The Everything 3D Printer Thread

[ArcReactorKC]

You are pretty trusting.

My slicer underestimates the time it will take to print by anywhere from 20 minutes on a tiny object to several hours on a large job. I can only imagine how inaccurate the material length would be. Pull out the electronic balance and find out I guess.

In your slicer find the acceleration and jerk settings. Match these to what you actually have in the printer and you'll find it to be much more accurate.

 

[txvwnut]

I’ve been on a small organizational printing binge lately. Did some holders for spotting drills, round over end mills, hardware for my line boring bars and bobbins for the sewing machine.

 

[WoodsTruck]

Nice work on the bobbin holder. That is on my short list of projects too.

 

[white91formula]

Made a bracket for my snowmobile. Been getting alot of z banding lately. Need to track that down.

 

[bdbecker]

I feel like I'm always saying this to someone but if you need glue, or hairspray, or another adhesion promoter there is something wrong..

Now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever actually tried printing without glue on the bed... ...I'll have to give it a shot on the next print and see what happens.

So a follow up to this... I printed a vac adapter for my bench top jointer over the weekend and didn't put down any glue - no issues with the print at all. I did use a brim because of the small contact patch with the bed. Thanks again for pointing this out.

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[loganb]

So a follow up to this... I printed a vac adapter for my bench top jointer over the weekend and didn't put down any glue - no issues with the print at all. I did use a brim because of the small contact patch with the bed. Thanks again for pointing this out.

Nicely done! A couple dedicated hose adapters for power tools is on my list of shop related stuff to print as well

 

[Gerald O]

Cool idea about the vac adapter! I might have to steal that to make a few for my shop.

 

[logan_gibson]

After somehow turning the printer off in my sleep the day before. I finally got this screwdriver rack printed out last night.
Slowly trying to organize the workbench a bit, and move some more used tools out of my toolbox and onto the wall.

 

[penright]

After somehow turning the printer off in my sleep the day before. I finally got this screwdriver rack printed out last night.
Slowly trying to organize the workbench a bit, and move some more used tools out of my toolbox and onto the wall.

You know sometimes an idea is so simple, but you just don't see it.
I am talking about how you stack the tools off of the board. As long as leverage is not an issue, using space in front of the pegboard leaves room on the pegboard. Here is a picture from Fusion 360 where I did my nut drivers. If I stack them the way you did, I can get the 6 of them in the space of 3.
Thanks.
Now back to the drawing board, or better said, back to Fusion 360.

 

[logan_gibson]

You know sometimes an idea is so simple, but you just don't see it.
I am talking about how you stack the tools off of the board. As long as leverage is not an issue, using space in front of the pegboard leaves room on the pegboard. Here is a picture from Fusion 360 where I did my nut drivers. If I stack them the way you did, I can get the 6 of them in the space of 3.
Thanks.
Now back to the drawing board, or better said, back to Fusion 360.

I can't take credit for the design, I just found it on thingverse. But yes most of the time you can get away with a little more leverage as long as you print the pegs at a higher in-fill(I do all of mine at 70+)
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3230616

This one would work for the nut drivers, you just need to modify the through holes to be the right size for the drivers.
Personally I would modify the indentions for the drivers as well to match their size.
A friend gifted me a set of Wiha's for helping him thorough the year on his car, so I don't have the dimensions and just printed it as-is. So the drivers do wobble a bit when just dropping them into the holder.

 

[penright]

I can't take credit for the design, I just found it on thingverse. But yes most of the time you can get away with a little more leverage as long as you print the pegs at a higher in-fill(I do all of mine at 70+)
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3230616

This one would work for the nut drivers, you just need to modify the through holes to be the right size for the drivers.
Personally I would modify the indentions for the drivers as well to match their size.
A friend gifted me a set of Wiha's for helping him thorough the year on his car, so I don't have the dimensions and just printed it as-is. So the drivers do wobble a bit when just dropping them into the holder.

Well, you found it, you posted it, and so I am giving you credit.

I made a try 2 at it inspired by your stacked design.
I can't test the print till Monday. Too much going on this weekend. Hopefully will finish punching the vent for the shop heater through the roof.
Here is the before (straight across) and after (stacked).

 

[vavet]

We have a 3d printer and a universal test machine at work. I worked with some of the other engineers to develop these 3d prints to hold some of the parts for the UTM to tidy up the storage area and protect the parts better.

 

[vavet]

My latest print at home:

 

[brawls43]

Finally figured out why I was struggling with some underextrusion issues suddenly on my Ender 3. Went from printing great to suddenly horrible. Chased all kinds of stuff before I noticed the cracked arm on the tensioner for the extruder. Time to upgrade to metal.

 

[penright]

@logan_gibson, got it printer and on the pegboard.
Here are the before and after. You can see how much more that opened up.

