SVS NASA Moon Globe by Tom Fullen - Switch

Tom Fullen - Switch

Education>Physics & Astronomy

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X1 Carbon

X1E

A1 mini

0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill, 50 % High

7.7 h

1 plate

4.7(62)

0.2 mm layer / no support / 100% scale / much Infill / large brim

25 h

1 plate

4.9(27)

100% Scale, 0.28mm layer, 2 walls, 5% infill

18.7 h

1 plate

4.6(72)

100% scale, 0.2mm layer, 6 walls, 100% infill

25 h

1 plate

4.8(9)

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Description

I know there are many of these of the Moon however, I wanted to create my own to learn how to make other planets and other potential spherical objects. This Moon globe seems to be more detailed to me and upon sharing a picture of my make to Reddit, a few people wanted me to share this so here it is! This has an 80mm opening on the base to set on a 10cm LED lighted puck. I purchased this one for another project but it worked out great for this.

Check out my Mars Lamp for the BambuLab LED Light Kit here!

Print Settings:

.20mm Layers

6 Walls

100% Infill

No Supports

For information on the NASA SVS CGI Moon Elevation Maps I used visit https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=4720

Comment & Rating (382)

@Nick3dPrints

Warning to others: Don't waste your time printing the other profiles that are set to 5% and 15% infill. The 100% infill may take longer, but it looks much better. Originally, I didn't realize the top profile was not from the designer and just used it. After printing, I was trying to figure out why my moon looked so much worse compared to the photos attached on this page and eventually realized that the settings were different than what is listed in the description. The 100% infill and 6 wall lines creates a moon with much more contrast, otherwise with the 15% infill it nearly only looks like a white ball. The photo shows the 15% infill moon on the right, the 100% with 6 wall loops moon on the left. The two moons in the photo are oriented nearly the same to clearly show the difference in contrast of moon features. Go to "Raw Model Files" to get the designers file.

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@Switch3D

Great way to explain why it's important!

@a.r.maurits

Thanks for the heads-up. That saves a lot of hours on a meeeh print otherwise 😁

@GoldichForge

Replying to @Switch3D :

We could avoid this if you simply upload a profile ;-)

@aLLinSE

Amazing model. modified it a bit to fit an IKEA symphonisk lamp. Works wonders and looks amazing in the window.

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@Switch3D

Beautiful! Thanks for the nice pics!

@aLLinSE

Replying to @Switch3D :

Thanks for the great model!

@MovingPictureHi

Great print, what filament did you use?

@Deploy

Printed great at 0.16mm Layer Height with @Tom Fullen recommended settings. 6 Walls and 100% Infill and took just over 2 days Printed with eSUN ePLA-Matte in Milky White

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@Switch3D

Great Job!

@MikesX1Carbon

how much filament did it use ? 1 spool enough ?

@Deploy

I cannot recall exactly, but I am pretty sure it was less than a kilo. One way to check would be just to load the model into Bambu or Orca slicer with the original designers profile and just change the layer height to 0.16mm and see what the slicer says. 👍

@LoveThaBeach

The print profile is no longer public

Added a small base so I can connect to a light mount using screws. Can be a desk light or a ceiling light! Printed using glow in the dark filament. Looks amazing!

@Switch3D

I'm going to do another one in Glow in the dark filament soon. thanks for sharing it looks good!

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@AlexNC

Can you upload or link the model of the base you printed? looking to add a base that I can customize with an rgbw setup (either bulb or using a nodemcu configuration)

@LoveThaBeach

I’ll check if I saved it and will share if I did.

@sppeart

Gorgeous model! I love the way you made it to take up the whole build area. People are always asking how big an object will the printer make. Now I can just show them this. And take all the credit for the creativity and artistic skills that went into making it. Kidding. Great model. Thanks!

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@Switch3D

nice lol! I just made a Mars lamp too. I uploaded it today.

@sppeart

Replying to @Switch3D :

Really...? Is it far enough along to have a good idea as to what color filament would work best?

@Switch3D

I'm playing with coloring ideas now.

@CarlosAyala

The print profile is no longer public

simplified version with 6 walls and 90% infill (by mistake instead of 100) with 0.20 mm layers. I used supports, as I saw several perimeters on top in the air that I didn’t like too much… (extra 150 grams) it came out perfect !

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@Nick3dPrints

What light did you use?

@CarlosAyala

Replying to @Nick3dPrints :

I both two from TEMU, for this project: https://share.temu.com/9lrefsIoesA However, the light was a bit dimm... but the other one I bought, with a base size of 8cm instead of 10cm (https://share.temu.com/yvT49EHCv6A) was much better. I simply swapped the LEDs in both units.

@ptusler93

It seems like it would be a challenge to get the supports out. How hard was it?

@rwc2002

Thanks for the model it printed very nicely. I made some mods to it for what I wanted to do with it. I printed using the 0.12 high quality settings with your recommend settings added in, it took 3 days 20 hours to print but turned out amazing. Printed in esun matte milk white pla, using a 3.3 watt 2700k led bulb in it.

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@Switch3D

Do you have a link for the base? Did you create the base? I love it!

@bradacross

would love some details on the base

@Akash_singh

can i have the base?

@Knox_88

Print Profile

100% Scale, 0.28mm layer, 2 walls, 5% infill

Gedruckt in Weißen Petg auf ca 24cm, sieht sehr gutaus. Druck dauerte ca 30 Stunden.

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@Fredwood

Hallo Knox_88, Danke für dein positives Feedback und besonders für die sehr schönen Bilder deines Mondes 😍. Beste Grüße, Freddwood6000✌️

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@ChristianRaderm

Kannst Du sagen, welche Beleuchtung du verwendet hast?

@Knox_88

Replying to @ChristianRaderm :

Ich habe mit diesem LED Sockel bestellt CDIYTOOL Holz-LED-Lichtsockel, 2... https://www.amazon.de/dp/B09KBPNJFG?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

@Bambzle

anything that can be done to improve the top? the outside looks fine but I’m afraid the spaghetti will show in shadows. downloaded your 3MF and used the settings inbedded in that to just print the very top.

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@Switch3D

I had zero issues printing with the settings I posted in the description. Printed on Normal speed. I guess you could do support on the build plate only to try. I don't suggest using any of the profiles. I can't upload my profile unless I simplify the model which is counter-productive due to loss of detail

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