Anyone know much about 3d printers?

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Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?

Post by 5chn3ll » Wed Apr 14, 2021 8:02 pm

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Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?

Post by gnat » Thu May 20, 2021 11:12 am

Latest toy* for the oldest (he makes odd color choices, but it kinda works):
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It's from https://foamknight.com/ and only has a handful of non-printed parts. Nice things about this one over others that it is based on:

- It has a non-embarrassing design to it.
- It's much easier to assemble.
- It supports all 3 major types of NERF ammunition and makes it easy to switch between them without having to take the whole gun apart.
- Similarly changing out the main spring is a simple affair which makes it a much easier task of finding the right spring for your needs. It's actually simple enough (loose the blue knob on the end, pull out the stock, and then remove the twist lock spring door) that you could do it in the field to adjust for needs on the fly.

* I say "toy", but this is actually meant for adults in competitive games. The stock spring that comes with the kit is supposed to fire around 220fps. The weakest off the shelf spring I could find (without starting my own experimentation) is still in the 100fps array.

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Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?

Post by 32wildbilly » Thu May 20, 2021 11:56 am

Don't let him go outside with that!!
gnat wrote: Thu May 20, 2021 11:12 am Latest toy* for the oldest (he makes odd color choices, but it kinda works):
IMG_20210519_182655.jpg

It's from https://foamknight.com/ and only has a handful of non-printed parts. Nice things about this one over others that it is based on:

- It has a non-embarrassing design to it.
- It's much easier to assemble.
- It supports all 3 major types of NERF ammunition and makes it easy to switch between them without having to take the whole gun apart.
- Similarly changing out the main spring is a simple affair which makes it a much easier task of finding the right spring for your needs. It's actually simple enough (loose the blue knob on the end, pull out the stock, and then remove the twist lock spring door) that you could do it in the field to adjust for needs on the fly.

* I say "toy", but this is actually meant for adults in competitive games. The stock spring that comes with the kit is supposed to fire around 220fps. The weakest off the shelf spring I could find (without starting my own experimentation) is still in the 100fps array.
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Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?

Post by gnat » Thu Jun 03, 2021 2:41 pm

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Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?

Post by gnat » Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:36 am

gnat wrote: Mon Aug 20, 2018 9:20 am I can't say I have any specific models in mind, but I wouldn't be upset to produce something like this to compliment my Lego version :twisted:
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So from plotting some 3 years ago, I finally did what I bought the printer for in the first place. Though being me, I couldn't just be satisfied with printing Voltron. I had to go and print him at 200% scale.

After 2 months of near non-stop printing and 8kg of filament (that's ~$160 in materials), I bring you a Legendary set of boxes full of parts!
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Some dry fitting for scale:
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Now I have an inordinate amount of sanding, putty, more sanding, more putty, more sanding, and painting to do....

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Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?

Post by 32wildbilly » Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:43 am

Just looking at the boxes of parts gives me a headache, but THAT is going to look pretty cool!
gnat wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:36 am
    After 2 months of near non-stop printing and 8kg of filament (that's ~$160 in materials), I bring you a Legendary set of boxes full of parts!
    image.png

    Now I have an inordinate amount of sanding, putty, more sanding, more putty, more sanding, and painting to do....
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    I hope you incorporated an IMS bearing somewhere in the design of that thing.


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    Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?

    Post by gnat » Fri Dec 10, 2021 2:52 pm

    Hey Schelly, I haven't turned the printer on in like 3 months, the PLA spool never got removed and stored, and this is my first layer after turning it on and wiping the plate with 99% alcohol :P
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    I may object to some of their business practices and what they think of themselves in certain markets, but they do know how to build a damn reliable printer!

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    Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?

    Post by 32wildbilly » Fri Dec 10, 2021 5:31 pm

    Please explain? Is it that it printed the old stale stuff or that it printed at all or that the printed material looks surprisingly even and clean?
    gnat wrote: Fri Dec 10, 2021 2:52 pm Hey Schelly, I haven't turned the printer on in like 3 months, the PLA spool never got removed and stored, and this is my first layer after turning it on and wiping the plate with 99% alcohol :P
    img_20211210_174317.jpg

    I may object to some of their business practices and what they think of themselves in certain markets, but they do know how to build a damn reliable printer!
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    Re: Anyone know much about 3d printers?

    Post by gnat » Fri Dec 10, 2021 5:44 pm

    32wildbilly wrote: Fri Dec 10, 2021 5:31 pm Please explain? Is it that it printed the old stale stuff or that it printed at all or that the printed material looks surprisingly even and clean?
    gnat wrote: Fri Dec 10, 2021 2:52 pm Hey Schelly, I haven't turned the printer on in like 3 months, the PLA spool never got removed and stored, and this is my first layer after turning it on and wiping the plate with 99% alcohol :P
    img_20211210_174317.jpg

    I may object to some of their business practices and what they think of themselves in certain markets, but they do know how to build a damn reliable printer!
    All of the above.

    While it's far from the worst (nylon), PLA is hygroscopic and things tend to print like shit with wet filament.

    It also shows how stable the printer is that all I had to do to it was clean the plate and it laid down a flawless first layer even though it's sat idle for a few months.

    There is no simple-as-an-inkjet 3D printer, but a well tuned Prusa MK3 ain't far off.

    My dig on Schnelly is that his printer would likely not be as friendly in a similar situation.

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