3D Printing

b/Hardware publicado por u/alexgt December 17, 2015, 09:47:32 PM

3D Printing

Recently, I made a holster for my airsoft pistol, I have pictures but haven't had time to upload them to youtube.
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- SDramps module
- 8x8x9.5 inch print bed
- Heated print bed
- 0.4 mm extruder tip
- I use PLA mostly

Cons:
- Does not do bridges well but I am quite sure it is the way I have it set up

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[spoiler=Airsoft pistol holster]

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[spoiler=Airsoft Pistol Holster Finished]

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[spoiler=Chain Mail]

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Last Edit: December 20, 2015, 08:18:58 PM by alexgt

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u/princetonlion.tibd December 17, 2015, 11:16:22 PM

The only 3D printing I've done was for school. A few name tags and a phone holder.

Could you upload the pictures?

u/Yuki December 17, 2015, 11:22:20 PM

Some teachers at my former school built a 3D printer, last time I heard of them one of them printed a bust of himself.

u/ordelore December 17, 2015, 11:41:19 PM

Our school's is supposed to be making a 3D printer for the makerspace, but the directions usually 404

u/alexgt December 18, 2015, 12:19:07 AM

Quote from: princetonlion.tibd on December 17, 2015, 11:16:22 PM
The only 3D printing I've done was for school. A few name tags and a phone holder.

Could you upload the pictures?

Yep, just doing that now

Quote from: Juju on December 17, 2015, 11:22:20 PM
Some teachers at my former school built a 3D printer, last time I heard of them one of them printed a bust of himself.

That is pretty cool, do you know how he scanned his head?

Quote from: ordelore on December 17, 2015, 11:41:19 PM
Our school's is supposed to be making a 3D printer for the makerspace, but the directions usually 404

Nowadays teachers and incorrect use of modernism

u/ben_g December 18, 2015, 01:08:38 PM

Is it hard to use a 3D printer? I'll need to be able to use one when I start with my internship in March, but I have never used one yet. I do have experience with AutoCAD though.

u/alexgt December 18, 2015, 01:16:56 PM

You just plug the .stl file into a g-code slicer and plug the g-code into the printer and hit print, after a while and using different setups you will find a way that works the best

The hardest part is calibrating it (I use PLA because it seems to work better with my printer)

u/Dream of Omnimaga December 19, 2015, 09:41:02 AM

Is it me or the airsoft pistol holster look thin? It seems pretty cool, though. I wish I had access to a 3D printer for cheap to do some stuff.

u/alexgt December 19, 2015, 05:13:23 PM

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on December 19, 2015, 09:41:02 AM
Is it me or the airsoft pistol holster look thin? It seems pretty cool, though. I wish I had access to a 3D printer for cheap to do some stuff.

Those pics were taken at the early stages of printing and allot of pics corrupted and didn't get taken because chromebooks suck and I use a new time lapse program

I have time now so I will take a few on the finished thing

u/ben_g December 20, 2015, 12:52:13 AM

I came across this video earlier today, and it seemed relevant enough to post it here:

I have no idea how accurate and usable it is, but it does seem like a cool project, especially since most of it's part is basically junk that you can get very easily.
I'm tempted to try it out, but I don't know if I'd use it enough for it to be actually useful to me...

EDIT: changed incorrect video link

Last Edit: December 20, 2015, 12:57:34 AM by ben_g

u/alexgt December 20, 2015, 04:19:23 AM

That actually looks really cool, I noticed that it was extruding layers like 1.5mm thick and a good printer is usually at like 0.1 but for a makeshift $65 printer that is really cool, I even have an arduino

If you try it out definitely post it I would like to see how it looks