Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:

You must admit there is some ambiguity in the title of this thread, "3D printing sharing thread.... Lets better the hobby".
Which hobby? The 3D printing hobby or the pinball hobby? I would argue that the title alone points more to bettering the 3D hobby, but when you consider the overall context of where the thread exist then maybe it could mean the pinball hobby. However, this cannot be assumed given the vast multitude of threads on this forum that are not pinball related other than people who own pinball machines like discussing them.

Quoted from Anony:

It's definitely a hobby for some of us lol. I've printed more novelty penises than I'd care to admit. From little penises that stick on light switches to a giant penis with a slinky body. It's a great hobby if you like plastic penises.

Quoted from gliebig:

Yes.

Quoted from mostater:

I vote row. Nice job BTW

Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:

My top surfaces have been perfect, and I would say equal to what my Prusa produces (FYI, I typically don't iron large surface areas, but do utilize ironing requently). What I did notice is that Bambu Studio only has 3 top surfaces by default in some of the standard print profiles, but I always change it to 5 or 6 (Prusa Slicer default). Attached is a photo of a large top surface area I printed last night that is not ironed (the artifacts you see at bottom are reflections on the camera lens and not in the print).
As far as bridging goes, things seem to be on-par with my Prusa with the models I've done so far.
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Quoted from GeekedOnPinball:

Hey all... I have a few Bambu X1-C printers now... If you hate the glue... get a bottle of Nano Polymer from amazon. Apply it once, let dry, about 50 prints before you will have stuff peeling off the bed (that indicates to wash and reapply).
The nano polymer doesn't leave marks like the glue sticks. I use this on all of my print plates, even high temp. Works great for all filaments so far for me, PETG, ASA, PLA, specialties like carbon fiber, etc.
Sold my other five printers now... waiting on a large format Bambu to compete with my Voron.
amazon.com link »

Quoted from GeekedOnPinball:

Hey all... I have a few Bambu X1-C printers now... If you hate the glue... get a bottle of Nano Polymer from amazon. Apply it once, let dry, about 50 prints before you will have stuff peeling off the bed (that indicates to wash and reapply).
The nano polymer doesn't leave marks like the glue sticks. I use this on all of my print plates, even high temp. Works great for all filaments so far for me, PETG, ASA, PLA, specialties like carbon fiber, etc.
Sold my other five printers now... waiting on a large format Bambu to compete with my Voron.
amazon.com link »

Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:

Price per ounce seems weird. Go with either the 50ml or 120ml but stay away from the 100ml bottle. I will say that I don't even use the cold plate anymore. The high temp plate has performed flawlessly for me with PLA & PETG with never coating it with anything. I just use high concentration IPA every few prints to wipe the plate (mainly when I see grease from my fingers in print areas).
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Also, 2x AMS is arriving this Friday. Looking forward to setting it up. Also, I've added a few more filament types to my stash so happy to free up some storage space.

Quoted from Xdetroit:

TMNT proof of concept came out great. I have some color separation to fix in the model (needs more overlap).
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Quoted from Anony:

Wow the number of great looking toppers you've made in such a short amount of time with your printer is impressive. Keep it up!

Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:

Just finished designing a replacement Last Action Hero topper for a client (I'm assuming the original in good condition is impossible to find). Will be done in 3 sections with translucent blue and red for the lenses (silver for middle section). I already offer the center decal for it, so that was a gimmie. Looking forward to printing this one.

Quoted from newovad:

My design skills are seriously lacking compared to most folks here. I did however create my own caddies for the leftover spools. The brand I’ve been using has those neat little holes in all but one spot, and this works great for bulbs and sockets.
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Quoted from dpadam450:

Foo Fighters game looks pretty sweet. Anyone getting a pro and has the time to 3D print and paint, I re-made the alien boss. Thingverse has to wait 24 hours to verify/kick in since I just created an account. If it doesn't come up after that or you want it now, send me a PM.
Cheers \m/
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5886894
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Quoted from dpadam450:

No the pro has a flat sticker on acrylic. Watch the trailer again. You never get the cool stuff for under 9K

Quoted from dpadam450:

No the pro has a flat sticker on acrylic. Watch the trailer again. You never get the cool stuff for under 9K

Quoted from La4s:

I saw the idea on the Bond mod thread, and thought I would give making flasher covers a try. Just need to test fit to see how they look.[quoted image]

Quoted from La4s:

I saw the idea on the Bond mod thread, and thought I would give making flasher covers a try. Just need to test fit to see how they look.[quoted image]

Quoted from dpadam450:

Foo Fighters game looks pretty sweet. Anyone getting a pro and has the time to 3D print and paint, I re-made the alien boss. Thingverse has to wait 24 hours to verify/kick in since I just created an account. If it doesn't come up after that or you want it now, send me a PM.
Cheers \m/
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5886894
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Quoted from La4s:

Same with the van on the left ramp. It is just a plastic in the pro version. This one may be a little easier to print.[quoted image]

Quoted from La4s:

I saw the idea on the Bond mod thread, and thought I would give making flasher covers a try. Just need to test fit to see how they look.[quoted image]

Quoted from Mr_Tantrum:

Xdetroit is already working on the van.

