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More Davinci 3D fun

5/14/2014

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I searched Thingiverse for a product I would use and also so I could test the print quality. I decided on a docking station for my iPhone 5. There were many to choose from but I settled on the one from user Shrotti. It looked like it had an access hole for the charge cable which many didn't so I downloaded it and printed it in Excellent mode
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which is 0.2 layer and 30% fill. The results were amazing. The print took a couple hours but I didn't care. I loaded it up and walked away. The Davinci did the rest while I ate dinner and watched TV. The result is shown to the left. 
The cable did fit and it was tight. 

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The design was well done. The dimensions of the cable hole were spot on. A little wiggling of the cable and it slipped into place. There were guides designed in to support it on the sides. My phone had a case but this one was designed for a non-case iPhone 5 or 5S. My son has a very thin case on his 5S and it fit on the dock fine. I charged my phone on it overnight and its already a useful print.
The quality at this level was very good. I tried to print a few things at the 0.1 level but so far its been more troublesome. The 0.2 seems to work fine. I'm having more fun than a kid at christmas with their new toys. I can actually see people buying two of these at the $499 price and printing in parallel. I'm currently printing two items side by side as I write this to see if that works as well. Some forum post stated that you could load two files at the same time and print them together so I'm testing that out.

I'm sure anybody who has a 3D printer is laughing at me over something they've known for a while that these things are not only useful but fun. But I figure I'm just helping out those that are still thinking about getting into this. I cannot recommend the Davinci enough. I did email them about the door not closing but still no answer back. I'm glad I didn't have any serious issues or I'd be getting a bit frustrated with no answer.
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