Stryfe Alternative Top Rail - V2

No no no no no no NO!!

After TWO failed prints - raft and no raft - I finally realised that, instead of trying to avoid getting a poor lower surface over supports by risking a poor bed adhesion of a really thin section, the BEST bet was to drop the darned thing on its forward face!

Last 2 pictures show the orientation in my slicer (S3D) and supports generated.

Sometimes the light in my brain illuminates on a very gradual dimmer!
Hopefully THIS time I'll get something I can use and show!

Enjoy, and sorry . . . . . . . .

UPDATE - 18 Oct 2018 - V2 uploaded.

V2 has been uploaded, this includes a cutout for the foresight.

The original is still there for those who like to trim & grind (who doesn't).

Printing will be attempted and images attached soon

Check 'Misc Notes' for print orientation hints . . . . . (yes, experience caused me to add this 5 minutes after starting the print)!! 8)

Ta

UPDATE - 17 Oct 2018 -

Hang fire there folks (all one of you . . . . . . ), printed this last night, pulled it off the bed this morning and test fitted; NOW I realise why the ORIGINAL original had a cutaway on the flip side of the rail - the foresight moulding (molding) protrudes upwards!

When I get back from our nightly hospital visit I'll knock a recess in to clear the foresight - it's the preferred option to just grinding parts of your blaster away . . .

Grabbed this design the other day and ran it thru my slicer (S3D) - it had some major issues and gaps / unconnected surfaces.

I don't know if this is an issue with my slicer settings, but not being one to faff, I grabbed the original BlasterforgePH model and 'fixed'.

Pictures show both models in my slicer (Z0r4n's model is the upper), with slicing done, (images 2, 3 and 4) you can see the slots in the front face, missing sections on the base and - in the 4th pic - the right hand image (original again), shows the rail in 2 bits.

Pic 5 identifies self intersecting surfaces too (red lines).

None of these issues show in the stl, now there are no further issues I can see.

Cheers and all that