3D Printed Minecraft Fox Storage

 

Challenge: To produce an original design that would have a purpose - in this case a Minecraft themed Fox that would be used for storage as shown in the photograph.

Background: We have shown over a considerable amount of time on this blog that the students using Tinkercad as a design tool.   You can see a summary of some of our projects here.  We also complied a slideshow of Minecraft and Tinkercad activities which you can view by clicking here.

This student who is responsible for this design while they are an eight year old student has consistently shown that the are aware of a range of concepts and ideas and they have a particular interest in Minecraft and Minecraft themed designs.  If you want to see further examples of their work you can click on the link on the top right hand corner of this blog.

The student designed this independently and presented it to the teacher in its completed form.  There was no additional reworking or direction required.

The student also ensured that it was going to be a viable print by using the AR/VR feature of Tinkercad on the iPad to project it into various locations around our school.  In this example shown left the student deliberately oversized it and projected it onto our school courts.  He was then able to rotate it around to inspect it from different angles.

Resources used to complete this project: Tinkercad, iPad, Tinkercad App, Bambu H2D, regular black PLA.  We switched back to using the Bambu H2D for this project after a number of projects using the Bambu P1S.

Level of Difficulty: Medium/High.  This print, its design and concept works extremely well however it is something of an art to have the recognition factor the purpose etc.   The student also used the colour coding adapting to change the colour of the fox to match with the colour of the original Minecraft.

Size: The prints dimensions at the moment are 130mm wide 90mm deep and 40mm high.  As the purpose of the print is stationary storage the student has considered that these will need to be increased to realistically hold more material such as pens and pencils.  However as it stands at presents each of the six holes is able to do this with stability.

Cost/Price: The unit as it stands at the moment.  The print currently uses 75g of PLA to complete.  There was minimal rafting with this project, only a small amount under of the face.  This had a price point of $1.75 to produce.

Timeframe: To complete using the Bambu H2D print the print took one hour and forty one minutes.  There was a six minute standard warm up time for the printer.

What we would do differently/Next steps for the students: This project needs potentially to be resized otherwise the elements of it are completed.