3D PRINTING

RatLabGuy said:
After "growing up" with Cura and my primary for years, I didn't like Bambu Studio initially. Had to learn it bc at the time there was no other option for a Bambu printer.
Its really grown on me and now I like it better. Its not quite as flexible but damn if it doesn't work well.
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MatterControl ftw.
 
RatLabGuy said:
Pretty sure it doesn't support Bambu AMS etc.
My options for slicers are pretty limited
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Well chit. It's my go to on my CR-10 and my little one as well.
 
Jack has been eating something dead in the woods and throws up every night now, so I printed a sign.


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Well my printer took a giant :poop:. Was printing a 2a lower that was around 15hrs. Went to sleep with it rolling right along around 60% done and woke up to a frozen printer/touchscreen and an error message of "Hotend NTC Abnormal". Printer will power up/down but always displays the message. Took the print head apart and determined that the control board in the head is bad. Ordered a new one through Anycubic at $30 and now I'm waiting on shipping.

I did get my workspace sorted so I have room to expand/design/work on in the future.

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This is pretty neat.

Dude was printing through the earthquake today and still got a perfect print!
 
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Loganwayne said:
How would someone go about getting some pieces of something copied? And then make the same piece with some slight modifications to it
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Do you mean a thing you have in your hand, you want more of them?

Sometimes the thing can be 3d scanned. That process can end up being anywhere from really fast to a huge pain in the ass, depending largely on the complexity of the object and the scanning method.

As for moficiations,... that really depends. If its scanned then what you end up with is a single mesh "object" that isn't easy to modify in CAD... but depending on teh shape and such, there ARE ways.

the proper way is of course to go to teh source that made it and ask for more of them :D :flipoff2:
 
RatLabGuy said:
Do you mean a thing you have in your hand, you want more of them?

Sometimes the thing can be 3d scanned. That process can end up being anywhere from really fast to a huge pain in the ass, depending largely on the complexity of the object and the scanning method.

As for moficiations,... that really depends. If its scanned then what you end up with is a single mesh "object" that isn't easy to modify in CAD... but depending on teh shape and such, there ARE ways.

the proper way is of course to go to teh source that made it and ask for more of them :D :flipoff2:
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Ive emailed the company without a response so far.
Then id like to be able to use a 15 or 25 rd mag with it as well but would require some modifications to the piece as it clips onto the 10 rd mag at the bottom now.
 

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Loganwayne said:
Ive emailed the company without a response so far.
Then id like to be able to use a 15 or 25 rd mag with it as well but would require some modifications to the piece as it clips onto the 10 rd mag at the bottom now.
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yeah... you're pretty much looking at a redesign. You could 3d scan it to get the dimensions and whatnot for fit, but after that its a CAD project.
 
Finally finished off the 1/2" drive SK sets I have. It's so annoying to having missing sockets! I have replaced some of them with new ones off eBay, bad part is, SK tools are no longer made in USA...
 

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Air flow in my garage sucks, in summer the window unit just makes air cool in one spot.

I made this hanging mount for a typical box fan to pull it up and distribute.
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It uses a 1/2" pipe fitting to hang off a rafter, then I printed a swivel joint so I can angle it as needed or gold up out of the way, or just pull the bolt to use the fan elsewhere.
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I was concerned about strength and layer adhesion so I printed in it PET-CF (not 'g' PET). It's extremely strong.
I have used it for a number of projects lately, it's rather finicky and you have to be careful because it's extremely rigid, but does not have as much elasticity as many other materials and can therefore brittle. To get the proper strength out of it you have to anneal it after printing, which isn't a big deal because you can do it in a printer w a heated chamber but that's still an extra PITA step.
It also has a really scratchy texture bc of the hardness and carbon additive. Looks neat but you just don't want to touch it a lot.
 
Well fingers crossed this works. Fuel pump bracket printed out of PA6-GF (nylon). Original tank the pump mounted in the bottom of the tank, this is my fix to make it mount in a bladder style fuel cell. Now the fun of actually getting it IN the tank...
 

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On the new axle I’m building for my buggy I’m using a PSC ram and clamps that capture end of the ram so that it doesn’t try to move in the clamps.

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The ram I’m using is the XR series ram that has slots machined in the body for the normal clamps from PSC. With the captured clamps I’m only using two outer clamps. The clamps are wider than the outer grooves so the end cap is not all the way against the clamp, there’s a 3/16” gap.

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I’d like to have something to fill that gap between the end cap and the clamp. In theory it’s not going to have any force against it because the groove in the ram is against the clamp and it can’t move. I was planning on just making some “washers” out of aluminum but was wondering if it wasn’t some that could be 3D printed. In my mind would be just fine.

Would any of you guys be interested in printing a pair of them for me? I’ll gladly pay for time, material, and shipping. I need two “washers”, 2.875”OD X 2”ID X 3/16” thick.
 
Hokie_YJ said:
On the new axle I’m building for my buggy I’m using a PSC ram and clamps that capture end of the ram so that it doesn’t try to move in the clamps.

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The ram I’m using is the XR series ram that has slots machined in the body for the normal clamps from PSC. With the captured clamps I’m only using two outer clamps. The clamps are wider than the outer grooves so the end cap is not all the way against the clamp, there’s a 3/16” gap.

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I’d like to have something to fill that gap between the end cap and the clamp. In theory it’s not going to have any force against it because the groove in the ram is against the clamp and it can’t move. I was planning on just making some “washers” out of aluminum but was wondering if it wasn’t some that could be 3D printed. In my mind would be just fine.

Would any of you guys be interested in printing a pair of them for me? I’ll gladly pay for time, material, and shipping. I need two “washers”, 2.875”OD X 2”ID X 3/16” thick.
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Happy to. Send me a DM. Because of how they'll be rubbing you'll want a material thats pretty durable.
 
I cannot figure out what I'm doing wrong. I'm using Shapr3D to draw with, its smooth and round in the drawing, then I upload it into the Dremel DigiLab Slicer to prep it to print and it looks like and prints like this.
This is all at work and they haven't paid for an account on Shapr so I can only export (save) to my computer in low quality. Would a high quality export (save) not have this issue?
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