What did you 3D print today?

Nice. I’ve been thinking about printing a panel to cover the lightbar cutout in my front bumper. It would need to printed in 3 pieces and I don’t know if it would look better covered or not.

 

I haven't printed anything for a bit so I queued this up. It's pretty cool, reminds me of a toy I was given as a teenager. And I just remembered its name - a High Hopping Hoomdorm.

 

not sure why there is a small rift in the pot, i printed 2 separately and they both had identical cracks. I'll just turn the cracks to face the wall but still odd.

 

Convinced work we needed to upgrade from the ender…

And of course we had to start it off right with some cursed benchys

 

Is that where your layers start and stop printing? I think theres a setting to stagger that so you don't end up with a seam in most slicers?

 

That’s the Z seam and it looks like the slicer is set to have it aligned or in the back. On a round object like that though I would recommend using a slicer like Orcaslicer that supports scarf seams.

https://youtu.be/TMmIN4UQzFc?si=UAveFBfsx094pr3c

 

Balloon animal light box. A gift for my mom

 

oddly enough, the seam was on the inside of the pot and about an inch away.

 

Had alot of marble filament left over so went to town on printing busts!

 

Im looking for a new large FDM printer. I'm interested in printing my own Mandalorian armor, possibly helmet, and have quite a few detailed files on Star Wars ships Id like to blow up, as well as some 1:1 scale droid files.

Can anyone recommend a large FDM printer (preferably larger than 400mm) that is capable of high end smooth prints?

Id like to keep things under 3k and I've already considered things like the Neptune 4 Max and the Anycubic Kobra 2 Max, Im just not sure on the quality of those type of machines. I've got two resin printers that I've used a lot already, and have printed some cool things, but Im ready to move onto a large FDM printer to do larger things.

TIA

 

Printing for the Taco: turn signal clock switch & cruise control plate adapter for my quick disconnect hub.

 

I got over my hatred for silk PLA and printed a name plate holder for the new office. And on deck now - more drawer organizers.






Oh, and I received some weird metal shit in the mail @Kwikvette

 

And that's exactly why I send shit raw; people come up with badass paint jobs

Just got done putting some heat to this thing



First time trying it so it gave me a good idea of the affected areas and how quickly it turns color

 

Orange for the win

 

The Ratrig V-Core series goes up to 500mm and is sold as a configurable kit. The only issue currently is that they are transitioning from the V-Core 3.1 to the newly announced V-Core 4 and everything is sold out so the secondary market is your best bet unless you want to wait a few months. If you join the Ratrig Discord, there is someone selling his assembled/tuned V-Core 3.1 500mm, but he is located in Texas so you would need to do a bit of driving.

 

My first attempt was purposefully FUBAR'd chrome, but I'm much happier with my red/black splattershit.

 

My windmill design. Prolly put this on Printables later this evening.
This is the prototype, the only change I made was a fan with a different pitch angle and narrower blades.
Uses two roller blade bearings and fully snaps/pressed together.

Edit, published.
https://www.printables.com/model/886785-4-blade-windmill

 

Tacoma light box

 

Made this today - TRD Off Road light box

 

Anyone good with editing STLs? I want this but with a tall switch on the top row and not a small one.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6591310