What did you 3D print today?

They’re pretty easy, not a whole lot of tweaking needed, I use lithophanemaker(dot)com, I’ve only made the nightlight versions so far but I think I’m going to try making one of the boxes.
The nightlights are relatively inexpensive on Amazon.

 

Yup, yet another thing I didn't know I needed to explore!

 

This happened to me when I replaced the brass head with a (Chinesium) stainless head. The replacement head was a about 1.5mm shorter. Took me a while to figure it out too. Countless z-cal cycles and nearly an hour of wasted time.

 

Yeah I need to look and see if I can lower the whole thing without lowering the probe (or raise the probe). My brief google search says I should be able to, I just haven't had the chance with the holidays and all.

 

Finished up another coat rack and ended up making my own paint/stain cones. During the painting of the 1x2 they kept slipping off the single point cones you get from the store usually so I went and made my own multi-point cones to hold even the most narrow pieces of wood stable while drying.



Final product:

 

I used an open bay in the warehouse after work on Friday to get under the truck and try to get my radio power and antenna wires through the hole I had identified in the floor. While doing so, I discovered that the antenna wire was a little short for the hole that I planned to use in the back seat footwell, and also that there was a potentially BETTER hole under the drivers seat. Naturally, that hole is smaller than the first hole. So I redesigned my part and printed another grommet. After a lot of dithering, I decided rather than cutting off the factory connector to pass the wire through, it would be easier to cut the grommet.

As with most of my designs, everything fits tighter than is really necessary, so wedging the dang grommet in with the wires in place took some time.

Some work with (several) flat head screwdrivers finally got it in place and I'm happy with the results.

 

had an ender 3 for a long time but lost intrest since... well i dont have time to mess with that thing.
finally grabbed a bambu today and printed off a speaker adapter for my mr2. test piece in PLA. do the final version (thats a little thicker so the speaker fits) tomorrow.
from the store buying the bambu x1c to a completed print was 2 hours.. crazy to me

 

The Bambu line really is awesome that way.

 

Noted for future reference.

Taco magsafe adapter stl https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/anyone-custom-3d-print.782192/page-13#post-28137695

 

printed both my speaker adapters. some plugs for the throttle cable i dont have on my mr2 anymore. and a test piece side pod. printer is amazing. no failed prints yet.
All abs on the finished products.

 

Here on Geonosis, the droid factory is in high gear now and almost all parts have been printed with the exception of the hip to thigh connectors (printing RN), upper arms and elbows.

Straight off of the printer plate(s) and once I had the 3 aluminum 3/4" poles used for support, I couldn't help but take a peek, even with things held together only by gravity...

Legs complete minus the 2 hip to leg parts:




Hip parts fresh off the plate:




Hip, lower and upper belly parts stacked on top to get a look:



After the hip/thigh parts are printed, it will be just the one single plate to print before I have parts for a completed B1 Droid.

Just like all B1s, he should be about 6'2" (with antennas) when done.

 

How many KG are you going to have into it when it's all printed?

 

I used 10% - 15% infill w/4 walls on normal parts, 20% w/5 walls on small and structural parts, and 8% infill w/5 walls on super large parts to keep the weight down as much as I can.

The single biggest pieces like the chest and backpack probably took a bit under 3lbs of filament, so I'd estimate somewhere between 20 - 30 lbs 9/13 kg of resin when things are all said and done. I could be way off though, but what I do known is he is well enough designed that he balances quite well, so by the time the electronics get out in he should be pretty stable without any outside supports.

 

Thigh to hip connectors are on, and I have cut down the two aluminum leg support tubes as well, so I could get an accurate idea of how well my measurements were. Turns out, pretty decent actually:





The very last plate to be printed with actual Droid parts, this last plate containing upper arms and elbows:




I still have the B1s rifle to print out still, but as of this morning, all parts needed to make the B1 are fully printed.

I still however have to purchase the furniture hardware to assemble the droid, as well as all of the electronics to make him talk.

A daunting amount of work left, but I'm looking forward to it!

 

Just placed my order for a bambu labs P1S with the AMS. Couldn't resist their holiday sale and it ended tonight. Replacing my ender 3 clone, a monoprice branded Wanhao I3. Tired of all the tinkering to get it to work and ready to just have something more modern and reliable

 

You’re going to hate it. It’s so boring to just hit print and not have to tinker. Oh, and it’s expensive too! I hope your budget can handle the expense of all the extra filament you’ll be buying!

 

The best part is there are still people that think like this lol. I hate having reliable printers I can print things on for projects I'm working on instead of spending a few hours fixing a unlevel bed or a feeder that all the sudden started making a weird noise.

 

I basically gave up trying to level my bed. I'm pretty sure it's warped, or the frame is twisted.. or something.. I got to the point where I said screw it, wide brim, painters tape and glue stick and sent it. And I knew not to print too close to the edges or else it'd lift. Basic shapes could get a first level down pretty easily, but if it had sharp turns or switchbacks in it it'd usually lift the first few tries.

 

I have a glass bed and I'm pretty sure it's warped somehow haha

 

If only there weren't a bunch of other printers that are as 'print and play'. Basically most modern things with autolevel. Mine's just my CR-6, could use a corexy or something faster but the nozzle strain guage autolevel makes it super reliable when printing.

I do get jealous of y'all with the AMS though.