3D-Printed Turtle House

[Anyfoot]

I am in the process of making another turtle hideout, and thanks to @Foursteels advice, I took a one-minute-long clip that shows the 3D printing process...it's like a brick wall building process, building one layer on top of another layer, just in much smaller scale. This design will take about 10 hours to print. I will share the final build once it gets done... ^_^

That's amazing, love technology. Thanks for sharing.

About 5yrs ago I was lucky enough to be invited to a engineering research centre. I was like a kid in a candy store.
They had a 3D printing machine set up in its own room.
This machine printed in steel though. It was amazing. You didn't even have to load a cad drg into it. The example was. A wooden model elephant inside another wooden elephant.
They placed that into 1 half of the machine. It scanned it in 3D then generated its own drg. From this it created a programme to copy it by laying layer upon layer of steel as it built the new model. Each layer was 0.025mm/0.001" thick. The end product was a perfect copy, but in steel. They hadn't at that time mastered a smooth surface finish though. It looked like cast iron.
Who knows what's to come in the future.
Maybe a Tortoise replicating machine. Lol

 

[kameya]

That looks really interesting. Did you start off with that piece of molding in the device and then it shaves it away to make your form?

You can probably look on other youtube video about 3D printing, but basically "3D printing is additive manufacturing that takes computer models, and turns them into real, physical things. It takes plastic filament, melts it down into a thin layer onto a surface, moves up, and lays another layer on top – kind of like a hot glue gun affect. After layer upon layer, you are left with an an object that is very durable and long lasting."

 

[Anyfoot]

You can probably look on other youtube video about 3D printing, but basically "3D printing is additive manufacturing that takes computer models, and turns them into real, physical things. It takes plastic filament, melts it down into a thin layer onto a surface, moves up, and lays another layer on top – kind of like a hot glue gun affect. After layer upon layer, you are left with an an object that is very durable and long lasting."

Did you draw that model you are making now, or do you have to download a file from a website.

 

[kameya]

So far I cannot find any models on the 3D printing sites that offer any sort of the turtle house designs, so I am designing my own turtle house using CAD software and printing the house from scratch.

 

[Anyfoot]

So far I cannot find any models on the 3D printing sites that offer any sort of the turtle house designs, so I am designing my own turtle house using CAD software and printing the house from scratch.

So if you(anybody) are capable of using a cad system, you can import the 3D drg as a stl and it will print out your 3D drg.

 

[kameya]

Usually the 3D printer you purchased will come with a 3D software that allows you to import STL file (generated by most CAD software) onto your 3D printer, and your printer will then turn the virtual object into the 3D-printed object.

 

[kameya]

This is my half-log turtle's hideout design...the size is about 7"x7"x3.5"H


I've added some accessory holes on top where I can attach small accessories like habitat sign and small decor items...

 

[kameya]

The 3D-printed Turtle Habitat finally get its first resident... ^_^


This little guy usually stay in its outdoor habitat, but since it will not hibernate in the winter thus I brought it in to keep it indoor until the next spring.

 

[Oxalis]

The 3D-printed Turtle Habitat finally get its first resident... ^_^


This little guy usually stay in its outdoor habitat, but since it will not hibernate in the winter thus I brought it in to keep it indoor until the next spring.

That is just adorable! Love your adaptation of the 3-D printer.

 

[kameya]

Here is a New Project...

So this is what I got before...a 3D-printed turtle house and the feeding dish...but I found the round feeding dish + the stepping stones take up too much water space, thus I've decided to work on a new design to combine both elements...


And this is what I came up with, a feeding platform with a built-in walking ramp... this little platform is about 4"x3"x.625"H...


Now attaching the new feeding platform to the existing clear shoebox habitat...


and watchinbg how the little boxie is climbing up to its new feeding ground... ^_^


This is just one of the small projects I like to work on to simplify my turtle caring routines... ^_^

 

[GotTort]

Pretty awesome!

 

[Oxalis]

Awesome job and great creativity!

 

[von345]

This is so cool! Great idea