Hi everyone, I just wanted to share my first print. A giant 1.7 metre Armidale Class Patrol Boat that is fully remote controlled. By first print I mean the first item that I attempted to print. It cost me 9 spools in failed prints until I got it right, and the finished product requires 21 separate prints. I could have easily smoothed everything off so you wouldn’t recognize that the finished product was 3d printed, but I really wanted to keep that rough printed finish for this one.
It features a working bow thruster, twin rudder, twin screw, working nav lights, and rotating radar. Everything is printed except the electronics, paint, and glue.
It turned out so well, that I have started a business manufacturing them. I am also working on many other projects that will blow this one out of the water. Check them out at www.berncomodels.com 517
I am currently working on a design modification to grow my printers out to 1 cubic metre, but am having trouble finding a suitable heat bed. Would it be possible to purchase several smaller heat beds and run them all on a 30A power supply?
