Doctor Who New Series Dalek Body Fixed by MacGyver

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Doctor Who New Series Dalek Body Fixed

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Published on October 22, 2012

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Doctor Who New Series Dalek Body

by InnovationByLayers

Description

This one actually prints well. No need for a long story.

Instructions

After struggling with the original model I loaded it up in NetFabb and fixed the holes. This is the result of that.

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toybuilder on January 25, 2013 said:

But there's a bunch of overhangs... What parameters were you using? I'm guessing extra-shells was turned up a bit?

MacGyver on January 26, 2013 said:

I printed mine with 1 extra shell and only 5% infill. There were a few things that kinda drooped a little but I was able to clean it up nicely with an exacto knife.

Stanos on November 12, 2012 said:

have you thought about making some weapons that could be printed along with it? Would be easy enough to drill some small holes to fit them into.

nopoe on November 27, 2012 said:

I've heard that 3mm filament works well as their eyestalk. I remember seeing that on one of the first daleks on thingiverse. The zip file on this thing might have a weapon also. http://www.thingiverse.com/thi...

MacGyver on November 12, 2012 said:

The funny thing about this thing is that I've never actually watched Dr Who. I guess we'll have to leave weaponizing them up to someone else because I have no idea what weapons they would use.

a_shorething on October 26, 2012 said:

Hey MacGyver, very cool.

Great resolution on the part. I was surprised it filled so dense, I thought I had it set for 50% infill but it kept filling every layer pretty much 100%. I like that it's solid and it came out great, I was just surprised.

I'm giving it to my daughter who is just as much of a geek (and Dr. Who fan) as I am.
Thanks for making this!

MacGyver on October 26, 2012 said:

I actually didn't design it, I just fixed the mesh on it. I printed the blue one at 10% infill and the white one at 5%. If you are using the new Sailfish firmware there is a bug I believe with Skeinforge 50 that will cause strange fill problems but usually it is when you are trying to print at 100% infill it would only print 50%. I'm not sure what could be the issue. Anyway I'm glad you like it.

IronFace on October 22, 2012 said:

Did you end up printing this with supports?

IronFace on October 22, 2012 said:

Looks awesome BTW :D

cerberus333 on October 22, 2012 said:

That's a very nice looking print!

MacGyver on October 22, 2012 said:

Thanks! Unfortunately before I fixed this model I printed out several of the original before I realized that the original model has some serious problems. At least now I'm getting some good copies of this for my friend.