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Post by tsr999 on Oct 11, 2021 11:05:07 GMT
My new 3d printer has just been shipped. Got one of these. Reviewed really well and (relatively) cheap. I'm quite excited. Anyone got a printer? What should I print first ( After this NSFW)? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2021 11:11:28 GMT
Ah great... now I'm looking up how to 3D Print Sex Toys on my work machine... I guess I've always been meaning to get another job.
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Post by tsr999 on Oct 11, 2021 11:16:11 GMT
Oh Soz. I've added a tag there.
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Post by elstoof on Oct 11, 2021 11:19:34 GMT
How long until the toxic chemicals gas off from your anal sex toys
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Post by mrpon on Oct 11, 2021 11:27:29 GMT
Jeez, seems extravagant. What's wrong with the broom handle?
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Post by zagibu on Oct 11, 2021 11:59:02 GMT
I have a prusa mk3, and I'm not printing anything at the moment, because the nozzle is clogged. Should have built an enclosure as first thing, to keep dust away from the machine.
It looks like this at the moment:
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Post by jellyhead on Oct 11, 2021 12:20:36 GMT
I've got a Creality Ender 3 that's a couple of years old now but i haven't used it for ages.
I have tons of ideas for brackets and stands and clips i want to make but i have zero CAD ability to design them and i kinda got bored and gave up last year. Maybe it's time to give it another go?
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Post by mrpon on Oct 11, 2021 12:33:05 GMT
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Post by zagibu on Oct 11, 2021 15:20:47 GMT
I've got a Creality Ender 3 that's a couple of years old now but i haven't used it for ages. I have tons of ideas for brackets and stands and clips i want to make but i have zero CAD ability to design them and i kinda got bored and gave up last year. Maybe it's time to give it another go? My favourite free CAD programs are OpenSCAD and Solvespace. The former is more of a linalg programming language with included renderer that can export to STL, and the latter is a classic constraints based CAD tool. I mostly use the latter for stuff that is hard to do in the former. |
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Post by tsr999 on Oct 18, 2021 8:10:55 GMT
Genuinely amazing. also, obligatory:  |
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Post by dam on Oct 18, 2021 9:07:07 GMT
I have absolutely no use for one, but like most middle age nerds, really think I should have one.
My nephew has made a really good Storm Trooper helmet. He was thinking of a business doing custom-made/sized cosplay bits.
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Post by GigaChad Sigma. on Oct 18, 2021 9:09:57 GMT
Needs speech recognition.
Print cock!
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Post by Tonka (π,πͺ€) on Oct 18, 2021 9:27:16 GMT
WE have a Prusa Mk3 in the office and I'm using it a lot. I make inserts and stuff for my boardgames. I realy enjoy the process of encountering a problem, then think up a solution, design the 3D model (I'm using TinkerCAD which is very basic but meets my needs) and then print it.
Only to find that there was something I could have done better. So I modify, print test, improve. Until I tire of printing because it takes forever. So then I move on to the next little gadget I need.
Really looking forward to the day it's a matter of minutes rather than hours.
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Post by mrpon on Oct 18, 2021 9:29:17 GMT
Could resolve the Monopoly arguments tsr!!
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Post by Cappy on Oct 18, 2021 9:50:42 GMT
I've always wanted one. In fantasy land it's the solution to replacing various missing & broken small parts on various things but it's not quite there yet in terms of of ease of use. I'm holding on for Star Trek TNG replicator technology I guess.
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Post by nazo on Oct 18, 2021 9:58:53 GMT
Can it print me a sandwich?
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Post by Tonka (π,πͺ€) on Oct 18, 2021 10:04:41 GMT
There are food printers, but I think it's mostly for chocolate or caramel etc.
To make fancy looking desserts
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Post by Zyrr on Oct 18, 2021 10:40:57 GMT
I've got a Prusa MK3S and an Anycubic Photon (resin printer). They're both out of use at the moment as I've packed a significant amount of my stuff away in preparation for an upcoming house move, but I use them both regularly.
I mainly use them to supplement my hobbies, but 3D printing is pretty much a hobby in itself!
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Post by Tonka (π,πͺ€) on Oct 18, 2021 11:16:17 GMT
So... dildos?
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Post by Zyrr on Oct 18, 2021 11:46:21 GMT
Old computers, board games/tabletop wargames and astronomy. You'd be amazed how useful 3D printing is for all of the above. Though I did print a Giger-inspired sculpture for a friend once that could very well have passed for (a very painful looking) dildo  |
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Post by tsr999 on Oct 18, 2021 11:59:16 GMT
I let my boy loose on thingverse, so i'll be printing dinosaurs, toy soldiers and pokemon models for a while now  That said their shipped examples all work really well, but I'm having some trouble with the stuff I slice by hand *shrug* we'll get there. I have no real need for it, but had some surprise cash and figured I'd get something I wanted that I couldn't justify out of normal cash flow. It's really neat. |
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Post by Tonka (π,πͺ€) on Oct 18, 2021 12:09:02 GMT
Once you have a 3D printer you'll find more and more insurances where it's useful.
Me and my wife bought a nice ceramic plate in Portugal many years ago. The stand broke a month ago so I found one on thingiverse and printed it.
My mates bathroom mirror had a light fixture with a plastic ring that cracked, he measured it and printed a replacement.
In a boardgame I have I need to put 60 wooden cubes in near rows with my shaky hands. I printed a grid that makes it super easy.
Small things like that, and they add up.
A few of my colleagues have printed laptop stands. One is even adjustable.
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Post by dominalien on Oct 18, 2021 14:26:00 GMT
Designing the thing is 2/3 of the fun for me. I have printed tons, mostly custom computer parts for various machines. I'm not very artistic, so it's all general engineering stuff for me. I use Blender, a travesty considering what it's capable of and possibly not the most suited tool for the job, but I know it well enough to be moderately effective.
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Post by zagibu on Oct 18, 2021 17:14:47 GMT
Blender is fine for single pieces that don't have to be reused in other stuff. Otherwise a constraints based CAD program is way better, because you don't have to realign everything manually, if you scaled some dimensions.
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Post by tsr999 on Oct 26, 2021 9:38:09 GMT
So i've been gently learning some modelling, picked up a book and went at it.    this is from one of the exercises in the book  and rendered. It's amazing to go from nothing to a thing just by fiddling about with circles and boxes. |
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Post by Tonka (π,πͺ€) on Nov 21, 2021 14:26:00 GMT
Spent the last few days really trying to get my head around Fusion 360. It's so different from any other software I've used that the biggest hurdle so far has been to stop assuming I can wing it.
But its been really rewarding. I'm getting in to using parameters and patterns so I can build very flexible things. Can't wait till I get back to the printer at work so that I can print off a live version of my dull looking cube placer for Age of Steam the boardgame
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Post by Fake_Blood on Dec 10, 2021 22:14:24 GMT
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