3D cardstock printing without printer

Can we print a 3D object with no 2D or 3D printer at all ?  With no third party online service ? Cheap ? And time consuming like if you build it from scratch ?

Maybe we can try at least :) Here is a solution for you ;)

We will need :

1. An internet connection with a computer or tablet
2. Slic3r software program
3. Cardstock like cereals box about 400 microns thick
4. A paper pencil
5. A paper sheet
6. Glue
7. A lot of time :)

That is all folks ! Let's print something :)

Step 1 : Download your 3D model

Modeling a 3D model is possible but not always really easy. Here we are going to use an online 3D object head

Step 2 : Reduce and slice your 3D model

Here you will need the software program Slic3r, to reduce and slice your 3D model.

To reduce :  

• Press Add select head_with_eyes_rectificada.stl 

• Then Object - Scale - Uniformly and 50 percent

• File save head_with_eyes_rectificada_50percent.stl
  
  

To slice :

• In Printer Settings  - Nozzle diameter : 0.5 - Layer Height : 0.4 mm

• Then File Slice To svg

• Choose head_with_eyes_rectificada_50percent.stl
• Then head_with_eyes_rectificada_50percent.svg

Step 3 : Copy and cut each slide

• Goto svgviewer
• Drag and drop head_with_eyes_rectificada_50percent.svg 
• Copy each slice by transparacy with a pencil on a paper sheet
• Then glue the paper sheet on the cardstock
• Cut each slide following the pencil lines

Step 4 : Glue each slide from up to down

• Here is the low tech 3D printer : a box of cereales ;)
• On the left corner is two slides one with six previous slides and the last one
• So then you add an other slide at the bottom
• You adjust on the corner the previous slide and the new one
• Glue the both together
• Then take the upper slide off
• And again with the next slide
• Go Go Go

 Step 5 : Admire your artwork :) or not ;)

 

 Step 6 : Add paper mache or patplume for details

This is the end my friend :) You can practice more with that better explanation than mine :) Thank you for your time :)

liani sintel version arduino arm moves z axis test 001

So here is a little test of the left arm animated by a micro servo with a arduino.

You can get the code here

Beware to change the serial port for your system or it will bug ;)

Now it is time to do x and y axis ;)

For that i had to buy a breadboard, wires, and 4 micro servo on amazon at une brillante planète (you know them ?) for 12 euros with free delivery. I will see what it worth don't really know but it is very cheap.

liani sintel version automata walk cycle test 001

So long time no post... because i was working on the abilities to draw, sculpt, model, design, i was trying to design what liani will look like...

but nothing happens...

 no design, no sketch, no model was good enough... i tried hard but i was blocked.

However i was watching Sintel on youtube and bam, that is it. Sintel character is creative common i can use it and pass the design block.

So here is a liani sintel version automata walk cycle test 001 hand activated :)

The head is a pocket digital photo frame with a creative common attribution sintel face (to improve with an arduino mini screen)

The body is for now in paper (to be printed with a better texture next time)

The automata system is in lego for now (to improve by a laser cutable material or 3d printable)

The goal is to make a little animatronic doll of 15 cm (5.90 inches) that moves good :)




The work now is to make a hand moves in x y z with 3 micro servo, (or flexinole) and a arduino...

So what do you think about it ? Thank you for your feedback :)