Monday, September 1, 2025

3D Printed Trophy - Second Physical Prototype

 

Challenge: To produce a detailed alternative for the school awards prize giving at the end of the school year.

Background: We detailed this in a previous post on our blog which you can read by clicking on the link here.  The challenge was for the class, which everyone initially designed and this was our second choice to print.   This was completed on the School Bambu H2D printer.

It was designed by a Y4 student on Tinkercad so the student is eight years old.    The design was completed independently and was submitted for printing.

Level of Difficulty: Hard.   This is a challenging project that would test the limits of most of our junior students.   It has been revised several times by the student under the direction of the Principal with the student working in an extended capacity. This is going to continue to be revised and reworked as this is something that will need to be of a particularly high standard to complete it for the purpose that it is intended, which would go home to award winners.

Size: The dimensions of the print as it stands has a base that is 120mm wide and 90mm long.  It is currently 10mm thick.   The award is 130mm tall from this base.   At this stage this may require some revision to ensure it is realistic to print enough of these to ensure one can be issued to every prize winner at our school.

Timeframe: Four and a half hours.  As noted changes are anticipated as a result of the completing of the process.   This was with the Bambu H2D printer.

What we would do differently/next steps for the students: This is version two point of of this project.  This student is been motivated to complete this task and it is going to be a significant project for our school involving our Principal who envisaged it and is regularly meeting with the student to ensure that it meets expectations.

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