3D Printed Super Glow in the Dark

Previously we've used 'super' glow-in-the-dark filament for a range of projects - from making specific Night Lights and associated projects for the School Market Day.   We have also posted about using the filament to create a 'wow' effect.   We recently ran a couple prints to get students enthusiastic and one of the ways that we did so is shown left.

This is another of the current run of Minecraft inspired Tinkercad designs, which had similar dimensions and details to a print recently featured on this blog

This will hopefully lead to this student and other students considering the role that the different kinds of PLA and filament might have on their projects and also what else related to this might they print.

This parrot shown left is another example of how the PLA use is leading design and creation.  In this example the student found the .stl for a generic parrot and wanted to print the parrot.  In doing so there is little design or creation involved in the 3D print but actually on this project it came in another way, in the form of the stand that the parrot is perched on.

In this example the student needs to consider the balance for the project (including the bird causing the wood roll to tip over) how the perch might be displayed or featured and what else could be added to this for a final completion.