Sword of Loginus by mrmaigo

Last crawled date: 3 years, 3 months ago

So, I was making a 12 foot Lance of Loginus. I printed one of the blades, put it out on the table... 12 feet is too big! (9 foot coming at some point, sooner if someone wants it.) But it's a good size for a sword at 57 inches. Knocked out a NERV styled Tsuba and I'm rather impressed with how quick and simple making a nice handle was.
I've been sitting on this for a year, hoping I'd end up painting it. Usual excuses like: When I have money, when I'm bored, when it's not hot/cold/raining, when it's not 2020... ANYWAY...
Needed: 1/4x48in metal rod, cut into a few 1-2 inch sections and the rest for the handle and start of the blade. Shorter rod if you use a few of the rod.stl. Glue. Paint?
Printing: There's not really any FLAT surfaces on the blade. I tried printing them flat along the back surface and they needed a lot of filling and sanding.
BEST bet may be standing them on the spine with supports. NO internal supports, other wise, good luck clearing out the holes.
The tip (Blade1) comes to an overly sharp point and is a bit fragile. It will bend when you jab it into the ceiling.
Handles: Just stand them up. No support.
Tsuba: Flat. No support
Pins 6x: FLAT, mostly there for alignment.
Rod: Flat. Not sure on the tolerances. I think it was in the folder for making the holes? I scaled it down a little, should be fine? Could be shorter?
Other notes: Blades are 180mm, handles are 200mm. Overall length is 57.5 inches.
Don't remember what settings I used. Rafts, .3 layers, too many walls, 10-20% infill? It's very solid other than the tip.
Assembly: The Tsuba DOES have a front, but not a top/bottom. The holes should NOT expose the surfaces of the handle/blade. Not really a way to screw anything else up. Did I mention the tip?
Update 1: Added a painting hanger (2x M2 screws/nuts, stick it on end of rod, hang from whatever, add paint. See pic for incredible detail (fire alarm not included)) and some simple sword stands (adapt to your needs).
Acknowledgments:
I have to have a thing for stupid, large projects that no one but me will like. Hopefully someone else is as crazy as I am.
Thank you DONW999 for the blades. They scaled up very well.
If you made it through my rambling, thank you.