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Large Space Needle print

A 5 1/2-foot-tall Space Needle build and one of the clearest examples of scale, persistence, and finish work.

Large 3D printed Space Needle display piece.

Design challenges

  • Break a large object into printable, alignable sections.
  • Manage a long print schedule while keeping parts consistent.
  • Glue, sand, and paint the final piece so it read as one finished object.

Materials / fabrication notes

Roughly 100 hours of design and modeling, 750 hours of printing, and 100 hours of gluing, sanding, and painting.

Final outcome

A large display piece that shows the difference between printing parts and finishing a complete object.

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