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quote Originally posted by TheDigitalAlchemist: cool

Thank you!

It's all your fault, you know.

Not only has it been a great creative outlet, but I have found countless practical applications. I am slowly turning "I wish somebody made (some thing)" into "Hey, I can make (that thing)"

Next up, printing yourself a Les Paul

quote Originally posted by williegoat: Thank you! It's all your fault, you know. Not only has it been a great creative outlet, but I have found countless practical applications. I am slowly turning "I wish somebody made (some thing)" into "Hey, I can make (that thing)"

Reading that makes me a happy human.


So..... after watching THIS video you will be able to easily make your own designs and then print them out.

Tom's great, definitely worth following him on "The Youtube". That video goes through a lot of the basics.

We have used TinkerCAD to make a whole bunch of stuff. Happy Holidays!

quote Originally posted by TheDigitalAlchemist: So..... after watching THIS video you will be able to easily make your own designs and then print them out. Tom's great, definitely worth following him on "The Youtube". That video goes through a lot of the basics. We have used TinkerCAD to make a whole bunch of stuff. Happy Holidays!

Thanks, I have been doing that, but because I am a fan of the Penguin and Gnu, I use Blender. It is FOSS and very powerful. I posted an example of one of my projects on the previous page: https://www.fiero.nl/forum/...HTML/128286.html#p25

Here I am working on a little part that takes a CR2025 battery and a 5mm LED to make a simple light.



I have made several iterations, but it is still a work in progress, a learning experience.

Love it!

I designed a tray to hold my bar and pics on my Pedal Steel, and posted it on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6403491

I designed and printed a spool holder using 608 ball bearings. I will post the details on Thingiverse later.





And some clips to hold a color filter under the LED bar, for photography and videos.

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I have uploaded the spool holder to Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6432789

The color filter hanger is now on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6433059

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One of my many hobbies. Always car related though
I am running a Flashforge Creator Pro for the smaller stuff and 2 colours and a Flashforge Guider IIs V2 for the larger stuff

This filament is supposed to look like gold. It doesn't really, but I like the color, nonetheless.



This print is a tissue box cover that I designed with Blender. I can post the .STL on Thingiverse, if anyone is interested.

Exciting days, what it takes to get it done.
From a printed plastic part to cast metal.
What part for your Fiero can you imagine ?

More fun with 3D printing, a little experiment:

I had a picture of a vulture that I took a few years ago.



I loaded it into GIMP, played with it a little, then exported a .PNG



Next, I loaded the .PNG into Cura and exported an .STL.



Then, to Blender to add a baseplate.



Finally, back to Cura for the .GCODE, and here is the result:



Far from perfect, but I learned some things I can use.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6466633

This is a test. I am going to print a larger one for a friend's garage wall.



I found the original model on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:338262

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Well, I can't PM images anymore and we don't have email tabs anymore so I have to post this here. Hope you don't mind but since you play guitars and other instruments, here's a guitar I printed. The only non-printed items are the neck, strings, and of course the electronics.

That's pretty cool. I like the green color.

Do you think the body will be able to hold the tension?

The black portion is 70% infill and makes the guitar weigh as much as a wooden one. I tuned it about 2 months ago and it hasn't gone out of tune so it's definitely a strong body. The green is just 20% infill since it doesn't support anything and is there just for looks.

Can you print another 3D printer?

quote Originally posted by BingB: Can you print another 3D printer?

As funny as it sounds, that's how Prusa made their first generation of printers. They only use aluminum for the structural parts but everything else is printed. They must save millions in manufacturing costs.

Today you can print everything except the motors, heat bed, and electronics.