@FreeCAD Bit late for #FreeCADFriday, but needed a simple enclosure for my thread gauges with print in place 3d printed hinges. I like to use Sub-shape binder to visualise once it's closed.

@DA6SEB I build FreeCAD from git to play with new features before weekly builds, and occasionally to report bugs.

When I first used FreeCAD something like a decade ago, I was flummoxed, googled "OpenSCAD cheat sheet" and followed the first hit, and didn't touch FreeCAD again for a few years. But now I feel quite fluent designing in FreeCAD. I think that Darren Stone ("MangoJelly") has really enabled new users by his short, approachable tutorials that don't assume you have watched everything he's ever produced, in order...

These paddles feel like #FreeCADFriday material!

Have you thought about posting STEP or even FCStd files as well as the STLs?

Little video testing the tiny rov/sub Z axis thruster (needs a project name!) in negative bouyancy mode. Edit... of course should tag this #freecadfriday !
Comes around fast! It's #FreeCADFriday once again! What are you working on in #FreeCAD today? Happy weekend to everyone in the community. #opensource #CAD

Dnešní odpoledne bude patřit 3D tisku 😅
Už mi zbývá jen pár částí, odhadem tak 4-5h tisku.

Aktuálně mám hotový rámeček jen pro Rock 5B, ale díky rastru na straně by neměl být problém vložit dovnitř cokoliv, co se vměstná do rozměrů 123x152mm.

#freecadfriday #FreeCAD #Radxa #Rock5B

Inspired by the Japanese Landscape Association Kei-Tora Garden Competition. I've designed and printed a bed liner for the WPL D12 and CXD D12 Mini for some microgreen growing fun with the boys.

#gardening #3dprinting #rc #growyourown #freecadfriday

Time to attach the toolhead board.

I am using the Fysetc H36 which has a nice high temperature rated chipset, fan tach pins, and variable fan voltages which makes it play super nice with a Xol toolhead.

It also comes with a pretty nice umbilical cable with an over molded connector.

I remixed a mount that @koz was working on and came up with this in #FreeCAD.

Seems to fit pretty well, clears everything, gives some strain relief to the soldered connector, and should keep the molded cable in place as there is no positive retention clip.

🧵8/

#3DPrinting #Voron #FreeCADFriday

Gosh it's #freecadfriday once again! What are you lovely people up to with #FreeCAD?

Next up: I wrote a #FreeCAD macro for rib thread forming, rule R5.4 from my Design for 3D-Printing guide.

https://github.com/rahix/FreeCAD-Macros/tree/main/RibThreads

I didn't even have time to verify all the thread sizes yet (because I'm not home and no mobile 3D-printer yet), so if someone wants to help out here, please do :)

#3Dprinting #DesignForManufacturing #dfm #FreeCADFriday

FreeCAD-Macros/RibThreads at main · Rahix/FreeCAD-Macros

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@FreeCAD
A wheel turning device / roller for my #velomobiles, so I can lubricate or clean the chain more easy. I still have to add motor, gears and some other parts to the model.

#FreeCADfriday #FreeCAD

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Time to attach the toolhead board.

I am using the Fysetc H36 which has a nice high temperature rated chipset, fan tach pins, and variable fan voltages which makes it play super nice with a Xol toolhead.

It also comes with a pretty nice umbilical cable with an over molded connector.

I remixed a mount that @koz was working on and came up with this in #FreeCAD.

Seems to fit pretty well, clears everything, gives some strain relief to the soldered connector, and should keep the molded cable in place as there is no positive retention clip.

🧵8/

#3DPrinting #Voron #FreeCADFriday

I really like the chamber heating advantages that bed fans have in my trident so for this build I want the same effect.

I’m going to try “The Filter” and see if it can offer me the same benefit along with replacing my nevermore/bento setups in the trident.

Going to skip the unusual magnet/pogo connector and just use something manual and standard instead. Maybe just a barrel jack.

🧵9/

#3DPrinting #Voron

VoronUsers/printer_mods/nateb16/THE_FILTER at master · nateb16/VoronUsers

Voron Community mods, slicer profiles and firmware configurations. - nateb16/VoronUsers

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The Filters wired, and bed installed. Pretty straight-forward stuff. Continuing to look more and more "printer-like"

As I'm skipping the magnetic pogo connector for The Filters, I'm also skipping the mount for the center filter and just have a couple bolts acting as backstops to prevent over-insertion.

🧵10/

#3DPrinting #Voron

Toolhead mounted.

I went with a fairly standard Xol setup.

  • BOM Delta fan for the hot end.
  • 24V 4010 for part cooling
  • Rapido 2 HF hot end
  • Sherpa mini extruder
  • Fysetc H36 toolhead board

Mounted easily to the Vitalii TAP carriage, then a whole lot of crimping to get everything connected.

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#Voron #3DPrinting

@amd Whoa! Are you building your own 3d printer? Be careful with heated chambers, I hear installing them is super ultra dangerous and it could end badly.

@rooktallon this is more of a way to avoid needing a dedicated chamber heater

If you blow fans across the bed heater you can increase your chamber temps. Two small fans added under the bed of my other printer increased my temps by a good 5 or 8 degrees.

It’s not a lot but it’s enough to make printing ABS and ASA a lot easier.

@amd Wow, that's neat. I was thinking you were installing an actual heated chamber. Sorry for assuming but whatever you're doing sounds like fun. I'm having a hell of a time with the q1pro at the moment, we're trying to get some slotting screws off the main board so we can remove the EMMC module from it and flash it. Turns out a flat head driver will do the trick or at least that's what I've read on reddit. Would you happen to know?

@rooktallon I unfortunately don’t know. I’ve never looked much into the Qidi units.

Good luck!

@amd I prefer your remix to my original design.