Appologies for going off topic
A couple of comments on RMweb were on the lines of once you build the track, what do you do with the printers
Well a contact asked about how big a piece could you build on my little Kingroon, he sent me one file of an 183mm long model of a station waiting room and a short test piece. Firstly would it fit on my Kingroon with 180mm square bed, I had no idea what to do other than first mesh fix the file then import it in Cura, as I knew it would tell you when it would not fit on the bed
Well at 183mm it did not, but I remembered how we printed an oversize item diagonally (I do listen in class). Firstly I stood it upright from laying on its back by turning it 90 degrees, then I turned it 45 degrees diagonally and it fitted on the build plate. However the complete model (less roof) would take13 hours and 18 mins to print and use 138 grams of filament. So I thought about printing the much smaller test piece I was sent
Again the drawing was on its back and I thought I doubt if could could be printed that way round owing to the 2 rear protrusions. So with the file in in Cura after a bit of fiddling I managed to get it upright and thought I would use the jig settings as it was much the same size as a jig side
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It started printing fine and was due to take 1hr 39 mins and use 15 grams of filament (30p) this is it at 50%
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At 75% and I was wondering how it would fair when it got to the top of the door and windows, would they droop
View attachment 8168 At 100% and 2 hrs and 9 mins
Well it printed and I have got the answer to the persons question, "what to do with the printers once the track is built" simple carry on building other things !!!
OK someone designed the test piece, and I lucked out first time printing it without really knowing what I was doing, another great tool at our disposal