3d print request

sgoaty · Wednesday at 06:23

I have just about stopped myself falling down a rabbit hole I think. I was about to pull the trigger on a creality hi but I've decided I don't have the space or time for a new hobby right now so I wondered if anyone would be willing to print some covers for my GPU for some beer tokens?

It's Palit RTX 5070 Ti this card has the ability to let you print 3d covers which you can customise. I quite fancy giving it a go (probably just to paint white TBH)

There's a front part and back part available on Palit maker.

Just wondered if anyone here would be willing to assist
Thanks
Scott

https://www.palit.com/maker/gamingpro.php

baritonejohann · Wednesday at 09:23

Id probably advise against PLA for this application, it'll start warping around 80deg. PETG or ABS would probably suit better.

BeelzebubUK · Thursday at 12:36

Bear in mind that for most people they will have to use the 2 part version for the covers which you would need to glue together (unless they have an XL printer.) Not sure how that would look.

Would probably need a smooth build plate too as it's a cosmetic piece. I have neither an XL or a smooth build plate

sgoaty · Thursday at 13:29

You're doing better than me though I don't have a 3d printer ha ha

BeelzebubUK · Thursday at 13:37

sgoaty said:
You're doing better than me though I don't have a 3d printer ha ha

Definitely looks a tough one to my inexperienced eyes

Would probably require a lot of supports underneath to preserve the cosmetic side on top

Trig · Thursday at 15:26

Printing it face down could give you a nice carbon effect if you have the appropriate bed plate.

BeelzebubUK · Thursday at 23:20

I gave it a try more out of curiosity than anything but the details on it get a bit lost and some of the overhangs didn't print very well. More supports might help but I think it's better to be printed on a resin printer.

But normal resin used for miniatures and figurines etc loses it's rigidity over 50C so it would probably need a specific higher temp resin too. You might be OK as I guess the cover may not get much hotter than that and it would only deform if any force is actually applied to it like someone pressing on it. Resin is a lot more difficult and time consuming though so I'm not going to try that.

BeelzebubUK · Thursday at 23:38

I looked at one of Palits videos for this and they do use resin printing for their examples.

sgoaty · Thursday at 23:44

Wow thanks for trying! I'm not overly concerned about the finish TBH it's not something I'll be overly close to once it's installed. I was even considering doing one of the plain designs which are supposed to be a base for customising..