3D PRINTING

Printed this tray and cup holder for the loaner. Previously there was a very small tray and a tape holder that held six tapes there.

Grabbed the file off thingiverse so can’t take credit on design.

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NCJeeplover said:
What programs are you guys using to design stuff? I have a few simple projects in mind and want to find something user friendly to use. I'm about to break down and buy an Ipad just to use Shaper3D.
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People are gonna laugh but 90% of the time I use TinkerCAD. Its free and stupid easy to learn, specifically made for kids. Runs in the cloud so you can run it on any kind of POS device, even an old cell phone.
Its my go-to for anything that is just a combo of simple shapes, which is almost everything.

For more complex things I use Onshape (also cloud based) or SolidWorks
 
RatLabGuy said:
People are gonna laugh but 90% of the time I use TinkerCAD. Its free and stupid easy to learn, specifically made for kids. Runs in the cloud so you can run it on any kind of POS device, even an old cell phone.
Its my go-to for anything that is just a combo of simple shapes, which is almost everything.

For more complex things I use Onshape (also cloud based) or SolidWorks
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I used solidworks using my student version until they went subscription based.
 
JSJJ388 said:
I used solidworks using my student version until they went subscription based.
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Start mentoring a FIRST team, then you can use it for free :)
 
orange150 said:
Printed this tray and cup holder for the loaner.
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I've got a beater TDI jetta that I absolutely love except for the damn cupholders. Germans can't do cup holders to save their lives (the wife has a E320 and cupholders were clearly an after thought, a completely overcomplicated mouse trap of an after thought). I've been looking for a good cupholder alternative for the MK4 jettas but have been coming up short. There's not a lot of real estate with 2 plus size guys in the front seats.
 
NCJeeplover said:
I've got a beater TDI jetta that I absolutely love except for the damn cupholders. Germans can't do cup holders to save their lives (the wife has a E320 and cupholders were clearly an after thought, a completely overcomplicated mouse trap of an after thought). I've been looking for a good cupholder alternative for the MK4 jettas but have been coming up short. There's not a lot of real estate with 2 plus size guys in the front seats.
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www.thingiverse.com

VW Golf 4 mk4 cup holder by reinitis21

I remixed yimas file,Made cup holder part taller and smoother and added small tray.Base size is the same, read advices about that at original file.Printed at 107% but for Skoda octavia mk1, was too big, had to push it in hard, and now I can't close rear ash tray fully.
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What is the best 3d printer recommendation here. Car duDads, bang stick parts, etc.
 
ckruzer said:
What is the best 3d printer recommendation here. Car duDads, bang stick parts, etc.
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Unquestionably the best point-and-shoot machines are from Bambu Lab.
If you wanna be able to do any kind of exotic materials that will survive an engine bay etc, you need an enclosed printer.

The best deal going right now is probably the Bambu Lab P2S with the AMS material station. You don't necessarily NEED the AMS, it allows you to (1) do multiple materials / colors within 1 print, which is cool, but frankly only useful for either making neat looking things or special rare cases or (2) it will auto-change to teh next spool for you if one runs out.
You can add it later too, its just cheaper by $50 or something to get as a combo.
 
RatLabGuy said:
Unquestionably the best point-and-shoot machines are from Bambu Lab.
If you wanna be able to do any kind of exotic materials that will survive an engine bay etc, you need an enclosed printer.

The best deal going right now is probably the Bambu Lab P2S with the AMS material station. You don't necessarily NEED the AMS, it allows you to (1) do multiple materials / colors within 1 print, which is cool, but frankly only useful for either making neat looking things or special rare cases or (2) it will auto-change to teh next spool for you if one runs out.
You can add it later too, its just cheaper by $50 or something to get as a combo.
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Thank you
I’ll order it this evening!

Edit: ordered
 
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jeepyjman said:
anyone printing with cf or gf? What dryer are you running?
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All the time.
I have used several dryers now, both at work and at home. At work we have some fancy things, but for home I have been most happy with the Polymaker Polydryer. It has several heat settings, and holes you can spool right out of it. What cool is that if you want to, the base is removable and it leaves the material in a tub, so you could just buy several of the tubs and a single heater base.
However honestly its a lot cheaper to just buy the plastic cereal boxes everyone uses for storage, I have probably 24 or more of them now.

Note if you're drying material properly, also invest is good drying packets or individual pellets. I use the Dry n Dry pellets in little bins I made for the AMS so it keeps that environment dry, and every now and then I replace them with fresh ones, then dry out the used ones and put back into the jug. For the cereal boxes I use color changing packets.

Some things to know about CF materials....
- as stated, drying and keeping dry is important
- they WILL wear down any gears that are just plastic over time. Use hardened parts, and always hardened steel extruders / nozzles.
- CF makes nice hard parts, but keep in mind you definitely are creating things that have tiny bits of carbon nanoparticles on the surface. When you rub your fingers over it, you're splintering off those things onto your fingers. You can't see it but its there. If you sand those parts, absolutely wear a mask. Carbon filter for your printer is highly recommended.

If you want some super durable, tough stuff, look into Polymaker Fiberon CF-PA6-20. It's an amazing formulation that doesn't require a wildly hot environment and is extremely durable, could be good for many automotive underhood kind of things. However to get the strength it needs to be annealed.

PETG-CF is amazing stuff. At work its become our default unless we need it to be nonconductive. Actually prints much better and more stable than vanilla PETG.
 
Lankford said:
Got a link? Been thinking about getting something myself.
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I got this one. Hopefully I didn’t read it wrong but supposedly can print carbon fiber

www.matterhackers.com

Bambu Lab P2S Combo - Top-Tier Materials Bundle

Introducing the Bambu Lab P2S 3D printer is a state-of-the-art printer offering a seamless user experience akin to a smartphone with a spacious build volume of 256 x 256 x 256 mm and an enclosed chamber for temperature stability. The Bambu Lab P2S 3D printer produces reliable desktop FDM prints...
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Well I decided that I'm finally in the market for a new printer. I love my Artillery X2, but it's substantially outdated at this point and it just randomly implodes on itself every 50th print or so, requiring a total tear down. I can never quite figure out what's wrong with it either, so I typically just throw parts at it until it's up and running again. Wasn't really an issue for it to be down a week or two before, but now I've figured out how to design my own things and I've been using it almost non-stop the last two months or so. I'm also moving towards 3D printing larger RC models (have a sail boat I'm working on now, will be doing another boat and plane once things are fixed, and I have my eye on a huge submarine from Nautilus Dry Docks).

So, suffice to say I need to move on from the Artillery, at least as a main printer. I was almost completely decided on the P2S with AMS but the lack of an active heated chamber concerns me. I'm planning on moving on almost entirely from PLA to more engineering type materials. ABS, ASA, and nylon are really intriguing to me. I know the P2S heats the chamber up passively, but I'd rather just stick with something that has an active heated chamber.

The H series Bambu fits my needs, but it's just more than I really want to spend. The Qidi Q2 looks to tick all my boxes, but I don't really know much about Qidi as a manufacturer. I've never heard of them, and reviews are....spotty. Thoughts? I can fix most things myself. I'm not above tinkering to get stuff to work, but I don't want significant downtime, nor shady manufactures dodging support issues.
 
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