101 points

Is art your full-time job or is just a gift you were given.

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i print a 3d object every morning after my coffee

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Technically it only counts if you stare intently at a three dimensional object while you do it and attempt to replicate it.

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6 points

Now I imagine someone shifting left to right and front to back in their toilet seat…. Thanks for the picture.

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5 points

You don’t save your 3d printed object for work?

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I actually put the sticker that came with a filamentum delivery (“extruding the future”) on my toilet tank. It’s right behind me right now.

Oh wait, the spaghetti monster is attacking…

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55 points

Can you share the STL please? And is it a print in place or does it require glue for assembly? 😋

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Looks like they used their hand as the build plate.

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37 points

It’s glorious! Welcome to the team.

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You know, everyone I see uses that tug boat print for their calibration, but what you made here was far more intricate and beneficial.

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How did tug boat become the standard test print? Wouldnt car or eifel tower have the same curves/arches/height for all the test things?

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The short answer is someone designed it specifically to demonstrate calibration across different printing conditions and it took off in no small part because it’s cute and can serve as a filament sample.

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6 points

Nobody knows.

JK

I think it’s because Benchy has a crazy amount of changing surfaces and is easily printable with or without supports, scales better, and doesn’t take terribly long to print.

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The answer isn’t glamorous, “because someone made it, and it works well.”

Also the “3DBenchy_Broschure_3DBenchy.pdf” file it comes with is helpful.

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