It is currently 28 Mar 2024, 19:23
TrimTheKing wrote:Oh bl00dy hell, you've gone and done it now! I have spent too much time thinking of all the reasons I DON'T need a 3D printer then you go and post this!
I love my technology and rarely need an excuse to buy a new toy, but I felt like I was growing and managing to contain this particular desire, then this!
Some great work mate and really showcases some of the things you can use them for with just a small amount of imagination. Top work.
Dr.Al wrote:
No problem, give me a shout if you get stuck or you want me to record a short video showing a simple part (e.g. the chisel rack) being made. The tutorials are also excellent.
Malc2098 wrote:Dr.Al wrote:
No problem, give me a shout if you get stuck or you want me to record a short video showing a simple part (e.g. the chisel rack) being made. The tutorials are also excellent.
Thanks.
Dr.Al wrote:Nice!
Did you design that spoke tension meter?
novocaine wrote:Welcome to have a play with my printer (felt I had to state printer to avoid confusion) first Mark. Bit smaller than Al's but I haven't felt the need for bigger yet.
Oh and it's only 170 quid.
Mike G wrote:Sorry......Dave, are you saying you made those bits with a bit of kit worth only £170?
So which printer do you have?novocaine wrote:Mike G wrote:Sorry......Dave, are you saying you made those bits with a bit of kit worth only £170?
Yes, yes i am. I'm not sure if you are being facitousious with your comment that I paid 170 quid to have the ability to make Random bits of plastic tatt or not. But either way, yes I paid 170 quid and yes this is what it makes.
novocaine wrote:Mike G wrote:Sorry......Dave, are you saying you made those bits with a bit of kit worth only £170?
Yes, yes i am. I'm not sure if you are being facitousious with your comment that I paid 170 quid to have the ability to make Random bits of plastic tatt or not. But either way, yes I paid 170 quid and yes this is what it makes.
Dr.Al wrote:Malc2098 wrote:Dr.Al wrote:
No problem, give me a shout if you get stuck or you want me to record a short video showing a simple part (e.g. the chisel rack) being made. The tutorials are also excellent.
Thanks.
You didn't actually ask for this, but I was curious how long it would actually take to draw it from scratch (about 5 minutes) and wanted to test how easy it is to record a video, so I made it anyway. Feel free not to bother to watch this if you're not that interested!
It's probably worth watching full screen (for which you might need to follow the link to youtube) as some of the buttons are quite small (I've got a fairly big monitor and I recorded all of it).
Full link: https://youtu.be/5lNQiQmm0WQ
novocaine wrote:.........I hope you didn't take my comment as being rude.....
Peri wrote:Brilliant and interesting thread.
Malc2098 wrote:Nice. You work at a speed that I could copy with a few pauses. I watch an American chap who models guitar part in Fusion 360, that even with pauses, I don't know what he's doing!
Is there a CAM part of Onshape to create the tool paths for the cnc routing file?
RogerS wrote:How much does the printer cost and will it work with a Mac ?
novocaine wrote:on the flip side of Dr. Al's machine, mine cost 170 quid at christmas, setup was a matter of putting the z axis and lead screw on, followed by a bed leveling (manual on this machine, were as Al has mesh levelling). then the requisit first print of a silly little boat.
I use Cura for slicing and FreeCad for designing. both have Mac versions available for free.
I have tweaked a bit as I go, the most sensitive perameters for me being temperatures.
every few weeks I relevel the bed.
yes I've added a few own design bits to the printer as times gone on, none of them were needed, it was simply because I could.
the difference between 170 quid and 700 quid is mainly size (I have a print of 180x180x180mm), rigidity (not that my machine isn't rigid enough mind you) and things like mesh leveling and belt tensioners etc. Al will also be able to get parts for his, long in to the future, I expect I will be modifying parts from other machines to fit in the next 2 years, which I'm fine with.
I'm not saying buy the kingroon by the way, it's a horses for courses type affair, I'd love to have Al's machine, but I don't have the space.
Mike G wrote: The number of times I've wanted random little plastic parts.
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