Adventures in 3D printing

[brino]

Yep.
Feces occurs.

It is very disappointing to come back to a "spaghetti print" like that.
Hopefully it wasn't expensive filament.

Brian

 

[koenbro]

Version 3 of the video camera accessory being built. I abandoned v2 without printing.

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[koenbro]

MODS FROM V1:

1. added cable management (if there is a slot or cut that doesn't make sense, it is for cable management);
2. removed material from the walls and replaced with hexagon cells;
3. added room for a noname Bluetooth transmitter so I can monitor sound wirelessly);
4. added attachment for hotshoe to secure the Rode GO II receiver.

Now the print is in the solvent bath to remove the support material, then will anneal for about 5 hours to remove humidity. This was the rendering.

 

[koenbro]

 

[koenbro]

After 16 hours of printing, I dissolved the supports (1 hr), then annealed the print for about 6 hours.

Here it’s with heat set inserts and the cold shoe for the mic receiver (bottom Center). There was some plastic rising from the heat displacement around the insets, so I ground it down for a flush mount. The carbon fiber-nylon is too hard to just cut down with a knife.

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[koenbro]

And here it is, assembled including the dead cat. The unit is self contained with the mic receiver, battery, BT transmitter. Can be used as a standalone for interviews, or attached at the bottom of the camera. Can sit on a desk or attaches to a Manfrotto style tripod with a built in tripod adapter. Ony one wire is needed to connect to the camera, to feed sound into the camera (useful for synch-ing the sound in post, although the ****ty sound off the camera mics can alse be used to synch, and then discard). The white wire is the USB-C charger (the two Rode mics and the receiver also use USB-C, so I only need one cable to charge them all, which I would have on me anyways for the laptop). I can monitor the charge status on the bottom through a slit. Needless to say, I am tickled pink by how it came out.

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[koenbro]

Made some clamps to hold thin stock on the LMS fixturing plate.

The other day I had to cut some 1/8 inch aluminium plate and instead of doing it on the CNC router which has an MDF sacrificial top (but is now configured as a plasma cutter with the water tray), I wanted to do it on the mill. I very quickly discovered that the clamps are optimised for thicker stock. So I took @clough42 ‘s design and shortened it to 2", adapting the height and screw hole (to 1/4") as well. This test version is from ABS (with SR-30 support) but will reprint from nylon-carbon fiber.

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[sdavilla]

I'm addicted to Jame's Clough42 channel. He's very good. I just bought the QIDI i-fast 3D printer based on his review/comments. Been waiting for him get a new 3D Printer.

A simple electronics tray in PLA for a Mesa 7i92M/7i76 combination for a 5-axis controller using LinuxCNC.

 

[koenbro]

I'm addicted to Jame's Clough42 channel. He's very good. I just bought the QIDI i-fast 3D printer based on his review/comments. Been waiting for him get a new 3D Printer. [...]

Yeah I follow James, too, and like his projects: they are neat, well thought out, nicely presented, and I enjoy his style.

How do you like your printer? I checked the website and was impressed by the large print size.

What kind of materials can you print? Will it do engineering materials? I am very new to 3D printing, having completed only a few projects and am very eager to connect with other 3D print-makers.

 

[sdavilla]

What kind of materials can you print? Will it do engineering materials? I am very new to 3D printing, having completed only a few projects and am very eager to connect with other 3D print-makers.

Right now, just diddling around with inexpensive PLA+ but I'll be moving to ABS, CF/PETG and CF/Nylon. so yes on engineering materials.

EDIT:
Love the printer The only bad prints so far were when I was trying to push 150mm/s. PLA. Still thinking on which filament to try next.