Tizona - El Cid Sword
Tizona - El Cid Sword
3D
Published 2020-08-24T22:10:14+00:00
This the El Cid's famous sword - Tizona!
The sword is apporx. 40" (965 mm) top to bottom
There are two sword blade options, 1.) straight blade and 2) beveled blade which has a depression running down the middle of the blade. See photos of the printed swords for which is your favorite.
Included with STL files are photos of replicas of Tizona that I used to model the sword in Fusion 360
Infill: 5%-15%
Hilt - no supports 15% infill Pommel - Supports for just initial curve. 15% infill Used 5% infill for the rest. Used 3 walls for all parts but blade part (used 2 walls on blade parts to keep them light)
Assembly
I used pegs to join blade parts, hilt, handle and pommel vs. a male/female connection. This allows user to re-scale the pegs if they're having trouble with the sizing due to different print config and filaments used. Most of you may already know this (but I just learned) that adding a dusting (very light) of baking soda on your parts prior to applying crazy glue acts as an accelerator and super bonding agent. I've had a lot of trouble with traditional cheap crazy glue adhering to the PLA's I use. Using baking soda speeds up the process tremendously and makes a great bond.
The parrying guard pins can be swapped with toothpicks. I printed the pins, but they are not very clean prints due to small size of the pins.
| Date published | 24/08/2020 |