slim_grim
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Friggin neat! What printer are you using? I'm thinking about making an upgrade from my trusty Ender 3.
Between 265 & 485 SQ/FT Made By Miller Studios
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Workspaces sized between 265 and 485 squarefeet.
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MadeByMiller
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Thank you!
Thanks a lot! I have 3 Bambu X1 Carbon machines that I highly recommend.
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MadeByMiller
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Slowly sneaking up on the final tolerances for these little guys. I placed the hardware order from McMaster Carr this morning now that I'm confident in the scale of the parts printing well. For reference, the jaws are 13/16" wide, it's tiny! Kind of an odd size, I know, but it's just the way the proportions worked out. It's pretty neat to have a less than 1" bench vise!
I'm currently printing what I hope is the last round of prototype parts. I just made a couple of small tweaks that should align the jaws better heightwise.
I'm currently printing what I hope is the last round of prototype parts. I just made a couple of small tweaks that should align the jaws better heightwise.
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MadeByMiller
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Here is the last prototype update until the hardware arrives Monday and I can verify all of the fitment with those components. I'm extremely happy with it!
LeonardY
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How are you hanging it?Here is the last prototype update until the hardware arrives Monday and I can verify all of the fitment with those components. I'm extremely happy with it!
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MadeByMiller
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I'm not completely sure at the moment, I need to wait and see how it balances out when the hardware is installed. I'm thinking about adding a loop off of the rear jaw face, but we will see.
LeonardY
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That's the way I figure out the hanging point.
Although a block with an eyelet clamped in the jaw might be fun.
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MadeByMiller
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That would be good too! I was thinking it might be neat for folks to clamp a photo or something in the jaws to personalize the ornament, so that may or may not interfere.
LeonardY
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Make a snowflake with a hanging hole to clamp in the jaw. Both festive and funny.
Ornaments are my jam.
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MadeByMiller
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Leonard, that's a great idea! I did just that:Make a snowflake with a hanging hole to clamp in the jaw. Both festive and funny.
Ornaments are my jam.
I really like how it turned out, and the snowflake can be easily removed to simply display the vise if chosen. I made a recess on the backside of the snowflake to fit the shape of the rear jaw face so the snowflake is easily squarely clamped. It balances out fairly level when hung from the hole in the top of the snowflake.
@LeonardY please DM me your address so I can send you a vise as a thank you for your great idea! I'll also send you the files so you can print some if you'd like.
Great news by the way - the hardware showed up yesterday and when assembled we have a fully functioning mini bench vise! I'm so happy with how it turned out. The packaging materials have arrived and work just as I intended as well. Production is underway as I type this. I will get the website listing created ASAP so I can start accepting orders on these little guys!
OutlawDrifter
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Very cool!
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MadeByMiller
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Thank you Marc!
madison069
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Those are pretty damn cool!
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MadeByMiller
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Thank you - I think so too!
LeonardY
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Nice job. I can't reveal my ornament yet. But soon.Leonard, that's a great idea! I did just that:
I really like how it turned out, and the snowflake can be easily removed to simply display the vise if chosen. I made a recess on the backside of the snowflake to fit the shape of the rear jaw face so the snowflake is easily squarely clamped. It balances out fairly level when hung from the hole in the top of the snowflake.
@LeonardY please DM me your address so I can send you a vise as a thank you for your great idea! I'll also send you the files so you can print some if you'd like.
Great news by the way - the hardware showed up yesterday and when assembled we have a fully functioning mini bench vise! I'm so happy with how it turned out. The packaging materials have arrived and work just as I intended as well. Production is underway as I type this. I will get the website listing created ASAP so I can start accepting orders on these little guys!
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MadeByMiller
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I built a small army of them! They assembled really well and I'm quite pleased with how they turned out. They are available on my website here right now if anyone is interested in ordering one. Thank you for looking.
I put together these clean and simple product renderings for the site:
As well as a bit more festive rendering to show the vise in "ornament mode" with the supplied snowflake hanger (great idea by @LeonardY )
I put together these clean and simple product renderings for the site:
As well as a bit more festive rendering to show the vise in "ornament mode" with the supplied snowflake hanger (great idea by @LeonardY )
jon72vega
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Great idea!I built a small army of them! They assembled really well and I'm quite pleased with how they turned out. They are available on my website here right now if anyone is interested in ordering one. Thank you for looking.
I put together these clean and simple product renderings for the site:
As well as a bit more festive rendering to show the vise in "ornament mode" with the supplied snowflake hanger (great idea by @LeonardY )
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MadeByMiller
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Thank you!
