technomadWhat is on your "things to 3d print" list?
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.
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…
FuglyDuckWhen 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…
Pat_RiotHuh, my Ender 5 cranks out part after part with almost no fuss and has for years.
Mine does too now. But I got a bad batch of pla and I could have sworn the sender was the shittiest printer on the market. It was off line for a year before I tried again.
I recently switched back to that old roll because I wanted the color, and that shit peeled up and warped to hell again. Now I know for sure that spool of PLA is bad
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.
I use PrusaSlicer and their Ender profiles with no tinkering and get consistently perfect prints.
tinyVoltronI 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
The Printer of Theseus.
Lower cost products sometimes have more variability and maybe you got a good one from the factory.
b1g_bakeA few more parts for a Voron Trident build
kutsyk_alexander
PlayStation 4 controller mini wheel by pixel2
Rack and pinion steering for your PS4 controller. 100 degrees of rotation. Great for finer control in racing games. Xbox play to give you an idea of how it works: https://youtu.be/Zgiul4cFMUw BeamNG settings: https://youtu.be/TQauUKt62Xo PS5 version:https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4693372 What you need: 608 bearing, 22mm diameter, 7mm thick, 8mm center. Get one from that dusty fidget spinner you have laying around...also skateboard bearings 1.2mm diameter metal rod: push pin/paper clip/small nail/needle. What would MacGyver do... Superglue . If you don't a have a printer but want a wheel: These shops have been granted the rights to sell the wheels: USA:https://www.etsy.com/shop/UncleJessy4Real?ref=l2-shopheader-namehttps://www.habiteer-workshop.com/ There are many other sellers not listed here.
EdibleFriendLove :(
Screwless Heart Gears by emmett
UPDATE: There is a new version of this design which is more reliable to print and easier to assemble. I highly recommend you use it instead: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:243278 At last, here is the much-requested 100% printable heart gears. No more ugly bolt holes! This was designed along the same lines as the screwless cube gears: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:10483, and in fact uses the exact same center block (though the pins are slightly shorter). UPDATE: If you lack a 3D printer, you can now buy these from CarryTheWhat at http://www.etsy.com/shop/CarryTheWhat. The size has been increased a bit from the previous version to accommodate the printed pins, so it now measures 100mm across when assembled. Since everything is now printable, it should be easy to scale this design up or down as you see fit. At this size it took me ~6 hours of printing time on my TOM.
Those gears will never turn in that configuration. This clearly proves love is a lie.
You are very wrong, they absolutely can turn.
This clearly proves that love can be unpredictable!
ZachariahTen-foot Super VF-1S
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.
Charles 'O Perry Inspired Chess Set by cymon
Inspired by the work of Charles O Perry but modified for support-less FDM home 3D printing. This chess set nests into each other and connects together to be it's own carrying case. Stylish but still recognizable. Reportedly only about 300 of the original sets exist because they were hand made, but with 3D printing scarcity is a thing of the past. This was one of my entries on the myMiniFactory Chess competition. My other entry, the support-less capable bird cage chess, is available to purchase on PinShape. https://pinshape.com/collection/collect/2593-3d-printed-bird-cage-chess-set If you like my work I hope you'll consider supporting me on Pateron: https://www.patreon.com/3DPrintingProfessor Subscribe to me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/mrjoesays
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
the16bitgamer3ds stylus
🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆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.
Remy RoseParts for a Wimshurst Electrostatic Generator.
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.
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.
Steal WoolAntidepressants
Have you tried the PLA flavored ones??
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.
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.
pixeltreeAnd how much more have you spent on upgrading it than it would have cost to get a prusa or built a voron lol
Maybe $100. Almost all of the upgrades were printed. I bought an all metal hotend and a glass bed. I think that’s it. Probably more like $70.
I’ve had mine for 3 years, 3 years of headaches and modifying and it still doesn’t work right.
I tried printing something huge, turns out one cormer of the bed doesn’t warm up enough. It also has started having these uneven layers as if the belts aren’t at the proper tension.
It’s been 3 years of solving issue a and getting issue b, to solving b and getting c etc. Neverending maintenance and zero usability.
Boats. Lots and lots of tiny boats.
holder for tickets for my local public transport, that I can attach to my bag
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.
ObiSaw someone make some pretty rehousing casings so you can use vintage lenses with cinema-style housings benefits, that was pretty cool.
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.
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…
SnapzA 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.
𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆Currently, 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.
A base to convert my plain Pax charger into a charging dock. I might include pockets for Budkups too
Do you have a good model you can share? I have a friend who loves his pax, and his birthday is coming up soon
I don’t yet, I was working on the prototype this weekend. How soon is his birthday? I can do my best to finish it and share the file in time!
Please take your time to enjoy the modeling process! His birthday isn’t until late may, and I wouldn’t want to rush you. If you share it whenever it’s ready, I’ll be super happy, thanks.
aehardingTbh things I design. It’s so much more fun!
mojofrododojoyup, being a lifelong 3d modeler, being able to print my designs is exceptionally satisfying.
Do you have any noteworthy examples, or which on ones are you most proud of?
Here’s the stuff I’ve shared: www.printables.com/@aeharding_167804/models
Nice! I like that mike mount, looks clean
Grips/handles for my buckets!
Do share, please :)
Looks a little more simple than the related models, but more comfortable too maybe?
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.
If you’re a boardgame enthusiast, a 3D printer is a must.
Please take your time to enjoy the modeling process! His birthday isn’t until late may, and I wouldn’t want to rush you. If you share it whenever it’s ready, I’ll be super happy, thanks.
What? Who’s birthday are you talking about?
I think your reply to another commenter here got double posted or something
Rikudou_SageMany, many things. But the most ambitious is… this. I haven’t yet had the courage to even start tackling it.
