Purple Tentacle
Description
I liked thingiverse.com/thing:10487 by LeChuck42 so much that I started splitting the original STL file by hand in Sketchup immediately after he shared it to be able to print in 3 different plastics. He has since split the parts also so there are two ways of getting your multicolor tentacle.
I had to slice the 3 "suckers" on the body to get them to fit properly with the places I had created in the body since supports while printing these smaller parts create some problems. In the unibrow it gets hidden better so it si ok to use support.
The foot is countersank and the body has a little step that fits into it. The unibrow has a slot on the body too.
I had to slice the 3 "suckers" on the body to get them to fit properly with the places I had created in the body since supports while printing these smaller parts create some problems. In the unibrow it gets hidden better so it si ok to use support.
The foot is countersank and the body has a little step that fits into it. The unibrow has a slot on the body too.
Instructions
Print the body in Fruit Punch Magenta (MBI) with supports or use the version with the little stand
Print the foot and split suckers in Nuclear Green (MBI)
Print the unibrow in black with supports
Remove the supports and sand the bottom of the body for better fit in you decided to use the version without the stand.
Glue the bottom part of the suckers to the body, then the top part, then the unibrow and foot.
Done.
Print the foot and split suckers in Nuclear Green (MBI)
Print the unibrow in black with supports
Remove the supports and sand the bottom of the body for better fit in you decided to use the version without the stand.
Glue the bottom part of the suckers to the body, then the top part, then the unibrow and foot.
Done.
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Leonardo
on
August 11, 2011
said:
Ol
á tio, sempre cuido de suas invenções geniais, parabéns.
Abraços
:-D
GeoDelGonzo
on
August 6, 2011
said:
It's like as if the magenta and nuclear green abs was meant for this, it just looks perfect!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Now a green tentacle is needed...
Bluemetal
on
August 9, 2011
said:
Here is the Green Tentacle made with a very hacked version of http://www.thingiverse.com/thi... .
You can see poor Green Tentacle in the background while Purple Tentacle hatches its evil plan! =-O
Bluemetal
on
August 6, 2011
said:
And it could use the darker green and yellow. No Unibrow or arms. :)
merlinjim
on
August 6, 2011
said:
The split on the suckers... AWESOME... adding that technique to my bag!
LeChuck42
on
August 6, 2011
said:
Wow! That looks just awesome! 8-)
I love it!
I'll have to get some colored plastic for my printer too... :D
License
Purple Tentacle by Bluemetal is licensed under the Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons license.
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"A blast from the past", very nice! :-D