For anyone that ordered a vise and was within order #10011-10027, I dropped your package off at the post office this afternoon. Everyone else who placed a pre-order, I'm currently printing them and will get them assembled just as soon as I can! Thank you all who decided to order a mini vise, I was absolutely stunned and grateful with how many sold yesterday!
Here is the first batch strapped down to their little cardboard pallets, ready to be put in their boxes.
If you want one, there are a few vises left in the second batch pre-order that I'm currently printing. I will assemble and ship the second batch before starting the process again for the third round. You can pre-order any time on my website: www.madebymillerllc.com
slim_grim
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Today, I learned what a meatball is in the Vise world. Neat.
Having just dipped my toes into 3D printing it's a lot of fun to see what others are up to. I don't have the fancy X1C, just the A1 but I do really like it. Sometimes it's just fun to watch it work!
I'm curious about you which hot end you are using or nozzle diameter, and also how you are getting your top layers (top layer of vise slide and the jaws) to be left with the infill type pattern?
I'm more of a mechanical type of designer and haven't done much with authentically pleasing prints, and have been playing a lot with the 0.8mm nozzle. Something about laying those thick beads down and the spool of filament running at a steady pace is satisfying as well. haha Have you played much with different nozzle diameters?
I'm curious about you which hot end you are using or nozzle diameter, and also how you are getting your top layers (top layer of vise slide and the jaws) to be left with the infill type pattern?
I'm more of a mechanical type of designer and haven't done much with authentically pleasing prints, and have been playing a lot with the 0.8mm nozzle. Something about laying those thick beads down and the spool of filament running at a steady pace is satisfying as well. haha Have you played much with different nozzle diameters?
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MadeByMiller
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Haha yes, that is what I've heard them referred to as. Perhaps you could call them a spindle as well or a snout, but in the more classic, rounded spindle shape I've often heard them called meatballs. I like it.Today, I learned what a meatball is in the Vise world. Neat.
From what I've seen, the A1 is an amazingly capable machine and certainly one of the best bed slingers ever produced. It's always fun to watch them work! Sometimes it's hard to get any work done because it's such a joy to watch your parts materialize in front of you.
All of the vise components aside from the snowflake ornament adapter are printed with a standard .4mm hardened steel nozzle. The snowflakes were printed with a .6mm nozzle to save on print time without sacrificing print quality. In regards to the infill pattern you see on the top of the slide and the jaw faces, that is just the standard monotonic infill pattern, but let me explain: The two images with the all white backgrounds are renderings, not photographs. I was able to export the toolpaths from the slicer as an OBJ mesh that I could then bring into my rendering software to make product renderings. This gives me the most realistic product renderings possible. The difference is, those toolpaths in reality are part of the initial layer and as such, they are squished together down on the build sheet. So in reality, there aren't the apparent gaps between extrusions as it looks in the renderings. Hopefully that makes sense!
.8mm nozzles are so fun! I'm a big fan of the process and appearance of 3D print manufacturing and their signature artifacts. I love the way you can incorporate the chunky affects of the larger nozzles into the overall esthetic of a part. I also am blown away with the fine detail you can achieve with a .2mm nozzle, when necessary. For me, nozzle size is just another tool in the arsenal - a variable to the manufacturing process. As mentioned earlier with the snowflakes, it made sense in terms of production to use a larger nozzle as there would be no drawbacks and it would improve print times and even add some fun chunky layer lines. However, it would be impossible to print the rest of the vise parts with a .6mm nozzle as I simply wouldn't be able to achieve the print resolution necessary for the small details the vises possess. In fact, I was mentally ready to throw on a .2mm nozzle for some of the components, but prototyping with a .4mm nozzle proved that would be unnecessary.
Overall, I love 3D printing and thinking in terms of production and the inherent manufacturing side effects that FDM printing requires. Feel free to reach out anytime you want to discuss, I truly am passionate about it as you can maybe tell haha!
kyrbz
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Don’t know if you’re familiar with Gashapon capsule vending machines. They’re all the rage in Japan. It’d be funny if you were doing some type of trade show to sell them out of a Gashapon vending machine. You can buy the vending machines for a little over $100. I was looking at the dimensions of the vice. It might be slightly to large to fit in a Gashapon capsuleI built a small army of them! They assembled really well and I'm quite pleased with how they turned out. They are available on my website here right now if anyone is interested in ordering one. Thank you for looking.
I put together these clean and simple product renderings for the site:
As well as a bit more festive rendering to show the vise in "ornament mode" with the supplied snowflake hanger (great idea by @LeonardY )
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MadeByMiller
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That would be a cute way of promoting them! I'm not sure the container sizes available for such a machine, but it would be close.Don’t know if you’re familiar with Gashapon capsule vending machines. They’re all the rage in Japan. It’d be funny if you were doing some type of trade show to sell them out of a Gashapon vending machine. You can buy the vending machines for a little over $100. I was looking at the dimensions of the vice. It might be slightly to large to fit in a Gashapon capsule
kyrbz
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That would be a cute way of promoting them! I'm not sure the container sizes available for such a machine, but it would be close.
