Mechanical Pencil Patent Art by Ken Mills

Ken Mills

Art>2D Art

Print Profile(1)

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P1S

P1P

X1 Carbon

X1E

Mechanical Pencil Cutaway Thin - 0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill

Designer

2 h

2 plates

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Description

Cutaway view of a mechanical pencil's inner workings.

Use a color swap for the line work to add contrast or simply color the lines with a marker or paint pen (I find a Sharpie works well).

The frame that allows the picture to hang on a wall or stand on a desk / shelf. Just snap the picture in.

Important: Be sure to allow the print to fully cool before removing from the build plate to avoid warping it while still warm.

If you are having trouble printing thin lines or the slicer preview is missing lines, try the Arachne wall generator.

Comment & Rating (4)

@Fenris

looks very nice! How did you get it from an image to an stl? I tried it my

The designer has replied

@KenMills

Thank you! Feel free to submit requests :) There are some image to stl or svg tools online (https://imagetostl.com/ as an example). I generally convert to svg and then use the import in Tinkercad to create the stl. The key is to have or create a clean image with lines thick enough to print. It takes some practice, but isn't too hard after you get the feel for what works.

@Fenris

Replying to @KenMills :

Than you very much for your reply. That made my day! My problem was, as i was importing the svg into thinkercad it always crashed. i am gonna try once more :)

@KenMills

Replying to @Fenris :

I've found that once SVGs get tool detailed or complicated, the Tinkercad import fails. I take it as a sign the original needs to be simplified a bit more.

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