{"id":16088,"date":"2021-09-21T11:09:02","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T18:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/princessleia.com\/journal\/?p=16088"},"modified":"2021-09-21T11:09:02","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T18:09:02","slug":"i-3d-printed-an-ibm-linuxone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princessleia.com\/journal\/2021\/09\/i-3d-printed-an-ibm-linuxone\/","title":{"rendered":"I 3D-printed an IBM LinuxONE!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several months ago I 3D printed an IBM z15<\/a> pencil holder. I used a design that had been floating around, so it wasn’t perfect, but it was a nice little model. I ended up following up with a design team inside of IBM and got a more perfect version that they were OK with me sharing the with community<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But I already had a z15, so I wasn’t going to use this STL myself. Or was I? I clearly now needed a LinuxONE!<\/p>\n

A colleague (thanks Joris!) hollowed out the STL to make it cheaper to print, and I removed the Z. Voila! I had a LinuxONE file to send off to get printed.<\/p>\n

In the future, I may try to get it printed in the color I actually want, but I went for a quick quote and cheapest printing option that made sense from Xometry<\/a>. I also used their tool to shrink it a little so it was the same size as my z15.<\/p>\n

(As an aside, I’d love to own a 3D printer some day, but they’re expensive and require maintenance and all kinds of things I don’t currently have time or space for. Maybe some day!)<\/p>\n

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Since it came in white, I had to spray paint it just like the first (see my previous post for paint details).<\/p>\n

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Then I had to put down a coat of white in the inset areas, since the orange paint wouldn’t show up well on the black.<\/p>\n

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I went with the Orange Golden Artist Colors<\/a> acrylic paint, the same brand and type I used with the z15.<\/p>\n

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The orange ended up being quite a bit brighter than the real LinuxONE, but I’m OK with that. I’m using it in a lot of photos and social media, so it’s fun that it’s more visible. That said, the “LinuxONE” and “IBM” text was the trickiest part about this model. When I shrunk the design, the IBM logo got a bit too small, and I didn’t have anything for LinuxONE. Ultimately, both spots were too small for proper logos, so I kinda just winged it with “IBM” and just drew a couple of lines to represent the spot where the LinuxONE branding should go.<\/p>\n

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It turns out OK! I still need more practice on miniature painting, but it’s not meant to be a perfect model, it’s just a bit of fun.<\/p>\n

So I had a bit of fun, first with some cloud and Linux photo shoots!<\/p>\n

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And one with the System\/360 bannerhead I have (grandpa!)<\/p>\n

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And finally, in action. I “brought” them along to the recent IBM Z Day<\/a> we hosted, and included them in the pictures I took during the event.<\/p>\n

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Want to join in the fun? Grab the STL file and print your own!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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