 

[penright]

I bought a bunch of C channel from metal scrap. It has a great power coat. In fact the powder coat is so good, to weld it, you have to use a grinder to clean paint to weld. So I took a piece down to the box store and had them match the paint so Ii can touch up the weld and not have to paint the whole thing. I used some of the C channels to mount these bins. I printed these caps and painted them. I look to buy some but could not find any that I liked, so 3D printer to the rescue.

The before is on the right and the caps are on the left.

 

[bobs_garage]

There are some really interesting projects in this thread. Quick question from someone who hasn't purchased one yet.

I'm curious what the expenses are for printing, for example the screwdriver holder? I recognize that it's a hobby and the price is secondary (as my wife can attest)

thx

 

[penright]

There are some really interesting projects in this thread. Quick question from someone who hasn't purchased one yet.

I'm curious what the expenses are for printing, for example the screwdriver holder? I recognize that it's a hobby and the price is secondary (as my wife can attest)

thx

Not sure how accurate the Cura slicer calculations are, but the nut driver I did shows about .50 cents. I have the spool price set at $20 per 1KG spool.

That does not count the ones that I threw away in the design process.

 

[bobs_garage]

Not sure how accurate the Cura slicer calculations are, but the nut driver I did shows about .50 cents. I have the spool price set at $20 per 1KG spool.

That does not count the ones that I threw away in the design process.

Thanks, that's pretty impressive.

 

[vavet]

There are some really interesting projects in this thread. Quick question from someone who hasn't purchased one yet.

I'm curious what the expenses are for printing, for example the screwdriver holder? I recognize that it's a hobby and the price is secondary (as my wife can attest)

thx

The filament is pretty inexpensive and goes a long way. The pictures of the pieces in post 812 used a little over half a roll of filament. Maybe it’s $12 worth of PLA. Other types of filament get a bit more expensive for a spool or the spools are smaller, but PLA works pretty well.
Here is my latest creation for home. I 3d printed the battery holders so they engage the battery mounting slots just like a tool would. I added the 3d printed sign at the upper right.

 

[bdbecker]

There are some really interesting projects in this thread. Quick question from someone who hasn't purchased one yet.

I'm curious what the expenses are for printing, for example the screwdriver holder? I recognize that it's a hobby and the price is secondary (as my wife can attest)

thx

I compare it to trying to justify buying a motorcycle to save on fuel costs. Sure, you might save some money during your commute, but the weekend joyrides are going to cancel out most of that savings. With a 3D printer, you can save on buying certain things, but you're also going to be printing off a whole bunch of other things you might not necessarly need.

The vac adapter (a few posts back in the thread) I printed for my jointer cost around $0.80 in material (adapter and the support material). It took me maybe 15 minutes to draw and slice, and just shy of 4 hours to print. I could have probably bought one for $5, but it would have taken about the same time to track it down online and a few more days to arrive. That is the main reason I like having a 3D printer - I can get my hands on something much more quickly than I could through other methods.

 

[Darby9]

I'm curious what the expenses are for printing, for example the screwdriver holder? I recognize that it's a hobby and the price is secondary (as my wife can attest)

thx

This little holder I made for my garage door opener is 25-35 gr. of plastic, depending on infill settings. At 31 gr with ABS, it'd be about $1. With PLA and loose infill, closer to 50 cents.

Maintenance cost is minimal if you don't print exotic materials. If your printer needs ABS slurry or glue for adhesion, that adds a few cents per part.

The rabbit hole of costs (which every hobby needs, right?) is buying a zillion different cool filaments and modifying your printer. If you buy a decent machine up front and are making utilitarian parts out of one or two colors, the amortized costs are pretty low.

 

[banjopete]

Always fun with this stuff and neat to see what everyone's printing.

I needed a dust boot for my cnc router as I'm setting up my second one now and know the mess mdf can make without some dust control.

Two pieces, in case I want to tweak the base but this is v1.0. It came out pretty well but my petg was extra stringy on this one after being better on past prints. Might be time for the safe clean prints of pla once again.

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[slim01]

Recently finished some speaker pods for my Can Am, as a concept I'm pretty happy with the result so far. They handled a roll-over in the dunes really well with no damage and the speakers sound pretty good for cheap 2 way JVCs.

Below are the rears. Designed in Fusion 360, sliced with Slic3r, printed in PLA+, 0.16 layer height on an Artillery Sidewinder X1. Brass threaded inserts were used for the bolts to screw into.

 

[bdbecker]

Wow! Those turned out great Slim!

