Chicago's Willis Tower ( Sears Tower )
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Published on July 13, 2010
This thing was Featured on July 13, 2010
Description
This is a model of Chicago's Willis Tower, that I used to set a new tallest print record on 7/12/2010 @ 10:50PM. I took a Google sketchup model and heavily modified it, in order to print.
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The model is 155mm tall! printed out at about 154mm. My bot is hacked, but using mostly original parts that came with the kit and printed parts to achieve the new record.
Who: Brian J. Pierce
What: Willis Tower
When: July 12th, 2010
Height: 154mm
Build time: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Material: 19cc of ABS
Source file: thingiverse.com/thing:3533
MakerBot: #1034
In case you're wondering, the actual building height without the antennae, is 136mm. The Willis tower's antennae is not counted in it's over all height, in real life.
wiki.makerbot.com/hall-of-fame
The model is 155mm tall! printed out at about 154mm. My bot is hacked, but using mostly original parts that came with the kit and printed parts to achieve the new record.
Who: Brian J. Pierce
What: Willis Tower
When: July 12th, 2010
Height: 154mm
Build time: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Material: 19cc of ABS
Source file: thingiverse.com/thing:3533
MakerBot: #1034
In case you're wondering, the actual building height without the antennae, is 136mm. The Willis tower's antennae is not counted in it's over all height, in real life.
Instructions
Don't try and print this at its current scale, unless you have the z-axis height to do it!
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robonut
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July 14, 2010
said:
nicely done!
Off topic, but just looking at your pictures - have you got heatshrink around your extruder barrel? Looks to me like you have that ceramic insulation tape stuff then heatshrink over the top. I'm putting together an extruder at the moment.
Chooch
on
July 13, 2010
said:
Man, was I tired when I posted this...I'll have to edit all the errors when I get home.
Thanks, I'll be releasing the Pfierce Z-axis extender kit in a couple of weeks.
It comes with 6 spacers and a new and improved z axis crank.
License
Chicago's Willis Tower ( Sears Tower ) by Chooch is licensed under the Attribution - Creative Commons license.
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Build time 1 hour 58 minutes
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Turned out great!