3D printed chess pieces and chess board

davidhk129

davidhk129

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Chess pieces are printed with Transparent and Wood pla filaments.
The tallest piece, the King, is about 3 and 1/2 inches tall with a round base of 1.2 inches in diameter.

The chess board is printed with White and Gold pla filaments. It's measured at 13.8 in x 13.8 in.
The board consists of 80 individual pieces ( 16 border pieces and 64 center pieces), the back side of which is in a form of a jigsaw puzzle. The pieces were to be connected together that way. I used hot wax gun to put the pieces together. After that I glued the board on a piece of foam board to enhance the integrity of the board and to prevent the pieces fallen apart.

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o_O That is pretty awesome! Crazy I think you blew past me on the print quality, I've got to get this Hemera installed and tune some things up so I can be back on par, great looking set. If you don't mind me asking how long did it take to print and assemble?
 
wafflejock said:
o_O That is pretty awesome! Crazy I think you blew past me on the print quality, I've got to get this Hemera installed and tune some things up so I can be back on par, great looking set. If you don't mind me asking how long did it take to print and assemble?
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Thank you for the compliments.

It took me about 2 and 1/2 days. I was using 2 printers for that. Ender 3 and Anycubic Mega S.

The Wood filament gave me heartache. Sometimes the prints did not come out nice enough and I had to reprint again. Filament is by Amolen. Cost me C$39.99. Not cheap stuff and yet I had this problem. I couldn't get it from Hatchbox ( out of stock.)
The Transparent filamant is awesome. Perfect each and every time.

Gluing the board pieces together is a challenge. I had to make sure they were aligned properly to prevent the board looking crooked when all was done. So, I had to glue them 2 pieces at a time, using a clamp to keep them together until they were set. That took time.

I am deciding whether I should use the Gold filament to print the pieces replacing the wood ones.
 
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Yes, that's amazing print quality for a budget printer. As for your issues with the wood PLA, this filament can be finicky regardless of which brand you are using. And there's really no change in the setting vs regular PLA other than you may want to reduce your retraction quite a bit. But the biggest thing to make wood filament print easier is in the nozzle. I'm assuming you're using a standard .4mm nozzle, wood PLA will flow much better with a .6mm nozzle.
 
RENOV8R said:
Yes, that's amazing print quality for a budget printer. As for your issues with the wood PLA, this filament can be finicky regardless of which brand you are using. And there's really no change in the setting vs regular PLA other than you may want to reduce your retraction quite a bit. But the biggest thing to make wood filament print easier is in the nozzle. I'm assuming you're using a standard .4mm nozzle, wood PLA will flow much better with a .6mm nozzle.
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.6mm nozzle for wood filament.
I'll keep that in mind.

Thank you.
 
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