Flexible or Stiff? Exploring Different Skeletons with 3D Printing.

3D PrintSmith
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Published 2023-10-29
What happens when you print a jointed figure with a flexible skeleton or frame? You think it'd be a hot mess and fall down, that would make sense. Let’s try and find out though. This version of the jointed figures from Soozafone are really cute and I'm going against my usual functional only print videos just to see what would happen with a TPU based frame and hard armour.

► Links
The models on Printables.com
Dummy 13 www.printables.com/model/593185-dummy-13-printable…
Previous versions
Lucky 13 www.printables.com/model/148367-lucky-13-printable…
Mini 13 www.printables.com/model/422353-mini-13-printable-…
Easy 13 www.printables.com/model/555170-easy-13-printable-…
My Printables collection of all models in this weekly series
www.printables.com/@3dprintsmith/collections/77739…
► Equipment list
Ender 5 (amzn.to/3QdTVQP)
Raspberry Pi (running Octoprint) (amzn.to/3qznwud)
Octoprint timelapse camera: Raspberry Pi V2-8(amzn.to/3Mlj6xg)
Overhead camera Canon 1300D not available any more but the rough equivalent now (amzn.to/3FBXz0J)
► Parts List
Overture PLA (white) filament (amzn.to/44kFQF9)
Esun PLA (Fire Engine Red) (amzn.to/3rra6Rf)
Esun TPU flexible (Grey) (amzn.to/49fpH77)

► Print settings
Sliced using PrusaSlicer2.5.2
Hot End – PLA 208C TPU 230C
Bed – 40C
Support -none
Speed - 20mm/s first layer, 50mm/s
Layer height – 0.16
Infill – 5%

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:19 Print them
0:41 Assembly of PLA
3:20 Flexible skeleton
4:16 Conclusion
All Comments (17)
  • @3DPrintSmith
    After playing with the model for a couple of days now you can see the PLA joints are starting to wear out a bit. I'd definitely recommend ASA or ABS for the frame as Soozafone suggest in the model description. . . . really have to stick to those recommendations 🙂
  • @CGreciful
    I did PC for the bones and PETG for the armor and it’s great.
  • @user-ux2zd3yp6q
    Thank you for giving credit to soozafone most people don’t
  • @crystalclearchaos5387
    I see tik tok and yt short channels and amazon sellers all claiming this figure is theirs and to buy it from their shop this entire time its was a file i could get and print myself?
  • @userBdude
    You are good at making skeletons❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤
  • @cindyosife5906
    I sped up the building process and I imagined it with the lego game building sound😂😂😂
  • @imthedentist
    I bet making the armor out of tpu might be interesting. I had absolutel crap tolerances on my 3d printer, and i ended up just sanding everything to fit
  • @kurtcrean
    Good stuff man! Love the comparison, I wonder if modified files to make the sockets smaller would be a nice way of making something a bit more indestructible. Obviously a lot more work and might not even be possible but appreciate the video.
  • @ElaraArale
    i did my own project in a way very similar, but different articulations
  • @Zontar82
    I printed the inner frame in abs and the arnor in pla and have no issues
  • @melonglitch6566
    I saw in tiktok that t13 Always comparing with stickbots and the t13 fans always say blinded by nostalgia to stickbots fans like.. Can they stop comparing them with stickbots... I,m sick of them.
  • @JaidenMatos
    How much does a 3d printer cost and how much did the figures cost to print😅