Recent content by ed_

My revisions are getting worse and worse instead of better and better lol. Oldest to newest is left to right. It's all good I'm testing things like print orientation and tweaking design features to see how quality is impacted. Silver is PLA and black is ASA.

I'm gonna do my best to avoid post processing but we'll see how it goes. Orienting the print upwards has done a good job of minimizing the spots where you can the see separate layers but I am concerned about how shiny black ASA might be. And yup I've got my printers set up for ASA. I run...

PLA Just teasing lol. Final will be ASA but I may explore other options as well if I can't get a good texture. My goal is to be able to make parts that don't look 3d printed. I'm open to recommendations if anyone has suggestions.

What a pita to design this but I finally got a v1. I spent so much time going in circles trying to get a pixel perfect match until I realized I didn't need that and should focus more on making something that prints easy Still needs more revisions but it's nice to see progress. I'm printing...

It's just on the exterior and won't be visible when installed. The inside of it is nice and smooth. I'll prob revise the model more later so that may change. I'm still early in design right now.

Been slowly learning how to reverse engineer complex shapes in FreeCAD. This window switch was kicking my **** for awhile because the top part is complex and bends in two directions but I'm getting there. Scanned with an einstar 2. My model so far. I've deviated from the design in a few spots...

Made a new case for my 3-4" micrometer. I bought the mic used and it only came with half of a case. (It's the thing on the right)

Small update, I've done a lot of considering and I'll continue on the XJ. I realized if I buy a roof rack for my daily XJ I can haul larger items like interior doors up top and that'll solve my immediate needs so I ordered a low profile JCR rack. In terms of getting something to tow a car...

If I finish it no way I'm selling it lol. I'm not sure the XJ would have quite enough tow capacity for what I want. Eventually I'd like to get a small car trailer for hauling my eg civic or parts cars.

I feel bad saying this but I'm not sure I want to finish the XJ. I've come to realize that I really need a pickup for the projects I want/need to do and a second XJ isn't going to address that issue. A pickup is better for buying large things for DIY projects like interior doors or wood boards...

I've got a coolant funnel for bleeding coolant systems and the adapter I use the most broke. When it happened I was legit bummed for about 15 minutes because I forgot I could DIY a replacement. They aren't expensive but I need the funnel asap for a project. It's printed out of ASA and I made...

My latest contraption. It's a scavenger oil cap designed for a PCV valve instead of a catch can. The OEM b20 setup has the pcv valve on the head but I've swapped the b20 head for a gsr (vtec) head and the GSR has the pcv valve on the block so there's no where for a pcv valve to go now. I...

Satin sheet is recommended but you can use glue with the smooth sheet and it'll release. PC-CF prints super easy so I didn't put too much thought into swapping filaments and sending it hence the mistake lol. Maybe, I'm not really sure to be honest. I tried releasing the print while it was still...

Destroyed my new smooth PEI sheet tonight. I was printing PLA and switched over to PCCF but forgot to swap out the plate and didn't realize until the print was basically done. I tried freezing the plate and being gentle prying on the parts but they ended up ripping a huge chunk of the plate off...

I'm building a b20v right now and while doing some final assembly of the head I found 3 of the vtec pins were stuck in their rocker arms and wouldn't budge. I was able to free up one of them by soaking in a solvent but the others two were stuck bad. (The pins are in blind holes so there's no way...