Headband Stack Gcode Generator
This page will help you generate a stack of
these
, in ready to print gcode:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4271829
The reason I made this is because slicing a stack that separates easily with minimal cleanup proved to be very tricky, and I want to share to hopefully improve other makers' productivity.
The trick was to introduce a tiny amount of support material of extra-thin extrusion width, between the headbands, to get good separation. This makes the bands easy to separate, and the support material should be easily knocked off; much easier than prying apart and being left with sharp edges to clean up.
The gcode should be compatible with Marlin firmware based printers:
- Bed size of at least 200x200 (see table for Z)
- 0.4mm nozzle
- tested with PLA/PLA+, but other filament may work (weight estimates will be off)
- tested on Wanhao duplicator i3, and Prusa i3
Stack height metrics
| No. Headbands |
Approx Filament length/volume |
Approx Filament weight |
Approx print time |
Z height |
| 3 |
10544.8mm (25.4cm3) |
31.7g |
1 hours and 57 minutes |
18mm |
| 5 |
17613.7mm (42.4cm3) |
53.0g |
3 hours and 15 minutes |
30mm |
| 10 |
35319.8mm (85.0cm3) |
106.2g |
6 hours and 30 minutes |
60mm |
| 15 |
53012.3mm (127.5cm3) |
159.4g |
9 hours and 45 minutes |
90mm |
| 20 |
70705.6mm (170.1cm3) |
212.6g |
13 hours and 0 minutes |
120mm |
| 25 |
88398.9mm (212.6cm3) |
265.8g |
16 hours and 15 minutes |
150mm |
| 30 |
106092.3mm (255.2cm3) |
319.0g |
19 hours and 30 minutes |
180mm |