 

[Outlander]

Wow! Can-Am and 3D printing. I must have Googled that 50 times

 

[cyulst2]

Awesome thread....now my gears are turning in my head! That could be bad! lol

 

[bdbecker]

I'm in trouble fellas... Wife found Thingiverse and now I've got a laundry list of things to print for her. First thing on the list was a tool organizer for her Cricut. She also figured out that I can make all sorts of shapes and cutters to help her with her clay and concrete jewelry making. I'd better get another spool of filament on order.

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[brawls43]

If she bumps the volume of printing high enough, maybe you can justify another printer!

 

[penright]

If she bumps the volume of printing high enough, maybe you can justify another printer!

Or maybe she will want him to print something that requires them to get a bigger printer.

 

[bdbecker]

If she bumps the volume of printing high enough, maybe you can justify another printer!

If she does find it useful beyond this initial batch of items, I'll get her setup with Cura and show her how to slice and run the printer herself. She's interested but a little intimidated by Fusion360. I have no doubt she would pick it up pretty quickly if we worked through a couple of builds together.

Or maybe she will want him to print something that requires them to get a bigger printer.

I'm running a CR-10 S4. While I've never come close to using the full print volume (nearly 16" cube) it is nice not having to worry about how big an item is.

 

[Monza Harry]

If she bumps the volume of printing high enough, maybe you can justify another printer!

Or maybe she will want him to print something that requires them to get a bigger printer.

If she does find it useful beyond this initial batch of items, I'll get her setup with Cura and show her how to slice and run the printer herself. She's interested but a little intimidated by Fusion360. I have no doubt she would pick it up pretty quickly if we worked through a couple of builds together.

ARE YOU CRAZY? I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy...well maybe my worst?

I'm running a CR-10 S4. While I've never come close to using the full print volume (nearly 16" cube) it is nice not having to worry about how big an item is.

I agree with Brawls and Penright this is a win for the Shop/Garage for sure, letting parts run while you get Carte Blanche for the tools purchases. Harry

 

[bdbecker]

...ARE YOU CRAZY? I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy...well maybe my worst?...

Lol... from your statement, I can assume our wives must have different personalities.

 

[toolin' around]

I'm in trouble fellas... Wife found Thingiverse and now I've got a laundry list of things to print for her. First thing on the list was a tool organizer for her Cricut. She also figured out that I can make all sorts of shapes and cutters to help her with her clay and concrete jewelry making. I'd better get another spool of filament on order.

I’m kinda worried about the “concrete jewelry”... sounds like your wife is not someone you say “no” to!!!

 

[bdbecker]

I’m kinda worried about the “concrete jewelry”... sounds like your wife is not someone you say “no” to!!!

I do watch my words when she's wearing a necklace that could be used as makeshift jack sap.

Joking aside, I did raise an eyebrow when she asked me to pick up a bag of Quikrete. I actually got her a bucket of quick set repair mix once she told me what she wanted to do. Do a search and look at some pics, it's pretty cool what people are making.

 

[shortykorte]

That’s great that you’re expanding the use of the printer to whole house. I’ll be checking out the Cricut organizer.

Good suggestion on her learning Cura and how to print. Might look at TinkerCad. Uses basic shapes so might be easier to learn.

Shorty
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[toolin' around]

I do watch my words when she's wearing a necklace that could be used as makeshift jack sap.



Joking aside, I did raise an eyebrow when she asked me to pick up a bag of Quikrete. I actually got her a bucket of quick set repair mix once she told me what she wanted to do. Do a search and look at some pics, it's pretty cool what people are making.

I just checked out the concrete jewelry, and I had no idea!!! Pretty cool.

 

[Cryptic1911]

Just got parts delivered today to do a btt skr 1.4 turbo board, tcm2209 drivers and tft35 v3 upgrade on my ender 5 plus

 

[Firebrick43]

Completed my ice cube! It’s a railcore II with lexan sides and top enclosure. View media item 109824

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[Firebrick43]

I compare it to trying to justify buying a motorcycle to save on fuel costs. Sure, you might save some money during your commute, but the weekend joyrides are going to cancel out most of that savings. With a 3D printer, you can save on buying certain things, but you're also going to be printing off a whole bunch of other things you might not necessarly need.

The vac adapter (a few posts back in the thread) I printed for my jointer cost around $0.80 in material (adapter and the support material). It took me maybe 15 minutes to draw and slice, and just shy of 4 hours to print. I could have probably bought one for $5, but it would have taken about the same time to track it down online and a few more days to arrive. That is the main reason I like having a 3D printer - I can get my hands on something much more quickly than I could through other methods.

Yea but the 3d printer also gives you access to something that does not exist and you can’t buy. Since you used a vac adapter as an example here is an adapter for my desalt track saw that not only changes it to the right diameter but turns it 180 degrees. Dragging the hose sometime catches on things and comes unhooked. Pushing the hose I never have this issue.

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