It is so close to working, I can't wait for rev 2
Also, notice the attached photo isn't the comic sans ball, it's the other test football I made! It's the Cherokee syllabary; I stayed as true as possible to the Microsoft keyboard layout but had to take some liberties.
The original Comic Sans Typewriter is the Sincerity Machine by Jesse England and I love it dearly: http://jesseengland.net/project/sincerity-machine-the-comic-sans-typewriter/
I never once considered using resin printing for stuff like this, thats super cool!
It wasn't easy! There's an existing attempt on Thingiverse that is maybe 75% of the way there, but getting those drafted angles on the letterforms turned out to be MUCH HARDER than expected. I can understand why no one's done DIY typeballs yet!
I'll have an open-source version out soon, I hope, but it does require you to have python, the pymeshlab library, and a relatively recent nightly build of OpenSCAD, so I understand that's asking a lot of users, hah! There might be a way to do it all in python, but I had some issues with Cadquery text extrusions that I just haven't had time to delve into yet!
This is awesome, and makes me want to try making some custom wheels for my daisywheel typewriter. Which printer are you using?
I'm using a Formlabs Form 3! I'm lucky to have access to it because of my job :)
I've never seen a daisywheel printer IRL! I'd love to hear more about yours!
