Wallet Size Photo Tulip

This large tulip was designed to hold a wallet size photo on the flower. It was for a teacher gift where all the students had a picture on a separate flower.

This design has two bodies so that the stem/leaves and flower can be different colors. 

To fit the wallet size photo, print the stem on a diagonal to maximize the size. The flower can still fit in a corner, and the waste block for color changes can fit in the other corner. Set support enforcers under the tenon on top end of the stem and select “On build plate only” for supports. 

Alternatively, you can shrink the models to print them together and in-place. You will just have to align the tenon with the mortise (aka. "hole") in the flower. This method will not require supports, but will probably still require glue.

If the models are shrunk enough to make a very tight fit in the “print together” method, they might not require glue. The gap is designed to be about 0.01 inch all the way around the tennon at full size. I suspect at 50% size, it would probably be tight enough to hold without glue.

I should note that light behind the model with lighter colored flowers will show the tenon of dark colored stems through the flower. However, under most normal light, it looks fine.

The gcode files use a 0.4mm nozzle and 0.2mm layer height. The stem is printed with MMU2 filament 1 and the flower is printed with filament 2. Both filaments are set to 215 degrees for the first layer and 205 for other layers. The build plate is set to 60 degrees for all layers. Only 1 gcode file is needed, but I have provided 4 that only change the filament that is used for the flower portion. The notes on each file specify which filament the MMU will use.