Make wall art
by garagemarino
DIY Projects Journey Overview
Follow this step-by-step diy projects journey to see real progress updates, challenges overcome, and practical experience.
Progress Updates (5 total)
Update #1: Make wall art
Add some style to bedroom wall with 3d printed art
Challenges Overcome: I think a mountain would look cool
Update #2: Explored thingiverse and checkout out the files
10% completeJust exploring here, matter of personal taste and will. A clean and single piece design with fewer details will be easier to put together and align afterwards
Update #3: Splitting things up to scale for printing
50% completeSplit the design into areas the shape of your printer bed size, draw planes along your chosen lines and cut it up. Smooth out design by reshaping slightly overlapping pieces and merging together those that can fit on printer bed. The larger the pieces are the less work there is in assembly and production…
If you need to rescale your design in the slicer like I did, you can propagate the scaling factor from one piece to all your other pieces
Obstacles Faced: Scaling pieces down may require reiterating on the design
Looking Back: Even tho constant size divisions maximize printer bed use, they’re not the smartest choice for mounting
Update #4: Print all pieces and put the puzzle together
90% completeAt this stage it’s almost done, just make sure all dimensions fit and nothing is missing, process some surfaces for better finish or color as desired
Looking Back: Make a checklist of parts to print and trust it
Update #5: Stick it and done
100% completeProject finished! Looks like expected 😄
Challenges Overcome: Used double sided tape to stick the puzzle pieces to the wall one by one.
Obstacles Faced: Figure out the placement of the first piece. Have a ruler and do some quick math
Looking Back: Use a level to line up the first few pieces and then build up on the connecting shapes. The greater the contact points the less likely the assembly is to be misaligned. Also, do have multiple pieces of tape where possible to better spread forces and help with stability/alignment (it is less likely to twist). Doing this means less tape and less space between the piece and the wall if tape is placed at the edges of the pieces.