Castor wheel

[wilsonj]

I recently had a large job for a customer, consisting of about 32 parts, many of which were over 200g. I chewed through 4.5 rolls in 10 days of 24/7 printing. At the end there was approximately 1kg or waste from rafts and support!

Here is a picture of the largest part which I had to split in two due to its size. It was printed at .2mm but maximum fill. Each side took around 12-15 hours. One side weighed 300g the other 320g, making the wheel once glued 620g. This is the largest print I've ever done on the UP.

There was a small amount of warp which had to be sanded, but not bad for such a large part. All prints were done in an enclosure to reduce warp and lifting.







The finished part.

[roller]

Time to build a filastruder and start recycling that waste. Sounds like you will pay off a system in no time.

[wilsonj]

Hehe yeah not a great ratio at 1kg waste per 5kg printed.

[roller]

With Mini (before software levelling) I wasted something like 1.5 kg out of 2Kg printed ... so I understand the feeling of dismay. That was even harder coming form 100% repraps were I'd be upset with 20% waste ... 75% was intolerable ... but happy with my plus these days though I would love to recycle my support material.