Stuff your 3D printer has made today...

[Turbo]

I'm going to have to block this thread before I get fully convinced I need a 3d printer!

 

[badabec]

The merest thought of buying one should be enough.
I forsee a Creality or Bambu very soon.

 

[Bki26]

I'm going to have to block this thread before I get fully convinced I need a 3d printer!

If you're not doing big things just get the bambu a1 mini, it's stupidly cheap, fast, small and basically plug and play perfectly for quickly printing little things for in the workshop. Certainly quicker than physically making a part from wood/metal if you need a specific size for a spacer.

 

[badabec]

My son had two Creality printers. Then he bought a Bambu. The difference was night and day. As @Bki26 said, plug and play.
He did find some of the parts more delicate on the Bambu but he tends to be heavy handed.
I'm sticking with my Creality. I haven't modified at all.

 

[Bladevane]

I'm with Bki26 on this. I bought my Bambu A1 Mini for prototyping and now it does that (becasue of the speed) and final prints alongside the Prusa MK3.9. I love both, but need and want is a double edged conundrum. So for thw time being i am sticking with keeping both.

 

[badabec]

Being a cheapskate, I use RS DesignSpark to design stuff. It's free.
Any other free programs out there that are OK?

 

[Bki26]

Being a cheapskate, I use RS DesignSpark to design stuff. It's free.
Any other free programs out there that are OK?

Fusion 360 is free for personal use, openSCAD is very popular for those parametric models you can download and change to what size you need and then there's onshape and freeCAD

 

[Turbo]

Stop it you lot! I don't need a 3d printer.

How I found this forum was when looking for info on plasma cutters. Thought about buying a cut 40 or 50 for many years before buying a parkside one.

So if I follow a similar pattern with a 3d printer I'll be able to buy one in a supermarket in 10 years time!

 

[Dev]

Aldi have done them instore, I expect Lidl will at some point a lot sooner than that.

 

[badabec]

Need and want are completely different.

 

[ajlelectronics]

Need and want are completely different.

Once "want" is satiated, need becomes obvious. Our friend @JOEPRO being a case in point.

 

[JOEPRO]

My own replacement side bumpers in TPU. Used a whoping 0.56grams of filament for the pair

 

[Dozzer]

Got a new tablet to run skydemon on (Flying software) but as its a cheap Chinese make xomini Redmi Pad there are no of the shelf holders other than the Ram generic mounts, but they don't hold it very securely, so a few bits of trial and error (First one was a bit tight)
It clears all the power buttons, speakers and charging port, the only thing that was half obscured was the 3.5mm phono jack.