Minecraft… I’ve been known to tinker with it…
Hey guys, Many of you might be surprised to know
that I’m a bit of a Minecraft fan. Listen to this video for a few seconds. It may sound familiar.
“Velcome veary traveller."
"Please make yourself at home, here in my humble castle vwhere I can promise you a bite…”
"... to eat."
Yes, that’s me in a former life with a few Minecraft YouTube video tutorials,
and whilst thinking of those the other day,
I felt inspiration for a ring design.
If you know Minecraft, you know Creepers, and that should be an easy build ring.
Using Fusion 360, I drew 8 by 8 squares, like a chessboard.
I extruded these downwards, then selected a few key squares to form the iconic Creeper face.
Square-topped rings are pretty easy to make in Fusion.
It’s just a matter of drawing the profile you want and cutting this away as necessary.
I printed a couple of rings using my Elegoo Mars 2 Pro and the mystery castable resin that
I’ve been talking about for a couple of weeks me. Now, remember, this resin isn’t on the market yet
and I have been testing it for the manufacturer and so far it’s been great.
But I’m lazy and I wanted to factor this into my testing.
This resin has sat in this tray for 3 weeks now and that’s not good for any resin,
especially castable ones. It’s always best practice to re-bottle these resins
immediately after use as they take on air and deteriorate. So will that make a difference.
3 weeks old and it still printed nicely… though casting may be different.
Looks okay at the moment…
This is Liver of Sulphur. It’s an actual chemical reaction
that blackens metals like bronze and silver.
Shame that - there’s definite pitting going on here and I suspect that’s because of the
3-week-old resin. But I am testing the limits of this castable resin, so it was a necessary evil.
Thankfully I do like the ring design and as usual these days, this STL will be available to
my Patrons as a thank you for their support, along with the Rat King Ring file that I cast last week.
So that’s it for this week guys. Take care and thanks for watching.