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MadeByMiller
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I think people would get annoyed having to insert $35 worth of quarters to receive their prize haha
kyrbz
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There would be some issues to work out. The machines are made to work with a 100 yen coin. You’d probably have to do something like sell a token (100 yen coin) that people could put in the machine to get their vice. Down side of that is if someone happened to have a 100 yen coin in their pocket, they’d get the vice for $1
olsenmotorsports
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Wow just stumbled onto this thread. Now I need a 3d printer…. I hate this forum 
Wow just stumbled onto this thread. Now I need a 3d printer…. I hate this forum
You need at least 2... one in Illinois and one in Florida!
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MadeByMiller
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You have an excellent mind for problem solving! I will keep this idea in my back pocket, thank you.There would be some issues to work out. The machines are made to work with a 100 yen coin. You’d probably have to do something like sell a token (100 yen coin) that people could put in the machine to get their vice. Down side of that is if someone happened to have a 100 yen coin in their pocket, they’d get the vice for $1
Watch your step! Haha thanks for dropping by the studios! I have been accused around here of being a bad influence in terms of 3D printer acquisition. Frankly, I'd consider myself more of an advocate, dare I say a 3D printing evangelist? Jokes aside, CAD and 3D printing would be a massive aid in your shop, I guarantee it!Wow just stumbled onto this thread. Now I need a 3d printer…. I hate this forum
That would be a good start...
By the way Logan, did you see the new Bambu H2D leak??
olsenmotorsports
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Oh I am sure it would be - issue is I am still trying to figure out which way the bolt is supposed to turn let alone drawing in CAD and 3d Printing!
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MadeByMiller
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Never fear, I do freelance CAD work so you just have to download the files and hit print! Regardless, I'm here to help or advise in any way I can.
bugnut
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Would think you could really expand the marketplace by offering customized wording in the snowflake, ie dads garage, Bills place, etc...
just my $.02
Joel
just my $.02
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@MadeByMiller interesting that the images are renderings....never would've guessed! While I have. 2, .4, .6, .8mm nozzles I've only really printed with the .4 and .8mm, and honestly at this point mostly with the .8mm as everything I'm making prioritizes strength over most everything else. I am excited to try the .2mm nozzle on some upcoming projects though!
Regarding the Bambu leak, I thought I read on the FB groups that the leak materialized 2 years ago?
Regarding the Bambu leak, I thought I read on the FB groups that the leak materialized 2 years ago?
rpenterics
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off topic of the current discussion but thought this was neat, looking for a conveyor and found the Wardcraft company (originally McLaughlin, Ward & Co.), check out their logo:
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MadeByMiller
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Well that's a high compliment on the renderings - thank you!
HERE is the thread I read about it. Seems 100% legit to me. The dual extruder patent drawing is pretty interesting.
Ha! That's so similar. Once I release my product that the logo was made for (soon!) it will be apparent where my logo design was derived from.off topic of the current discussion but thought this was neat, looking for a conveyor and found the Wardcraft company (originally McLaughlin, Ward & Co.), check out their logo:
Welcome!!
I would be great to see something that makes P1S and X1C owners want to dump their lightly used machines for pennies on the dollar!! I mean I don't really need another printer...but if the price is right I'd be a fool to day no!
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MadeByMiller
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A little update on the mini vises. I completed the second production batch yesterday, and in some ways it went even better than the first. I really enjoy putting these little guys together, and I can't wait to see them lined up and on display in folk's collections! It's looking like the first batch should be delivered to customers early next week. Yesterday I built 27 vises, but a local friend came over and I helped him assemble the two that he had purchased. 20 vises went out in the mail this morning from the 27 I built yesterday, so I've got 7 completed mini vises in stock and ready to ship. About another 20 more vises worth of parts are partially assembled in preparation.
If you purchased a vise, thank you so much! This has been a very challenging year in terms of business for me, so the support from people who added a mini vise to their collection has had a massive impact on my family.
If you purchased a vise, thank you so much! This has been a very challenging year in terms of business for me, so the support from people who added a mini vise to their collection has had a massive impact on my family.
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MadeByMiller
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You said it yourself, the only limit is your imagination. Your lack of skills is just a lack of education and experience. If you want to pursue digital fabrication, I say do it!
Jayman17
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Love your vise ornaments! GJ members love a made in USA vise lol Here is a couple of unsolicited ideas, make the vise body a more Christmas-ie red color and make a version that has a faux patina to get the vintage collectors interested.