The Magis Spun chair is a bizarre piece. It’s mainly a type of seat with a spherical conical base that stops it from sitting nonetheless in a single place. As a substitute, it rolls and pivots round while you sit on it, which is seemingly fairly enjoyable. They’re costly although, which gave [Morley Kert] a neat concept. Why not 3D print one as an alternative?
Clearly 3D printing a settee wouldn’t be easy, however the Magis Spun is just about only a hunk of plastic anyway. The actual factor is made with rotational molding. [Morley] suspected he may make one for lower than the retail worth with 3D printing.
With no leads on an enormous printer, he determined to go along with a segmented design. He whipped up his fundamental 3D mannequin by means of screenshots from the producer’s web site and measurements of a show mannequin in a retailer. After print farming the manufacturing, the meeting process was the subsequent massive problem. When you’re focused on doing massive prints with small printers, this video is an effective way to discover the perils of this concept.
Finally, if you wish to print certainly one of these your self, it’s an enormous enterprise. It took 30-50 print days, or round 5 days unfold throughout 15 printers at Slant 3D’s print farm. It used round $300-400 of fabric at retail costs, plus some additional for the epoxy and foam used to assemble it.
The completed product was killer, although, even when it appears just a little tough across the edges. It rolls and pivots similar to the actual factor.
We don’t function loads of chair hacks on Hackaday, however we do function some! Video after the break.
