Professor Farnsworth Head in a Jar Soda Edition

Is there anything more nerdy, wonderful and fun than Futurama? Professor Farnsworths head in a jar must the culmination of future culture so I wanted to give one to a friend.

The original 3D model of the head by Davision3d (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:628758) is so cool, I love how they imagined the details!

And the head in a jar remix by Doodle_Monkey (https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:648434) is of course great, but... I didn't have a good way of making the plastic window and to be honest, I wanted a more... Classic look for the jar. 

So, my remix is supposed to be of one of the most classic bases from the show (with a top which I printed in clear PLA so it isn't so noticeable, I just needed a cover for the plastic window) and a name plaque which also is supposed to be similar to the classic from the show.

Print Settings

Printer:

Anet AM8ish

Rafts: 

No

Supports:

No

Resolution: 

0.2

Infill:

25%

Filament:

MomCorp Any old matter will do 

Foghat grey

Notes:

I used AddNorth E-PLA Glitz Stardust for the base (love that glimmering dark color!), clear Clas Ohlson PLA for the top and AddNorth E-PLA Marble for the plaque. To be true to the show the plaque should be gold or brass, but it's the professor we're talking about! (And I had no gold or brass filament...)

Post-Printing =============

After printing you will need to sand the head like crazy and paint it. It's actually cool even if you don't sand too much also, and you don't even need to be good at painting to make it really nice. I'm not. At all. Check some reference pictures for where the moles should be and choose your colors. I used acrylic paint.

The base can be printed in a brownish material and doesn't need post processing.

The top can be printed in a clear material to make it as little noticeable as possible, I didn't post-process at all. I suppose it can be printed in the same color as the base if you want.

The name plaque can easily be printed in two colors on most printers by pausing and changing filament when it starts to print the text. I didn't though, I just printed it in Add-North Marble E-PLA (which is awesome) and colored the top of the text with a permanent marker.

The important part about the plaque is that it prints lying down flat but needs to curve. This is really easy and fun:

1. Boil some water
2. Place the plaque in the warm water and leave it for 10-30 seconds
3. Fish it up and quickly form it around the base (just flick away the water and you should have no problem handling it with your bare fingers)
4. If the shape isn't perfect, repeat until it follows the curve close enough that you easily can hold in snug to the base
5. Go at the back of the plaque and the front of the base (where you want the plaque) with a bit of sandpaper
6. Glue the plaque in place (CA glue / Superglue works fine)

Then just cut up a plastic bottle of the correct size (around 92mm diameter) and fit all the pieces together.

The head should just pop right on there and you're done!

How I Designed This

The base is perhaps a little bit too big for the head and the reason for that is that I wanted to use a PET 1,5l plastic bottle as the window, which had a diameter around 92mm, so I modeled the base after that size.

The head could therefore be printed a little bit upscaled, which will fit on the base up to a point, at normal scale the head actually bobs around a bit which I think is fun! It looks a bit like it's in a fluid.

Category: Sculptures