Cat Printed with Prusa
To finish off, I placed each of these in a gumball capsule along with the slips mentioned in the assignment description.
Picture of clean workspace is included below.
Clean Workspace
Cost Analysis
| Cost Type | Cost | Price | Source | Quantity | Total |
| Materials | Filament | $28.49/2kg | Amazon.com | 7.59g for one object
7.59*5 = 37.95g = 0.03795g |
($28.49/2kg)*0.03795g = $1.08 |
| 3D printer (Prusa) | $0.21/hour | Prusa Research | 5 hours | $1.05 | |
| Labor | 3D printer worker | $23/hour | ZipRecruiter | 1 hour
(spent modifying and slicing files + observing and removing print from the bed) |
$23 |
| Total | $25.13 | ||||
