3D Printing Cars In Carbon Fiber PLA
For Christmas I received some Carbon Fiber PLA from Proto-Pasta. I’ve been trying to figure out what to print with it, so I settled on the Strati, the ‘3d printed car’ from Local Motors: They were cool enough to upload the stl’s for it to Thingiverse.
Sliced with Simplify 3D. I had a heck of a time getting it to print however: To get success, I had to increase my layer thickness to 300 micron (from 200) printing at 220 deg @ 90mm\sec. I reached out to their support, and they were prompt to reply with suggestions. I look forward to printing more with it, the finish quality is really cool, almost like 3d-printed coal.
You should try my version: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:606057
It’s based on the same STLs, but the wheels are more accurate, and they roll!
Ha, yep, yours looks way better 😉