JOINT PROTOTYPE : 3D PRINTING
Moving from traditional methods we were interested in 3D printing. We thought creating a joint as one module would we much stronger than our previous prototypes. We constructed this joint on Rhino and thought having the dowels all connecting into the central joint would be very effective. We experienced a lot of difficulties when printing as the base kept lifting and took multiple tried before it started printing. The final outcome was much more heavier than anticipated and also because we wanted to have hollow edges it create supports that were very difficult to remove. Another issue was the timing because we intended on creating a large-scale prototype and we need at least twelve joints which would be too time consuming to print. Also taking into account our design critieria of cost effective this was not a affordable method. As a result we thought this was not a viable option.
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