Modular Sand Castle Molds
Modular Sand Castle Molds
3D
Published 2018-06-19T16:32:51+00:00
This object was made in Tinkercad. https://www.tinkercad.com/things/2Q9zzsanIvK
These objects are made for the "TinkerCAD Design Competition - The Great Outdoors" #TinkerFUN (https://www.myminifactory.com/competition/142)
The Idea:
We love going to the beach and enjoy the summer days playing, drinking and just having fun.
And the kids always love to play in the sand and build stuff.
We all know to make sand castles with the sand and I thought that, that could use a nice 3D printing upgrade.
something to 'expand' their creativity by giving them the right tools to expres ther ideas in a satisfying way.
The Design:
Because the molds were also intended for smal children (from age 3) they had to be easy to wield and without too much complexity.
This would also improve build time and eliminate small parts (that would only get lost in the sand)
I Designed 3 molds that support each other and allows connected placement to create endless possebilities.
The sides of all the walls/towers have been slanted just a bit to make the extraction easier.
#1 Small round tower
#2 Walls section
#3 Big square tower
Building Tips:
- Always use wet sand (not watery)
- to get the battlements nice, press the sand after the first scoop filling the mold.
- its better to start building walls and then the towers.
Enjoy the beach! ;-)
Printed on a FLSUN I3+
Nozzle 0.4mm
layer height 0.3mm (first printed on 0.4mm but gives bad layer adhesion, the print will likely break when removing from the build plate)
Infill 15%
Peritimers 2
Top layers 2
Bottem layers 2
i used a heated bed (60) to compensate for my wearing kapton tape but with fresh tape should be fine.
after review of my prints i would advise to check the option to 'not cross borders' when slicing, some of the 'printing hair' would be difficult te remove in the battlements.
| Date published | 19/06/2018 |
| Time to do | 480 - 780 minutes |
| Dimensions | 100x200x130 |
| Technology | FDM |
| Complexity | Easy |
| Support Free | YES |