Monday, October 19, 2026
Chonky Boi Pantograph (much neater)
This one I have more faith in. It turns out that the "Infill before perimeter" box had somehow become unchecked in Prusaslicer. As you can see from the images below, this 950μm long (nearly 1mm) pantograph is significantly better:
I made it 48μm thick (probably slightly over 50 in the real world) which I hope improves durability somewhat. Note that even with the assumption in the slicer that the "extrusion" width is 6μm it does not look like 65% overlap is excessive and the infill doesn't look too dense. I think there are interesting optical effects going on. I am driving the fibre somewhat out of spec after all.
As before, now to attach one end with nail gel, free the rest of it from the Krapton Tape, and see if I can flex it without breaking it. Place your bets please, ladies and gentlemen...
