The Metamorphosis

I know this doesn't count as “purge” waste but I find it also very wasteful to throw out so many chunks of solid filament after a flow rate calibration. I did one yesterday to check the 0.8 nozzle with new ABS and vowed to do something useful with them for once. After a some thought and a few moments of smashing them together like a chimp learning shapes, it came to me…a butterfly! The print is two separate halves of a butterfly with connectors on the backside that can attach to the calibration pieces. I was optimistic thinking I could have the pieces connect tight enough to not need glue, but the over/under extrusion really changes the dimension of each piece so you will have to glue them for best results (so ya, I probably didn't need the connector parts in the end but oh well). The butterfly will print face down and has a pattern that is easy to paint in Bambu Slicer. I used Bambu blue galaxy, Ziro matte neon, Bambu basic silver and Canadian Filament's copper penny colou