The first printed model on HIPS filament:

Hardware required⌗

  • Creality Ender 3 ~<200$
  • Filament (any, but I got HIPS for now) ~35$ for 1kg
  • Electricity

All software required⌗

Parameters⌗

ParameterValue
FilamentHIPS (High Impact Polystyrene)
Nuzzle0.4mm 240 C, first layer=260
Plate100 C
Infill100% (default=20%)
AdhesionYES
Weight5..8g
Filament cost 100% infill2,78m ~ 0.28$
Filament cost 20% infill1,71m ~ 0.175$
(1) Modeloriginal copy: star.stl.gz star_tail.stl.gz
(2) Slicesstar.gcode.gz

Progress⌗

Result⌗

2 hours 10 mins later (1 hour 12 mins for default 20% infill) …

It’s a bit overheat artefacts on the tail and star looks a bit dirty, but for the first print it looks OK. :)