PHANTOM - Your Name, Made Only of Strings

PHANTOM - your name, made only of strings

There are no letters in this print. Only hundreds of thin printed strings stretched between hidden fins and a curved back wall. From almost every angle it looks like an abstract web. Put your eye (or your phone lens) on the sweet spot and the strings line up into a solid name.

FILES

• STLs per word, two parts each: framedark.stl and stringslight.stl. Words: AL, LOVE, HOME, MOM, DAD, HELLO.

• 3MF files sliced for a Bambu Lab X2D (Bambu Studio or OrcaSlicer; on other printers use the STLs).

• phantom.scad: open it in OpenSCAD 2021.01 or newer to make any name. Set Part to Frame and export, then Strings and export.

HOW TO SET IT UP IN PRUSASLICER

1. Import both STLs of one word at the same time and answer Yes when asked to load them as a single object with multiple parts.

2. Assign the dark filament to the frame part and the light filament to the strings part.

3. Layer height 0.2 mm, Arachne perimeter generator, detect thin walls on, no supports.

4. Strings: bridge and overhang speed 20 mm/s, fan 100%, no wipe, 0.8 mm retraction, lift Z 0.6 mm on every travel.

5. Keep the parts exactly where they import. Do not move or scale one part alone.

HOW TO VIEW IT

• Lens height: 2.5 cm above the table.

• Distance: 42 cm from the front edge of the base, centred.

• Move a few millimetres at a time until the letters lock in.

SIZE

• Up to 199 x 72 x 47 mm. Fits any 220 x 220 mm bed.

• Print time about 3.5 to 5 hours, 50 to 80 g in total.

The free customizer version is also on MakerWorld. If you print one, please post a Make with your name.