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[–] b1g_bake 15 points 8 months ago

A few more parts for a Voron Trident build

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

A headphone hook for my desk… which I should probably take off the list cuz I just bought one.

Ender 3 is more of a project and less of a tool. Hoping to get a Prusa, everyone always remarks on its amazing reliability.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You say that, but after my last set of tuning my E3 Pro is a real workhorse! Give it another 4 years like I did. May also help to threaten it with replacement if it fs up ONE MORE TIME...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

When I was fixing up a CR10s to give away (it was a rescue from another friend that fucked it up and then gave up.)... I would show it the old Univac manuals with instructions on where to hit the chasis, and tell it I was in conversation with Creality about the proper usage of hammers.

Seemed to work...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Huh, my Ender 5 cranks out part after part with almost no fuss and has for years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think I just about dialed in a profile, but I’ve yet to get to a place where I can just hit print and get a thing. Tinkering with it was fun for a minute, but i want a system that just works. And if that means buying a prusa printer, with prusa slicer, and prusament I’d be more than happy to go that route. I want to focus on what to print, not how. At least not now, I could definitely see me getting into it more, and then wanting to eventually do more complicated stuff requiring customizations of hardware and software, and materials, but it’s hard to get in the mood to go deep when struggling to do the basics.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I use PrusaSlicer and their Ender profiles with no tinkering and get consistently great prints.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I got the 5 a few years back. Great printer but I didn't like the bounce in the platform so I printed stabilizers. Didn't like the placement of the extruder moved it up top. Added the HeroMe. Still didn't like the bounce of the plate so added a second z-axis. Added direct drive extruder. Linear rails. SKR mini. AC bed heater. Klipper. Mosquito Magnum. Prolly some other stuff. About the only original parts are the frame. I used it to learn how to print. And I printed some great stuff along the way. But it's good now. I pretty much just print. But I really like that Bondtech LGX. Might have to try that out. :-D

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

The Printer of Theseus.

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[–] sneakyninjapants 9 points 8 months ago

I have a few mechanical keyboard projects that I need to print cases for and a chassis for a compact NAS build that I'm almost done tweaking and need to print eventually. Just functional stuff really

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Just about everything i wanted to print, still.

I've reached the point where i should just surrender my ender 5 plus and all the mods, just buy a bambu lab or something that actually works well from the factory.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Ew no. I'm still on my ender 3 pro version 1 from 2019. It's upgraded to the teeth and works great.

There's no way I'd throw away all that work for a locked down corporate spy machine that uses lots of proprietary, nonstandard parts.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

there's always those upgrades to the printer.

R/C parts- a back burner project is a cyclogryo. (The hope is to eventually build a hoverbike vaguely similar to the malloy hoverbike.) and there's a few other things I need to print to get some models back to flying.

I've also got a chess set I'm working on- inspired by a set of files that are inspired by a metal set made by [Charles 'O Perry]9http://www.charlesperry.com/puzzles/chess-set). But that's a backburner design, in part because they're still enjoying the Lewis chess set I printed (in iron and bronze metal fill PLA,)

then, I've got a lot of requests for pendulum clocks from people I know. but those are a fair amount of assembly work as well as printing time. so they tend to be only for people I actually like.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Boats. Lots and lots of tiny boats.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

A lot of organization - tool organization for the garage, drawer organization for the kitchen and bathroom, wall mounts for things all over the house, some display shelves for lightweight things, crafting supply organization for my partner and also charging docks and headphone clips for VR headstrap.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

2 new dresser legs, a handle for a dryer.

Pretty much replacement parts for things around the house as much as possible.

I am even in the process of printing replacement parts for the 3d printer as well as backups in the event something breaks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Have you tried the PLA flavored ones??

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Tbh things I design. It’s so much more fun!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

yup, being a lifelong 3d modeler, being able to print my designs is exceptionally satisfying.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I had printed some accessories for my Quest 2 before, mostly for the controllers. I'd like to print them again, but 90% of them connected onto the rings that the Quest 3 controllers don't have so they need to be re-engineered and I just can't be arsed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Replacement mouthpiece for a vintage flute that had a plastic one.

Flute pad hole punch aimer thingy so I can make cheap China pads into open-hole ones for not-so-great flutes without having to buy a bunch of open-hole ones (version 1 was already made and proved the idea, now it's just to iterate).

E facilitator prototypes before I CNC them (still learning CNC and I don't like it).

Flute airstream aimer clip-on thingy for older people who have lost their embochure due to dental operations and such. (after I get the hang of the replacement mouthpiece; this is probably the most difficult one, due to precise mouthpiece shape needed)

Model for manually engraving the right size & shape replacement piece out of bone, for a badly cracked teapot.

Spherebot.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

holder for tickets for my local public transport, that I can attach to my bag

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Parts for a Wimshurst Electrostatic Generator! You'd think it'd just be for fun or something, but we actually need one for supplying the charge on a electrospinning machine lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

so, sooo much.

I currently print some stands for some Lego spaceships. I also have over a TB of models from various Patreons that I support accumulated over the months. I also always find new ones I want to print, but rarely find the time to ACTUALLY print something, anything...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Ten-foot Super VF-1S

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I just "finished" a herome parts cooler upgrade on the E3 pro. And holy shit has it made a difference.

I'm in the process of printing random gardening stuff while I put off setting my Saturn back up. I am like a year behind on printing Loot Studios stuff. I wanna paint some minis so bad.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Saw someone make some pretty rehousing casings so you can use vintage lenses with cinema-style housings benefits, that was pretty cool.

[–] TerraRoot 3 points 8 months ago

A little model engine, early sidevalve type, guy has quite a few variations, but the second gen single now has proper cam timing. which I am unreasonably excited by.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Currently, I'm thinking about ways to make motion for a robotic cat toy that does not make (much) noise. I've used servos in the past but they are far too noisy.

I usually only print my own designs. So, I need to design

  • some better buttons for an enclosure that combines my soldering iron with my hot air station
  • a better tripod for my telescope
  • a dust collection system for a table saw
  • some mounts with a fan to dry wet shoes, gloves, and a helmet
  • a better 2nd monitor arm that extends over my bed
  • I've dreamt up a way I want to make an automated bicycle chain cleaning and lubricating machine that cleans and lubes each link pair, each set at a time slowly over the couple of hours and recycles the solution and extra lube, I just need to do the actual design work.

Those are just a few on my design list.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I just got my Robinson Crusoe Collectors Edition boardgame. I'm in the process of making it even more fancy with all kinds of prints like custom heart tokens.

If you're a boardgame enthusiast, a 3D printer is a must.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Many, many things. But the most ambitious is... this. I haven't yet had the courage to even start tackling it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

A base to convert my plain Pax charger into a charging dock. I might include pockets for Budkups too

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