Lighthouse Crab Cliff printing orientation
Added 2020-01-25 20:48:16 +0000 UTCI've received a few messages recently regarding the orientation of the cliffs of the Lighthouse crab. it was difficult for me to adequately explain how I printed everything Via messages, so I've got some pictures of how I oriented & supported each cliff part. The Body & Lighthouse itself is easy enough to explain, so i'll be putting it down below.
Body & Legs
For the body& Legs of the Crab, i printed each part at .2 layer height. I laid them out on my ender 3 bed and just used tree supports, and had no issues with these parts. I do recommend building the cliff Around the crab body. It is able to be place in and out of the cliff, but is a fairly tight fit.
Lighthouse
Each level was printed without supports at a .24 layer height, There was minor sagging on the windows, however it isn't very noticeable on the able. if you are concerned about this, a manual support in the middle of the windows will prevent this. The top layer I DID print with some manual supports over the rail.
Cliff
As above in the images. 3 of the 5 parts i was able to print completely without supports, 2 of them however were printed with some simple manual supports for the large overhangs.
