The return of Una

A while back I was given a lovely lens. Today I’m starting the process of 3D printing a camera to go behind it. I’m using the Will Travel design from Morten Kolve. This looks like an excellent starting point. Morten was kind enough to send me through the designs for a build which will match my lens.

Today I put the designs into Cura and sliced them for Edna the Ender to print. This showed a print time of 23 hours. Which Is quite a long time. And I’m not keen on running a printer overnight. So I tried slicing them for Una the Ultimaker and got a time of 13 hours, which was a worthwhile saving. Even if it took me 5 hours to get Una going I’d still be ahead of the game.

Unu is an original Ultimaker 1 which I first built 2012. I’ve built her again several times since then, most recently when I swapped the the print head for one from an Ultimaker 2. However, once I got the Edna the Ender-3 I’ve not used Una that much because Edna is a bit better at detail. However, I don’t really care about detail for this print. I just want a camera body. So I spent a few minutes cleaning Una up and making ready and off she went. So far she is working rather well. I’ll do the big print tomorrow, which should be fun.