Printing a Tensegrity Structure
I came across several videos and posts about tensegrity structures and I became intrigued. I found this .stl file uploaded by an individual with the username Cowski on Thingiverse ( https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4294837 ). Then, I checked if things were smooth on Cura and discovered that it was using quite a bit of filament, so I reduced the scale of the print to make it smaller. Also, I reduced the infill percentage as well, which ended up reducing the amount of filament required. This is the final print I got. During printing, there seemed to be a problem with adhesion which affected the quality of holes being printed. The final print didn’t have holes that went all the way through. Unfortunately, I didn’t have any drill bits lying around so I went ahead and heated up a sewing needle and pushed it through the hole. Shown in the drawing below. Thankfully it worked and thankfully I didn’t end up hurting myself. I wouldn’t advise this method unless you know exactly what you’r