The 3DBenchy, or Benchy for short, is a popular test model for 3D printers. Designed with overhanging curved surfaces, flat planes, holes, and other difficult geometry, it’s a great way to benchmark a printer or verify that everything is set up correctly. It comes in rather handy, but at this point has also become something of a meme within the 3D printer community. Thus, when NURDspace members decided to embark on a collaborative giant print, the decision was easy – and Ultra Benchy was born!
The size chosen for the print was arbitrarily set at 700mm long, or a 1166.65% scale up of the original model. The versatile LuBan software was used to split the giant model into manageable chunks that could be printed by community members. Chunks were claimed and kept track of in a spreadsheet, with contributors instructed to print with specific settings in order to ensure quality was similar across the whole build.
With all the parts collected, the final construction was done on the 31st of August in a Youtube livestream. Reportedly, build time was a marathon 10 hours. The final result is a pleasingly patchwork Benchy, that looks quite impressive in its final assembled form.
Collaborative prints are a staple of 3D printing festivals, but the technique can also be used to create large functional assemblies from smaller 3D printed components, such as [Ivan]’s gigantic Nerf gun that we covered previously.
[Thanks to dreamer for the tip!]
It was so cool to be part of that project
Lots more pics about the process can be found here: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23UltraBenchy
first photo on hackaday with a 3D printer penis unrelated in view ;)
Ah hahaha it totally is, frame center
Seems rude to say, pretty sure that guy is one of the dudes who worked on project.
Indeed rude and totally wrong too. The people in the frame are actually not even members of the hackerspace, but just “remote collaborator” on the UltraBenchy project that came over for the build.
Hahaha, arrives at 10:09:0x in the video.
3d PRINTED penis , damnit -_-
THIS ISN’T EVEN MY FINAL FORM!
It took 10 hours to assemble that?
I think the beverages the guys are holding had something to do with that.
B^)
Something with beer + 319 unsorted parts that each needed quite some filing/modifications to fit properly.
Unsorted parts, not fitting parts, and not a good build plan.
It all helped add time
Also printer 3 parts while streaming
Think you can get a enough people to pay a dollar for the honor of contributing a part of a life-sized version split into a million chunks?
But will it float?
“Thanks to dreamer for the tip!”
You’re welcome.
dobra, ale czy to pływa?
This is better
http://centrumdruku3d.pl/beyond-3d-printing-orzel-bialy/
1.5 meter high
How is it better? It’s not even a 3DBenchy!
nah mate, its different not better
thats just a commercial company making a promotion for themselves, 100% unrelated
This reminds me that I didn’t see Brian Benchoff posting recently. What’s up with that?
Hasn’t had a post in ~3 months. Pretty sure he got “retired”.
Shhhh!
They’ll hear you!
So sad the luban software won’t run on my pc…
why not? it works well in wine
And I thought my 450% one was huge!