Chriske

Good point Gina, silly me..! What was I thinking..🙄
Not 0.9mm but 0.09mm layer-height of course...

Only 11 minutes to print that TINY thruster.
Printed with a .4mm  nozzle, just to see if it works.
Layer 0.9mm.

Result :

This the ugliest thing I ever printed, during these past 6 years.... yuck..!!
This little thing definitely needs a 0.2mm nozzle.

Still a few very small items to draw, but for these I need a 0.2mm nozzle.
These very small thruster are hardly visible on that small rocket I have. Hardly measurable, but I think they're about  18mm wide for my own model. Ridiculously small.

Thanks

Done drawing, starting printing the thruster-units now.

Escape tower is almost done, still that first part of the primary thrusters to draw/print.
All parts in the picture : printing time 18h 3minutes
Hight will be 1m93cm. Going to add a launch platform and flame deflector.(Not printed)

All parts almost done now, busy drawing the main thrusters.
Can't post a picture because I don't dare to stack'em all on top of each other without these threaded rods through them.

Part 7 was to big for my bed so I cut that small ring in half and will bolt the parts together. Printing them now.
All parts except for the main thrusters are done. Busy drawing these thrusters now.

Finished printing part 9

Overexposed, maybe....
But very impressive result...!!

This was a difficult one to draw in Inventor.

This is the most upper section of second stage and start of the third stage.
After I finished this part I'll change nozzle, think I'm going to use 0.7 instead of 1.5mm
Third stage is only 131mm diameter.

29 minutes ago, Gina said:

Bigger printer - more height or more width?

Width
My biggest one is 200x300mm.
Ring nr 7 is a 'small' one just 30-mm high  199mm diameter

Part 8 (for part 7 I need a bigger printer)

I'm now at about 84cm

As for the USA-text and black parts I'm planning to draw and 2D-print all black and red on self adesive plastic.
I only need to know what typeset is used for the text.  Seems to me that it 'USA' text is written in 'Arial'.

10 hours ago, MarsG76 said:

These models look awesome... I'm itching to get my self a 3D printer and join in the fun...

Just do it...!

Neil,

I do not use a downloaded file to print SaturnV.
I only downloaded a model and printed it 45 cm high. That little rocket is my 'lead'. I do all external measurements on it and draw only a shell. So it's in fact own design.
Infill 0% and what's more most of that shell is even printed as SpiralVase. This complete construction is superlight. All parts will be bolted together with threaded rods.
Although it is printed with a 1.5mm nozzle the outer perimeter looks very good. Inside it looks a bit 'stringy' but I don't care about that.

PLA.
But you need to slice it in 3 processes.
As I already mentioned this rocket is just a shell. No internal parts.
The first 5mm is just a thick ring, to make things a bit stronger/stiffer. But there's a second goal to that ring. In all these parts with that same ring I print four 5mm holes.
Second process is SV modus
and the uppermost 3mm is a thin ring.

But for that to do, you need to apply 3 processes with completely different slicer settings. Is your slicer capable of doing that...?
 

Part 5

49 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said:

Having a go at the LEM off Thingiverse.

Which one Neil...?

To be clear on the matter, this version of SaturnV is not what a regular printer 'out of the shop' can do. A 'shop-printer' actually can print that rocket, no problem there.
But I do combine a rather large rocket printed with a big nozzle. All parts of this 2 meter high SaturnV can be printed in about 2 days. Using a standard nozzle it would take me weeks to finish that same rocket.
When I go higher up, instead of that big 1.5mm nozzle, I'll be using a 0.7mm nozzle, and even higher when delicate parts need to be done, I'l switch to a standard 0.4mm nozzle. These little thrusters (almost on top of the rocket)are very small indeed. Maybe for these little thrusters I'll be using 0.2mm nozzles.

I do have a fast interchangeable hotend system(own design). Switching hotend takes me about 1 minute.

Just now, maw lod qan said:

I'm totally amazed at what everyone is doing with 3d printing. I'll be anxiously waiting for more photos.

Part nr 4 finished, combined printing time 4h 20m. It's already (about) 400mm high. (The small rocket is 44 cm)
Two more parts to print to finish that first stage.

Yeah, I've seen it.
Like it btw...!  A lot..!
Although I have a very good marriage, I wouldn't survive it, installing that hang-printer in our living room...

Now that I come to think of it. Throwing all furniture out. Starting to print in a completely empty living room.... how long would it take to print all new furniture in it.  THAT would be a cool project...Not...?
 

Done printing two sections of SaturnV. That's not even half the height of the first stage.
Looking good so far. Printing time of these two parts was 2h 5m.

I also have a 3mm nozzle not used... yet,😝... but that's going to change very soon...

Is there someone out there owning big nozzles....