Introduction: A Roman Mask
The blueprint I provided is a mask, a copy of an archeological finding.
In case you desire to, please feel free to remodel it!
Good luck!
Step 1: Blueprint
for remodeling:
put the blueprint in a 3D-modeling software (for example SketchUp, Solidworks, Meshlap, Vector works)
(re)model it till it has the shape you want it to have
! make sure it is one solid model
safe it as a STL file
Attachments
Step 2: Printing
printer:
Ultimaker
hardware:
I made my mask from PLA, but you can use any material that goes trough the ultimaker
software:
import the blueprint (STL file) in Cura
push: file > laod model file
my model changed when I imported it, so always:
check if the model is rotated well (the backside of the head
shoud be on the bottom)
check the scale of your model (163x126mm)
you can find the settings I used in the attached screenshots
! to make your mask smoother, you can lower the layer height (from 0.3 to 0.2?). It will take more time though
done with the settings? push ‘prepare’
Step 3:
check the layers by scrolling through your document
Step 4:
time to print! push ‘print’ (this screen will pop-up now)
connect
print
check the temperature
Step 5:
as soon as the printer is heated up the ultimaker will automatically start printing
“during the printing I had one problem. the printer started printing a two layer bottum. the bottum isn’t in the STL file, so there there is probally something wrong with the print-settings. I’ve no clue what it is! Maybe you will find out?”
Step 6: Finishing
to make the mask printable I added some support sticks at the file. Now the mask is printed out you can remove them.
a good way to do this is to use a warm, sharp object (I heated up a stanley-nife, this worked pretty well)
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