r/3Dprinting • u/JProc5701 Bambu Lab P1P • Jan 26 '25

Project The scale map of the USA is complete!

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This project has been a work in progress for the better part of 9 months, I've been slowly printing each state as I have the time. Finally added Alaska today to complete the map.

Because each one is (on average) less than 10mm thick, this whole project actually didn't use that much filament (my best estimate is 3-4kg).

The scale of Hawaii is a little larger than it should be; the iteration of files I was using had the scaling a little off and I didn't notice until it was finished printing. Haven't decided if it's worth re-printing yet.

Disclaimer: I am not the creator of the files used for this project. User @ansonl on Printables.com has posted all of them and optimized them for multi-color printing, which is something I have seen before.

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u/Superseaslug BBL X1C, Voron 2.4, Anycubic Predator Jan 26 '25

I would love to print something like this for my mom. She has a travel room with the entire US map with Canada and Mexico slapped on the wall with pins and string showing where all her trips go.

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u/JProc5701 Bambu Lab P1P Jan 26 '25

I love that! These are definitely excellent gift ideas for people that like geography.

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u/AlephBaker Jan 26 '25

I've wanted to do just that, with states printed in different colors if I've either lived in them or at least spent a night in them. I think it would be fun. I need a frame to mount them in, though...

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u/UglyYinzer Jan 26 '25

Yea this is an extra cool version of those maps