Slight redesign on the stand.

Made it overall narrower with an increased angle from bottom to top and shorter cradle to show more of the 'stone'. Also flattened the top slightly for the same reason and to remove the points.

Re-engraved the plaque (just flipped over and used the reverse) with Hila'an san niciolas as finder and currently printing out the new stand in colorfabb woodfill: http://colorfabb.com/woodfill-fine
same stuff the plaque is made of.
Best bit is, I won the reel of filament in a competition. So far in 3d printer oriented competitions I'm 2 for 2
You can sand this stuff to remove build lines and any sharp angles, giving it a real rounded organic feel.
Far more like an actual piece of worked wood (well fibreboard) than a 3d printed object.
I suppose in real terms it's actually MDF.

And if you're thinking I could have engraved directly on to the stand. Nope. Tiny laser engraver, no way the stand would fit under the laser.

More when it's finished printing in about 3.5 hours.

Info the slicer gives me for anyone interested;
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For this print the cost and weights are inaccurate. Woodfill is noticeably less dense than standard pla, and I didn't pay for it, so zero cost   The settings are currently set for pla and £18 a kg.
I'll weigh the stand when finished, curious to see what the weight variation will be. 

The length is extruded at 0.4mm diameter it equates to 4027 mm of 1.75mm filament. or just over 4 metres of actual filament.
Probably around 300 metres on the 750gm roll of woodfill. 

Pics of model in openscad program and pic of the new stand in the process of being printed.
You can clearly see the interior matrix.  I use a triangular pattern, as it offers high strength from all directions and is very printer friendly, for faster printing.
I'm printing at a maximum speed of 50mm/s and in 0.2mm high layers. So, for every millimetre of height, I'm printing 5 layers. It's 67mm high so a total of 335 layers. Which is why it takes around 4.5 hours.
3d printing is an amazing process - but don't let anyone tell you it's quick    
Right off to cut the grass - spring is definitely on the way

ps. added pic taken 42 minutes further on, showing the start of the plaque recess.  Definitely going to cut grass now

Definitely liking the wood design. Is it possible to do a stand that looks like it's made from stone? Would that be a different type of powder?

okay these pics were all taken with my tablet - 'cos that's what I've got with me.

First one isn't slanted - just how I was holding the tablet.
I've removed the stringing you always get with this filament (see last pic) and given the thing a light sanding. The plaque just clicks in pretty tight. So not bothered glueing it.
The stringing looks bad, but this stuff is like balsa. That stuff at the top just rubs away with fingers. Quick scrape with a knife and light sanding with a foam sanding block and it's presentable in a very short time.

This does look a lot better than the first one and it does actually feel like wood.

That is awesome

Not a clue, anyone round here a marine biologist ?
I suspect someone who knew could identify it by the patterns of holes where the fronds used to be.

yonderstone wrote on Mar 13^th, 2017 at 9:06pm:



I'm guessing a chunk of brain coral

They seem to be pretty thick and porous

I'd like to see that.