I printed articulated hammerhead shark using 3 different methods/filaments FDM with PLA and TPU, SLA with clear resin. I used the articulated shark design from Jopek Design. I adjusted the parameters, having the longest side to be 68mm, in order to fit in the gum
I first printed it with the Bamboo lab X1 Carbon printer. It came out really clean.
There was minimal post process for this print, so I only wet sanded the bottom to remove the sticky part.
In order to have more post processing, I sprayed 2 sharks with the blue spray and clear coat. I left one without spraying to show what it looks like originally, which I personally like a lot. After the spray paint dryer, the articulated joints became a little bit dull due to paint sticking the part. The unsprayed one was also a nice comparison to a show how agile it was originally.
I then printed with the SLA printer. I saw some articulated prints on the table that was not movable, so I was worried that mine will be the same. So I added some support from the slicer. I wanted to test out two different type of support, but I went on Saturday morning to do my first print and it says that it will take 18+ hours, which I didn’t want to take up the printer for that long period of time. I abort the print and only printed 2 with one type of support.
I tried my best to bend it without breaking it and this is how far I got.
Because I need 1 more, I printed another set. This time I had 3 different print. One without support and one with support at the base and one with an angle. I came again on Saturday night and printed it overnight. I started a timer and came 10 before the timer the next morning, but someone already removed my print and broke one of them. The broken one was the one without support but it was the most movable one, even after curing. But thankfully I had another two so I didn’t have to come and print again.
I also tried printing it with TPU, but the print didn’t come out really clean, which was expected.
For the final deliverable, I include 3 PLA prints, 1 TPU print and 2 resin prints in one container, one was the broken versatile one, another one was the intact one with support. I have another intact resin one in my box.
clean up fotos
Amazon white PLA: $14.24/500g