Quoted from dpadam450:

Would be a cool mod if you could do the windshield separately with some thin clear plastic, glue it to the frame and inside the vehicle put a 3D printed Dave Grohl head inside, or just do a flat acrylic of the band members in the fan taken from the promo trailer.

Quoted from Desmodromic:

I like it. How do they attach? Just slip-on?

Quoted from Hershy:

These look great. Hope they fit

Quoted from La4s:

Friend took a pic on bond. Not the best picture. I will try and get some with better lighting. They slip on and are just snug enough that they should not spin once pressed down.[quoted image][quoted image]

Quoted from dpadam450:

Yea I could do a cartoon Grohl but I don't have time to burn right now. I suppose I could charge some $ to make up for that since it's not really a copyright issue, but not worth the time. To the people that hit me up, I'll send this one out to you as well soon, but here is a simple gun from the album and the layout for printing parts to assemble.
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Quoted from dpadam450:

Foo Fighters game looks pretty sweet. Anyone getting a pro and has the time to 3D print and paint, I re-made the alien boss. Thingverse has to wait 24 hours to verify/kick in since I just created an account. If it doesn't come up after that or you want it now, send me a PM.
Cheers \m/
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5886894
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Quoted from La4s:

How much are you applying per application? Would like to give this a try, but not sure I need 100ml.

Quoted from Desmodromic:

One of my "full size" Ray Guns:
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Quoted from rapidflipper:

I'd love to put a set of those on my Ghostbusters!

Quoted from dpadam450:

Ok, quite annoying. Printables doesn't require 24 hour wait period. I have too many requests that I can't PM people anymore (15 msg daily limit). I put it in cura to slice and did a test print on the alien.
***The new file here includes making the teeth fatter since they weren't able to slice being so small. This was .4mm nozzle, .1mm layer, 50mm/s. If you go slower you should be able to get better results. Photo makes it look worse than it is and you are standing 4ft away from the guy so it should be a good free upgrade. SLA will make it perfect so maybe some guys can sell SLA duplicates of the alien since he needs the extra detail.
Put in the gun as well, included STL files.
https://www.printables.com/model/414199-foo-fighters-pinball-alien
If you print it, let me know how it comes out. Anyone that wants to invest time to sell it for others, I can't do it but if you want to go for it. Definitely want this on as many machines as possible.
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Quoted from dpadam450:

Ok, quite annoying. Printables doesn't require 24 hour wait period. I have too many requests that I can't PM people anymore (15 msg daily limit). I put it in cura to slice and did a test print on the alien.
***The new file here includes making the teeth fatter since they weren't able to slice being so small. This was .4mm nozzle, .1mm layer, 50mm/s. If you go slower you should be able to get better results. Photo makes it look worse than it is and you are standing 4ft away from the guy so it should be a good free upgrade. SLA will make it perfect so maybe some guys can sell SLA duplicates of the alien since he needs the extra detail.
Put in the gun as well, included STL files.
https://www.printables.com/model/414199-foo-fighters-pinball-alien
If you print it, let me know how it comes out. Anyone that wants to invest time to sell it for others, I can't do it but if you want to go for it. Definitely want this on as many machines as possible.
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Quoted from dpadam450:

Sorry, thought most people would be using an intermediate program to modify and select how they wish to print. I think some want to print a ton of parts separate by color in which I don't have the robot arms etc boolean cut to shape around the ship to be glued later. They all are intersecting parts.
Take a look at the new files "FooParts". Gun, Alien, Ship are all 3 separate parts that you should be able to feed how you guys are loading. I ran them into Cura to make sure they would slice properly. They look fine to me and already printed the alien so I know that's a good file.
https://www.printables.com/model/414199-foo-fighters-pinball-alien/files
If an object is ever that small, usually a scaling conversion from inches to mm (25.4mm per inch), so scale my 2540%. The gun has some steep edges on the barrel + grip with those grooves so you will likely need supports or it will have to modify so its angled less, but is going to ruin the shape. Since I don't have the game, I don't know the true scale of the actual molded part, so you may all need to scale at your own judgement, but the alien scaled up how I said makes him about the width of a pinball so it looks pretty close to whats in the game(?)
Let me know if you still got issues, hopefully it gets good use.