The New Hotness

Given a 3% failure rate for the tiny footprint of Gizo spider legs, I added 5 mm pads to each foot:

A few rounds of successive approximation and one copypasta hit the right spots:

// Gizo spider footpads
// Ed Nisley - KE4ZNU
// 2024-10-26

pts = [
[24,-23],[28.5,-7],[29.5,14.5],[20,28],
[-24,-23],[-28.5,-7],[-29.5,14.5],[-20,28]
];

translate([14,0,2.8])
  import("/mnt/bulkdata/Project Files/Prusa Mk4/Models/Gizo Spider/GizoSpider.stl");

linear_extrude(height=0.2)
  for (pt = pts)
    translate(pt)
      circle(d=5,$fn=2*3*4);

Which was enough to stick the legs firmly to the build platform:

Talk about blank looks:

White filament is particularly susceptible to charred globbing:

Which was, fortunately, completely hidden inside the shell.

Extensive testing showed the pads pushed the error rate below 1.5%:

As before, dots of hot melt glue hold the eyes in place.

All’s well that ends well: just in time, too.