Have some with hooters for the un-rainbow among us.
What have you 3D printed for your TJ?
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Have some with hooters for the un-rainbow among us.
I have decided to jump in and buy a Bambu Lab P1S 3D Printer. For at least the near term, I will be using the free version of Fusion 360 for. Design work. What else do I need to order on this page ( https://us.store.bambulab.com/products/p1s?variant=42153262743688 ) to be able to print trinkets and nicknacks as I begin to learn the technology. I would hate for it to show up “batteries not included”.
Thanks for any input.
Thanks for any input.
Nothing, really. It should come with at least one spool of filament (likely PLA, easiest to print with). As well, it should come with a MicroSD card with some preloaded print files on it (some useful, some not so much) so you can test it out immediately. Once you get it unpacked and plugged in, you should be able to run some test prints within minutes, literally.
The anti-vibration feet are nice, but it comes with shorter, less squishy rubber feet standard (perfectly serviceable). You may find the need to try out different build plates and nozzles, but you might want to get your feet wet before buying too much extra stuff. You can't go wrong with extra filament, but that depends on how much printing you plan to do, and with what materials.
If you have kids then some of the makers supply stuff looks fun plus gives you some things to print that have to actually be done right rather than a trinket to put on a shelf.
I these kits, figured the one year old can eventually use them and the pistols for the older kids.
In all serious, and not to derail too much, functional sophisticated toys like above is a really cool use of 3D printers. Not only by cutting down costs for parents and giving big toy makers a run for their money, but imagine being a kid and watching your toys get printed layer by layer and assembling them yourself. And reprinting broken/lost parts or designing your own toys. Really cool!
And with the sale it's a good time to buy. The boats are $5 each, the pistols are like $3.25 and the marble run was $10 for the parts. Once you buy three it was 30% off all of it.
Then you get to learn how to download the files, print and assemble them.
They had lots of other options that I didn't post so whatever is in your interests.
Plus I spent the kids Christmas money on a 3D printer so I'll have to give them something for Christmas.
And this thread had pretty much died so hopefully discussion gets people thinking and we can get back on topic with some new stuff.
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Has there been any discussion on 3D-printed replacement door panels? I have some thoughts:
Maybe some of those engineering filaments mentioned in Superfast Matt’s video would do well in that application. You would have to print in sections and assemble, of course. You would also have to get creative to make the joints look nice. Are there any filaments that respond well to solvent welding? Maybe you could hide the joints with some decorative geometry or trim. I wonder how some of these filaments respond to paint, or if you could get color matched filament.
I think it’s doable and probably even profitable if someone can come up with a design that looks decent and works well.
Has there been any discussion on 3D-printed replacement door panels? I have some thoughts:
Maybe some of those engineering filaments mentioned in Superfast Matt’s video would do well in that application. You would have to print in sections and assemble, of course. You would also have to get creative to make the joints look nice. Are there any filaments that respond well to solvent welding? Maybe you could hide the joints with some decorative geometry or trim. I wonder how some of these filaments respond to paint, or if you could get color matched filament.
I think it’s doable and probably even profitable if someone can come up with a design that looks decent and works well.
So no ducks with dicks then?
If that's what some are into then duck dick away.
I've actually been considering getting a 3D scanner to scan the door cards, use the resulting data to print molds (in pieces, bonded together) and use the molds to make them in fiberglass. Also considering this to recreate factory Rubicon sized flares in fiberglass.
ABS and ASA, acetone will bond them (literally melt them together).
I've used straight acetone in a couple of situations, but this video gives you info on how to make different consistencies of ABS bonding material. Should work for ASA as well. I don't get too particular with the mixing, if it's too thin I add more plastic bits (the "poop" from printing with your X1 or P1S).
The tool arriving at your door shortly is packed full of "seems like you could", limited only by the materials available, design skills and your imagination...and you've got the lead on two of the three...
Before purchasing one, I was worried I might not make good use of the thing, that it might get used briefly and then collect dust...a novelty. The reality is quite different, I don't have enough time to work on all of the ideas for projects I've developed since. That's the frustrating bit.
The tool arriving at your door shortly is packed full of "seems like you could", limited only by the materials available, design skills and your imagination...and you've got the lead on two of the three...
Before purchasing one, I was worried I might not make good use of the thing, that it might get used briefly and then collect dust...a novelty. The reality is quite different, I don't have enough time to work on all of the ideas for projects I've developed since. That's the frustrating bit.
I’ve got some 3D printer stuff on my red Jeep but with more capabilities I’m going to replace it.
I have one last question before I fade away and let this get back to the original topic…What is the primary purpose of the multi-spool add-on? Is it simply designed to allow printing with multiple colors of the same material in one print?
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