The observant amongst you will have spotted that there was an item in the [Upcycle It] Interactive Race Car Driver - 3D Printed Parts article that did not relate to any of the things I was printing. That was because I did not know if it was going to print ok or not. The part is some "exhaust pipes" to add to the Edison to turn my "engine" into a hotrod.
Because I was concerned about the exhausts wobbling about when printing I added some 1mm horizontal supports to the model which were then cut off using a knife following the print. The print went well until layer 165 of 168 at which point it came detached from the print bed. As I was printing at 100% fill this did not actually matter and I've gone with fractionally shorter pipes by 0.9mm. If I was going to print it again I'd likely use a brim around the base to give it a bit more grip.
You can find all the models at https://github.com/Workshopshed/UpcyclingDesignChallenge/tree/master/3DModels
I don't think my modification will make any difference to the Edison's performance but I do think it looks cool. Hopefully, I'll have time to give it a coat of silver paint so it looks more like exhaust pipes.
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