3D Printed 2-color Wii Wall Sign #Shorts

In this #YouTubeShort we show you how we went from concept to design to the final print of a #Nintendo #Wii logo on our #3dprinter

I love video game logos. Nintendo, Sega, and PlayStation, all have iconic logos. Recently, I was skimming around Thingiverse and found some really cool Logos I wanted to print. I've done many in the past, but those have all been single-color. Thanks to Chuck over at @CHEP I have been doing multi-color prints out of my 3D Printers. Since I recently got a Wii Mini, I decided I wanted to print a 2 color Wii Sign.

My first thought was to design the sign so that the I's would double as Wii Remote holders. Well, when I was designing that the overall size was way too large for my print bed. Maybe again someday in the future. With that eliminated as an option, I got to work on what a decent wall sign would look like.

First, I knew I wanted a white background with blue lettering. That was easy as I would adjust those settings in Cura. Next, being a wall-mount I knew I needed to design a hanger at some point. I thought about having an eyelet in the center, I thought about a corner mount. In the end, I added a keyhole mount to the underside of the print, centered, so it would be well-balanced left-to-right.

Once the design was set, I was off to Cura 5.1 for final adjustments and slicing. To get the print to stop for filament color swaps in Cura, first, get things set and slice it. From here, click Preview and adjust the layers on the right so you can see what layers the color change needs to occur. In this instance, it was my 13th layer. From here, click the Extensions tab in the menu, then Post-processing, modify G-Code. In this menu, click "Add a Script" and select "Pause at height", Here I set that I wanted it to pause at layer 13, Park the Print Head at 20mm X and Y position, and retract 100mm at 50mm/s retraction speed. I also set it to extrude 125mm of material when I resumed the print.

The results were pretty decent, although I think the blue is a bit off. I'll be continuing to tweak the design and will soon offer this, and others, on my 3D Printed Website.