3d print request

sgoaty

sgoaty

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

 
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..
 
BeelzebubUK said:
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.

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I've got a printer on order I'm going to try and learn from what you've done here. Did you print it that way up with supports or in a different orientation? Thanks again for doing that btw.
 
I'd deffo be printing that upside down given the results you have here and then manually adding supports where needed..
 
I've been playing with Bambu studio but not quite figured out how to do manual supports or where I should put them. It defaults to tree and although they're not tall there's a lot of them which might make it a nightmare to remove?

Palit also do a smooth model without the detail maybe I should just try that for the fan
 
sgoaty said:
I've got a printer on order I'm going to try and learn from what you've done here. Did you print it that way up with supports or in a different orientation? Thanks again for doing that btw.
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I just printed it that way up with auto tree supports. It may come out better if it was angled. Something like this :

 
I'd go the other way up tbh? that notch in the top should be better facing down rather than trying to print that edge in the air.
 
I was thinking about doing them face down it's a pretty fast print time that way. I'm not too bothered about losing detail as it won't be seen anyway but the supports underneath look like they might be a lot of work to remove.
 
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