astrocade printable cart

[discgolfer72]

im going to move this out of the astrocart thread

 

I have been working on finishing / refining the astrocade cart found here

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:173532

 

 

 

I have already modified it to fit the ultimulti cart (simply cut a hole in it lol)

 

but id also like to make it look a bit more like the real deal

 

 

the printable cart is missing the recess for the cart label and is a bit flimsy on the top and bottom

 

I dug out my mic and indeed I do have a bit of workable thickness available

looks like the original is around 12.27mm

and the printed one is around 11.98mm

 

[ballyalley]

How long does it take to print one of these cartridge shells (both the top and the bottom)?

 

Adam

[discgolfer72]

How long does it take to print one of these cartridge shells (both the top and the bottom)?

 

Adam

depends on the printer I use and the resolution I print it at but the ones in the pics printed at fine resolution took 1 hour 45 mins per side but I have 6 printers so can print at the same time

[ballyalley]

depends on the printer I use and the resolution I print it at but the ones in the pics printed at fine resolution took 1 hour 45 mins per side but I have 6 printers so can print at the same time

 

Wait, it takes about 3 1/2 hours to create one complete Astrocade cartridge shell? Even with six printers going, that's a long time to print shells. How much are these printers... and why do you have six of them?!?

 

Adam

[discgolfer72]

 

Wait, it takes about 3 1/2 hours to create one complete Astrocade cartridge shell? Even with six printers going, that's a long time to print shells. How much are these printers... and why do you have six of them?!?

 

Adam

lol that's why I have six (and plan on at leas 3 more ) the cart shell is a fast print

a lot of the stuff I print takes upwards of 12-24 hours to print per part and require multiple parts

 

my printers start at around 150$ for the small ones and up to 300$ for the bigger ones (new printers are going to cost more like 500-800 since im going big ,ike print a helmet that fits on my head big )

 

 

right now I have 1 that supports print size of 100x100x120 mm

3 that print up to 120x120x120mm

and 2 that do 220x220x240mm

 

and planning to buy 2 that do 300x300x400mm and 1 that will do 500x500x500mm

 

 

 

I bought my first one around 2 months ago and went nuts from there

bought them mostly for my train layout but its also handy to print things for our arcade/videogame store

and im the coolest dad on the block printing my sons (and daughter ) cool cosplay stuff

 

 

my 3yr old thinks he has his own personal toy factory lol

 

here are some pics sorry everything is currently in a state of disarray been working on some big projects

Edited May 6, 2018 by discgolfer72