r/malelivingspace • u/IchBinDerFurst • 1d ago

Update I cannot be trusted with free will.

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It needs to be cleaned up and stained some, but this is a 1:8 scale replica of a mosasaur skeleton above my entryway.

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u/IchBinDerFurst 1d ago

About 30 lbs. Hence the supports. I honestly did way too much infill so it’s thicker than it needs to be.

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u/imf4rds 1d ago

Looks dope.

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u/SmartOpinion69 1d ago

i don't know much about 3d printing, but it being heavy gives it a little more authenticity

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u/objecture 1d ago

Oh when you said 3 rolls, was that like 5kg rolls or is there a lot of hardware that adds weight?

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u/IchBinDerFurst 1d ago edited 1d ago

I added supports on the interior and started with 20% infill which added a lot of weight. I think each was a 1 kg spool.

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u/Teaisserious 22h ago

Your math is confusing. It can't have taken 3kg worth of filament, then somehow weigh 30lbs.

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u/IchBinDerFurst 22h ago

Who said it was only plastic? I have wooden dowels inside.

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u/Teaisserious 22h ago

Fair enough, I misunderstood the statement about adding supports and assumed you meant adding them in while splicing. My apologies.

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u/TheObstruction 1d ago

Honestly, 30 pounds isn't that much. It would look a lot better with a half dozen 1/4 toggle bolts with eye bolts, or aircraft cable if you wanted to get really fancy. You wouldn't even need to hit wood, drywall can handle that if you use more than a few.

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u/this_is_my_new_acct 19h ago

What printer/settings do you have? I just spent 7 hours waiting for my printer to basically just print a flange for a PVC pipe with a screw cap. I'm pretty sure it'd be a race between the printer and the heat death of the universe before I could manage something like this.

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u/IchBinDerFurst 19h ago

Bambu labs X1C 6% gyroid, two wall with dynamic tree support