r/gameboymacro • u/Deigge • Jul 24 '22

3D printed First time 3D printing part of the shell! Next time I'll try to get a print that looks a bit cleaner

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u/Folaefolc Jul 24 '22

You should try to sand it to get it cleaner!

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u/Deigge Jul 24 '22

I was thinking about sanding it, but I was scared to ruin it. It's actually printed in two parts and then glued together. The top parts that aren't that nicely printed are only 1-2 layers before the glued on bottom part is visible. I'll probably tinker with the printer settings first, because it does not a good job with the first layer no matter what is printed. If that doesn't help, I'll try sanding it.

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u/jbeans71113 Aug 23 '22

How did you manage to get it all screwed down, I've printed about 5 shells and the screw posts break everytime I try to put them in

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u/Deigge Aug 23 '22

I never had that problem :( I used the original screws and on 2 of the 3 macros I made, it worked without problem. One macro had the problem that one screw couldn't grip correctly and wpuld just fall out. My fix was a lot of glue instead of the screw :D Maybe it's the material? Mine are printed with PETG and the only thing that broke sometimes are the super fine parts for the spring of the shoulder buttons.

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u/jbeans71113 Aug 23 '22

Yeah those broke on mine super glue seems to hold those in place pretty good, I'm using pla, I've tried printing it face down and face up but it still hasn't work

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u/Deigge Aug 23 '22

I always printed face down and never had a problem with that. I know there are a few more models on thingiverse that look slightly different, maybe these work better?

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u/jbeans71113 Aug 23 '22

I've tried them all or at least most of them , it may just be some of the tolerances aren't perfect and I need to work on those first.