Full Chainmail Armor - Create your own super light chainmail 3D model 3D printable

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fey-gilo1

fey-gilo12024-11-09 13:44:37 UTC

Not Recommended

I would give this model 3 stars. The design of the actual model is brilliant. Being able to print in layers is great. Even with all the key steps laid out I have had 4 failed prints. The spacing of the rings isn’t quite right. There are to many “floating bodies” in the design which means when it prints the rings often don’t adhere to the base or the next ring doesn’t adhere to the first. I have spent around 6 hrs working on adapting just one of the several pieces of the model. I imported it into the design software I use Shapr3D and made some minor changes. Unfortunately there were so many invalid bodies that the file couldn’t be exported. Given the several thousand individual objects in the file I was required to go object by object grouping them together until I was able to identify the invalid elements of the design before being able to print it. I would suggest the original designer do the same or make some small changes to allow for easier printing. It’s clearly possible as seen in the above image but with a little tweaking it could be much easier and use less material. The base platform is much thicker then it needs to be. Despite all of that I think the concept and the fact that most of the work has been done made this a worth while purchase. So thank you for your model

matthias-cottard

matthias-cottard2024-09-21 16:24:16 UTC

Not Recommended

Impossible de l'imprimer avec les infos données. PDF plus présent dans le téléchargement. Ne répond pas au message envoyé il y a plus d'une semaine

s3critsquirrel

s3critsquirrel2024-09-05 22:25:41 UTC

Recommended

Had to make some adjustments to print on a high-speed FDM printer. But otherwise it printed just fine.

niknok007

niknok0072024-09-04 21:36:47 UTC

Recommended

After some trial and error figuring out what filament to print this with (esun silver Pla+) printed out like a charm. I tried with Silk pla (clogged extruder) and PETG (rings stuck together too much). Ring breakage is minimal if you are careful separating the layers

gath-of-baal01

gath-of-baal012024-04-22 03:28:08 UTC

Recommended

So, these files are definitely not for the faint of heart or poor calibration. All my attempts thus far with PETG were failures, possibly due to the lack of cooling that is inherent with PETG and the number of small moves. My first attempt with PLA was much better though. I have only done one section so far, but it was the largest and only I broke about 8 rings or so pulling it apart, but considering the density I'm quite impressed.

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knabbuziak

knabbuziak2024-10-15 03:51:15 UTC

The Ender3 has steppers that makes increments of 0.04mm in the Z-axis, how do you suggest getting the best results regarding that? I'm thinking shrinking/enlarging the whole model by 6.667% (I guess shrinking to fit the whole thing on the bed). With 0.8mm nozzle, do you only use one single wall per ring to print the rings? How much material does one complete set consume?

paulgfrc

paulgfrc2024-05-05 18:21:51 UTC

I'm having a problem. I used PLA with a 0.8mm nozzle but the layer adhesion between the rings is too strong. I can barely pull them apart and when when I do a lot of the rings break from the force. I have to stick something between the layers to use leverage to break the bonds. They aren't coming apart as easily as they did in your video. Any tips?

krustyy

krustyy2024-05-28 00:12:38 UTC

I'm on a Bambu X1 Carbon and have not had a successful test print yet. I've used 2 different rolls of silk PLA, a 0.4mm nozzle, and a 0.8mm nozzle. My printer is warning me that the 0.3mm layer height is out of spec so I'm going to try adjusting that to see if it helps. I'm also going to try regular PLA and some PETG for good measure.

Draaphy

Draaphy2024-06-26 17:03:47 UTC

I haven't had any luck with a .8mm nozzle and have been trying a .4mm with PLA+ and that's worked much better. To be fair, I'm printing with pretty cheap filament on a mostly stock ender 3 and folks aren't joking when they say it's a tough print. But yeah, the .8 nozzle was leading to a ton of stringing and globbiness and really locked the rings together and made them super hard to separate.

brian-vano-lee

brian-vano-lee2024-01-31 09:15:40 UTC

What filament should I use so that it's durable enough? I tried ABS and PETG and they're both quite fragile.

propsmaker

propsmaker2024-02-01 02:13:08 UTC

Hii!! I always used PLA. But be sure to reduce stringing!

michael-scattergood

michael-scattergood2023-04-10 04:01:23 UTC

This looks absolutely amazing! Just purchased the dicebag and will be creating a plate for it in a few minutes. What are the print dimensions for these parts? They look designed for a PLA printer, whereas I'm using a Resin printer. The dice bag shouldn't be an issue, but this might be too big for my printer? Hoping to throw this into my cart next!

deapbreath

deapbreath2023-02-23 12:37:14 UTC

Hey @propsmaker. I noticed this other user that seems to have reuploaded your same files and pictures, https://www.cgtrader.com/products/chainmail-armor-super-light-chainmail. I tried to use the report button, but it didn't to go anywhere. Really admire your designs and wanted to give you a heads-up.

propsmaker2023-02-23 13:21:32 UTC

OMG, thank you very much! I just send a message to CGTrader to ban that user ;(. The report button is not working, don't know why, i will also tell them that. If you want some of my models, let me now and you will have it for free.

Full Chainmail Armor - Create your own super light chainmail 3D print model

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