Sorry for the language

If you don’t know or don’t remember I did do theses things In Onshape

Now the Question must be asked…

10.17.16

So I realized that I had missed a couple features in Wheatley’s exterior design, so I went back and put them in. As a result I had to remove some detail from the Inner Socket. However it still looks fine.

Also, for laughs, I decided to download what I had so far and run it through several different 3D print services. Egads! For just the Inner Socket itself, one website quoted me $1,700+. Most of the websites or services that I tried quoted $280 to $350. That is quite a lot, but it would still be worth it for that much money.

Here’s the exciting part: one of the websites that I visited suggest that I check with my local library to see if they had any 3D printer services. I called my local library, and much to my surprise I found out that our recently renovated branch, in my city has two 3D printers. I called somebody who worked at the library and talked with him about the 3D printers and again, to my surprise, they are not charging anything to print on their 3D printers. The only setback is that their printspace can only accommodate 5.5 cubic feet of material. However, that’s not a problem thanks to OnShape. Within the software is a feature that allows you to split a single part into multiple parts. I split the Inner Socket into 24 smaller parts and then downloaded them for safe keeping. The next thing to decide is whether it’s worth it to print the Inner Socket as one whole piece, or as smaller separate pieces.

((This idea never came to fruition. I ended up making friends with a guy who has a giant 3D printer that can print 2ft cubed!))