Gun Safe Art-More 3D Printing Fun!

[BowOnly81]

That's freaking insane cool!!!!

[AggieBowHunter09]

You could have a whole business making personalized christmas ornaments lol

[txhunter007]

Fantastic

[TAMU Hunter]

Last year I printed a whitetail my wife took just for fun. I didn't go the full route of painting the horns but the precision of accuracy is incredible.

[Texastaxi]

Thanks the technology has really brought the price way down believe it or not, for less than 500.00 you can be rigged up.
Look up Monoprice 3D printers...

What kind of scanner are you using to create the model?

[coachwhip]

Thats a great print TAMU!
Here is what i been tinkering with scanning, not cheap but does the larger stuff...

https://www.amazon.com/Handheld-Scanner-High-Speed-Scanning/dp/B00U7BL30I/ref=zg_bs_8481412011_13?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=Q160P0NKTKR3EFSK4TZG

[Texastaxi]

Thats a great print TAMU!
Here is what i been tinkering with scanning, not cheap but does the larger stuff...
https://www.amazon.com/Handheld-Scan...NKTKR3EFSK4TZG

So, how does that work?
Do you move the scanner, by hand, around the piece?
Or keep the scanner stationary and move the piece?

[TAMU Hunter]

best thing to do is set the item on a "lazy susan" type object and leave the scanner stationary. This gets the data set as steady as possible.

[coachwhip]

Yes stationary works best in precise increments with good lighting to capture as much detail.

[MikeConner]

Incredible!

[LittleLizaMarie]

That's absolutely amazing!! What kind of background in computers/tech do you have? Seems like you know your stuff!

[mcanderson83]

Those African mounts are amazing. I like the Antelope too!

[Brute Killer]

Pretty daggone cool.

[WamBow]

That's very cool! Any limitations on size? elk? moose?

[coachwhip]

Thank you everyone! Not much formal training, I'm just fortunate enough to work a school district that was willing to take a chance on purchasing a 3d printer last fall and things have been moving really fast for myself and my students since. The only limitation is your build size on the printer platform, my printer at home is 8"X8"X7" (length width and height), although larger prints can take upwards of 8 plus hours to print, i think these little fridge magnets are the happy medium. I'm currently working on some new scans/prints first is my 2008 South African wartie and a few larger whitetails with a possible moose and elk to come as well.