Pirating lego is not worth the effort
I had some missing LEGO bits, so I found the components on ldraw.org, converted to STL with LDView, and butchered them together with Fusion360.
In this case, I merged 3 parts into one, so I'd only have to deal with 1 interface instead of 5. The sanding probably made it worse.
Wet sanding (with appropriate sandpaper) makes a huge difference, especially for smaller grid sizes.
But it’s probably easier to just get some individual pieces from Bricklink.
Not really pirating IMO
I know it's not the point of the post but I still wanted to mention PrintABloks
These are made specifically for 3d printing and I just think they're cool and better for our community :)
That and the creator of PrintABloks (3D Printing Professor) is a great and passionate dude
Might look better with a coat of primer and paint
Due to the relatively small size and overall complexity/tolerances required for the object, I wonder how it would have turned out if done on an SLA printer.
Yeah the tolerances on LEGO are high enough you really need a resin printer for good results.
Ender 3 S1, with Klipper on a Raspberry Pi.
This is the way, if you want small details, FDM is not your choice.
How is the clicky-ness? Does it snap to regular LEGO well?
It fits well enough to hang upside down, but I didn't do much fine tuning. https://github.com/paulirotta/PELA-blocks#calibrate would probably work better for generic brick shapes.
I had the same experience. While I was very happy with the "clickyness", the color and the feel, it just takes to long to produce enough parts (FDM with 0.25mm nozzle and 0.05mm layers)
I’ve had the same experience. Not worth it and too much of a hassle to calibrate for proper snap.
Seems like this would be better suited for creating a resin cast.
I've seen people 3d print Lego, bit it's usually scaled up to gigantic proportions
If it was that easy, Lego would've gone out of business years ago