Hello all,
I'm -- confusingly -- Karl ("karl the 2nd"? "karl the other one"? "non-Brunei karl"? "northern hemisphere Karl"? "karly McKarlface"?).
I've joined a while back and going through the files. I'll be one of those building piecemeal with my young son while I figure out best practices with all of this.
As a long-time arduino user, I've had great luck with prototyping some elements of a 737 build so far. However, I'm new to 3d printing. My first project was to print on an Elegoo Neptune 2 the full size 737 MCP. This does not print on the bed size of the printer, but I've printed a portion of it now with good settings and am happy with the results.
The question is this: When you print a large, long but thin project in several pieces such as the MCP face plate, what have experienced printers done to piece it together to keep it flat and straight and properly aligned when combining separately-printed pieces?
Many thanks,
Karl - not - THE - Karl
Thank you, Karl,
That is a very smart way to do it. Thank you for sharing this. If I may ask you or anyone else a couple of follow-up questions.:
Is this print design with that particular split done in Fusion360 or a different "slicing" software?
Is this slice type part of the purchasable plan or something one should customize for oneself and the size of one's 3d printer (I assume the latter?) [I'm still getting used to fusion360, so just want to make sure I'm not missing some built-in feature.]
Many thanks for sharing this clever layout!
Many thanks,
Karl
Hello Karl!
I'll try to show you how I have joined my large parts for the MCP.
The faceplates have no structural strength. The backplate joint is offset and also slides together for added strength along inbuilt rails. Then all parts are then supported by the backplate rails that fit into the outer box. The box then helps to add strength to the whole unit.
I hope that gives you an idea.
Kind regards Karl