I've Gone and Done Something Mental

[indy4x]

And for those of you that want the cable clips, this is the Thingiverse link

Twist In Cable Clamp [2020 Aluminium Profile] by Z123456789

Remix of Thing 2576237 to use as twist in. Thickness is 6mm of all parts, see .pdf for overall dimensions. .iges files uploaded for easy modification of the parts.

www.thingiverse.com

 

[Parm]

20 pages in and I’m on my way to becoming a 3D printerist

read the instructions (look away @Kayos ), got the bed level, then checked it, now half Way through printing my first useless item, a dog that was on the memory card

for an IT spanner like me it’s surprisingly easy to set up and use

quite fast and smooth too

 

[Parm]

next up will be a tic tac gun, Thingiverse is such a dangerous place

 

[PhillipM]

Have to admit, I had a spate of printing penis shaped valve caps to fit to my friends cars when they weren't looking when I first started. Thingiverse is very dangerous.

 

[Parm]

Tell me folks, currently using PLA Plus, blue colour

Ive just see some ABS on Amazon, it’s £9 for a kg and comes in a variety of colours.

will this be good for me? I’m only interested in having a variety of colours, strength etc aren’t important

 

[Pete.]

ABS is printed at higher temps and is a little more tricky to get right. You will probably need to make an enclosure around the printer to get consistant results.

If all you want is different colours, buy more PLA in the colours you like.

 

[Parm]

ABS is printed at higher temps and is a little more tricky to get right. You will probably need to make an enclosure around the printer to get consistant results.

If all you want is different colours, buy more PLA in the colours you like.

Just the sort of advice I was looking for, it only perked my attention as it was half the price

back to PLA

 

[Barking Mat]

Tell me folks, currently using PLA Plus, blue colour

Ive just see some ABS on Amazon, it’s £9 for a kg and comes in a variety of colours.

will this be good for me? I’m only interested in having a variety of colours, strength etc aren’t important

Pink for 'toys', yellow for structural integrity.

Don't listen to me.

 

[growntree]

Tell me folks, currently using PLA Plus, blue colour

Ive just see some ABS on Amazon, it’s £9 for a kg and comes in a variety of colours.

will this be good for me? I’m only interested in having a variety of colours, strength etc aren’t important

PLA is much easier to print with. Abs will need an enclosure (search thingiverse for ikea lack ender 3) to keep the temperature constant otherwise the print will warp and split after about a dozen layers as it gets further away from the heated bed. Abs will be better for printed for outdoors or in the car as on a hot day in the car, pla is liable to melt somewhat. Petg is another type of filament which was popular during the covid mask making craze due to being easy to print and flexible, but I've never used that up until now.

 

[Parm]

Looks like PLA Then for my general purpose messing around needs

i have now find something that will be very useful, a decent knife sharpening jig

 

[MattF]

@MattF \zip file attached with strain relief stl files

Thankyou.

 

[Kayos]

20 pages in and I’m on my way to becoming a 3D printerist

read the instructions (look away @Kayos ), got the bed level, then checked it, now half Way through printing my first useless item, a dog that was on the memory card

for an IT spanner like me it’s surprisingly easy to set up and use

quite fast and smooth too

You have let me down and you have let yourself down

 

[Barking Mat]

You have let me down and you have let yourself down

Reading the instructions ?

As a 'professional' are you not exempt from this ?

 

[Kayos]

Reading the instructions ?

As a 'professional' are you not exempt from this ?

Men do not read instructions, or as I like to call them, the manufacturers opinion

 

[AndersK]

Read instructions ?
FFS I write instructions is my usual answer

If you need a more durable material go for PETG. Easier to print and less toxic fumes than ABS. Enclosure still advised though.

 

[MattF]

On the Ender printers, is there any way to tell which mainboard is installed other than whipping off the baseplate & looking?

 

[Bullet2012]

“What’s wrong with knowing what you know now and not knowing what you don’t know until later?”
—Winnie the Pooh

 

[Parm]

Reading the instructions ?

As a 'professional' are you not exempt from this ?

The million dollar question is

what am I professional in?

 

[badabec]

Have to admit, I had a spate of printing penis shaped valve caps to fit to my friends cars when they weren't looking when I first started. Thingiverse is very dangerous.

I couldn't find them, got a link?

 

[PhillipM]

Do you take me for someone that would have bookmarked something so childish?!

Of course, it's here:

D-cap by livingplasma

Dick shaped valve cap for schrader valves.

www.thingiverse.com