Quoted from mbwalker:I don't know what you whipped up (I looked back a couple of pages and didn't see anything), but perhaps if you'd like to share the stl with a 3D guru here via PM so they can load it into their slicer to give it a 'once over', that might be helpful. When it comes to strength, besides infill, the orientation of how it is printed is very important. Supports, while not really related to strength, will be affected by printing orientation too. That can make the difference between a clean print and a mess.
An image posted here would be nice too.
Well, the guy who's doing the printing for me is the 3D printing/manufacturing professor at a local polytechnic/STEM high school. I'd hope he knows all that stuff!
I also really appreciate the offer, too. Normally, I'd be more than happy to share what it is and send it for review, but there are two reasons why I can't:
1) Ultimately, the piece will be laser cut and formed from steel, so the printing in plastic is just for proof of concept and perfecting the measurements of things. If being made of plastic was strong enough for its application, I'd just release it since I know people would just scan it and print it for themselves anyway.
2) This part will work on a nice range of games that a ton of people have and could sell really well as I believe it to be extremely useful and helpful. I'd hate for something like that to get out and have someone else start making it and selling it before I had my shot at it. Once I do start selling it, I'm certain this will happen anyway, but it'd be nice to at least get the credit(and a little change in my pocket) for the idea.
Nothing personal, no offense intended, but thanks for the offer!