Trimaran Deconstructed Print by fishbonethedog

Last crawled date: 4 years ago

The deconstructed files of my trimaran, it doesn't always print right if you have it as a single print, instead of broken up. (The full picture on Makerware is not fully accurate to the actual trimaran, this is an older file.) The longest the hull will usually take is a couple of hours, the arches will probably take around 30 minutes, and the sponsons (side support hulls) usually take around an hour. I haven't printed it that recently so I don't remember the exact time for them. One note about the arches, it is best to print it twice, since usually the right arch will print funny and may not attach right. This was a print that was created as one single entity, so when it is broken down it lacks the necessary angles to fully secure it, so some melting and gluing will be necessary to assemble it. One thing that is helpful is to melt the area on the sponson where the rounded end of the arch will sit and heat up the rounded end of the arch and insert it. When you do this it will make a divot and hopefully stick, but this divot will allow you to add more glue to keep the sponson attached. In addition, when attaching the arch to the main hull, it is helpful to heat up the area on the hull where you are going to put the arch in, then heating up the end of the arch and bending it to the right angle, and hopefully keeping it stuck to the hull. The boat was rendered using Maya, then converted to Mudbox, then finally to Makerware, for some reason when it is converted from Mudbox into STL or OBJ for Makerware the symmetry is thrown off. Pieces of each part, as well as a suggestion guide on how to put it together will be added soon. In addition, the newer and single print has an area on the back where a motor can be added if you hollow out the hull.