Polarboy Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Cool Beans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thereasonsy Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Well that is impressive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nessex Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Oh my great good gosh ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystery Man Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Dang, that’s great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 That's amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch77 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Very nice! I'd love to get the stl files to print one out myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onyx_6 Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 Ditto! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBT! Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 On 4/8/2019 at 5:55 AM, Lurch77 said: Very nice! I'd love to get the stl files to print one out myself. Ditto, I started to build one, got as far as the head/chest/crotch before realizing the leg/knee joints were beyond my modelling skills. T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 Are the balls rubber? I'm trying to figure out how the ball sockets are articulated. In order to hold in place, there needs to be some amount of surface tension inside that joint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanester Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 34 minutes ago, MisterPL said: Are the balls rubber? I'm trying to figure out how the ball sockets are articulated. In order to hold in place, there needs to be some amount of surface tension inside that joint. No, the mechanics are exactly like a typical 2" minimate. Friction baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 The mechanics, sure, but the materials? PVC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cylonchaney Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 3d printed parts are most likely ABS, PLA, or PETG plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 It’s my understanding that the rigid plastic used on action figure bodies is ABS. The more flexible plastic used on arms, legs, and heads is PVC. If this Maximate is only made of one rigid material, I’m wondering how the ball joints fit into the sockets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBT! Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 55 minutes ago, MisterPL said: It’s my understanding that the rigid plastic used on action figure bodies is ABS. The more flexible plastic used on arms, legs, and heads is PVC. If this Maximate is only made of one rigid material, I’m wondering how the ball joints fit into the sockets. Not sure what material was used for this but as CylonChaney says it's probably ABS or PLA. I've done some regular sized minimate joint printing with PLA and it's pretty flexible, definitely flexible enough to 'pop' arms or head sockets onto ball joints that hold with friction. Also if it were an issue you could actually just print the ball joint inside the socket as you're not limited as you would be using some sort of mold. T. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterPL Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 That makes sense. Just trying to wrap my head around it from an engineering POV. I wonder how much trial and error went into this. It looks terrific! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bzorio Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 It's really amazing!!! Â On 4/8/2019 at 9:55 AM, Lurch77 said: Very nice! I'd love to get the stl files to print one out myself. Hell yeah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceCuseCuse Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 I need one of these modeled after the MCU Giant-Man! Or any Giant-Man really. I just need one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ampirius Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 1 hour ago, PrinceCuseCuse said: I need one of these modeled after the MCU Giant-Man! Or any Giant-Man really. I just need one! Me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattallica Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Did we ever get the culprit behind these? Id love to get one or two if said culprit wanted to PM me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thereasonsy Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 On 7/24/2019 at 12:51 PM, Mattallica said: Did we ever get the culprit behind these? Id love to get one or two if said culprit wanted to PM me Any luck detective? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattallica Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 unfortunately no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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