Print in Place Elephant

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I’m enjoying printing some great models from Thingiverse.

This little elephant is an articulated print-in-place model. It prints in one
piece, and then the legs sort of snap to become moveable.

I printed mine on a raft to help with the wonky bed calibration that I’ve got,
and at a smaller scale to print it faster. Due to the scale the elephants trunk
snapped off when removing the raft.

The print is a lot smoother in real life than in the photos, with the individual
layers almost imperceptible to touch.

Here’s the model on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:257911

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Published November 08, 2017

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Max Glenister is an interface designer and senior full-stack developer from
Oxfordshire. He writes mostly about front-end development and technology.

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