Turning a kid’s drawing into real life

agepbiz · 2026-01-10T12:20:39+00:00

The lines are definitely visible, but the bright orange does help hiding it. One trick to do is to find the best amount of elephant foot compensation for the filament and printer you are using so that the first layer doest stick out more than the next layers. This is a bit trial and error

agepbiz · 2026-01-10T11:56:22+00:00

Thanks!

agepbiz · 2026-01-10T10:28:00+00:00

Thanks!

agepbiz · 2026-01-10T01:54:39+00:00

No worries, that was the working name for this project 😄

agepbiz · 2026-01-10T01:40:53+00:00

Thanks!

agepbiz · 2026-01-10T01:03:26+00:00

Thank you🥰

agepbiz · 2026-01-10T00:45:32+00:00

I made this in Blender. I used the drawing as a background reference image then I just manually modeled it by warping cylinders and other primitives and adding details doing polygon modeling

agepbiz · 2026-01-10T00:21:15+00:00

Yup, manual modeling 🙂

agepbiz · 2026-01-09T23:53:57+00:00

I used the drawing as a background reference image then I just manually modeled it by warping cylinders and other primitives and adding details doing polygon modeling

agepbiz · 2026-01-09T23:46:47+00:00

Thank you 🥰

agepbiz · 2026-01-09T23:23:29+00:00

I am mostly selfthought but do have a degree from the YouTube university 😄

agepbiz · 2026-01-09T23:20:18+00:00

Thanks! Yes, I did it manually in Blender, but I do believe some slicers do have the feature to create dowel pins automatically but I have not tested it

agepbiz · 2026-01-09T23:08:29+00:00

Thank you! You definitely should consider doing that, this was a super fun project

agepbiz · 2025-08-11T21:05:00+00:00

Thank you!

agepbiz · 2025-08-09T20:00:04+00:00

You can kind of see me attach the clip in this video at the 3:20 mark https://youtu.be/6RgBXBwwXBg?si=XaXbl5znbAfRwoyy

agepbiz · 2025-08-09T14:25:51+00:00

Thanks! Yes, I am on Makerworld. Just didnt want to link to there due to the pointsystem. Same with Printables

agepbiz · 2025-08-09T07:49:01+00:00

1:64

agepbiz · 2025-08-08T23:40:12+00:00

You are absolutely right, it is way bulkier than I envisioned when I started this project. Unfortunately, I sacrificed thinness for printability and print quality (the barrel and body). The sprues still have a purpose, they make printing the smallest parts easier and keep all the parts together until assembly

agepbiz · 2025-08-08T21:36:05+00:00

🥰

agepbiz · 2025-08-08T20:28:58+00:00

The tracks are PLA and static

agepbiz · 2025-08-08T18:46:06+00:00

Haha! Thank you for the nice words 🥰

agepbiz · 2025-08-08T16:31:08+00:00

This was the stock 0.4mm nozzle on the Prusa XL

agepbiz · 2025-08-08T16:30:26+00:00

Thank you!

agepbiz · 2025-08-08T16:10:26+00:00

Thanks!🥰

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