Printing Parts

[Seanz0rz]

so more on the spool later...

here it is!!!!!


top covered in silver sharpie to highlight better:


now, its far far from perfect. i would use colored plastic for this instead of clearish, it will look sooo much better, and i need to dial in some settings a bit more, but at least this time it didnt print mirrored!

[Seanz0rz]

streaming again at RepRap - Seanz0rz

its sort of YOTDA related...

[some_odd_girl]

What is it? This is different than the kind of 3D printer I've seen before...

[Seanz0rz]

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:10650

[Crinale]

How strong of plastic are the parts that you make? like how much stress can they handle without breaking?

still curious on this..

[Seanz0rz]

kevin, i dont have any way to test parts at home. maybe when i get back to school ill ask to do some tests.

so far, once they are cooled, they are incredibly strong. even the few thin and light pieces ive made are very very robust.

here is the approx. 2" size keychain:




ill have a chat with a few of the admins and see where they want to go from here...

[some_odd_girl]

Ooooooh, YODA. Haha, I get it now. The keychain is cool.

[Seanz0rz]

not sure what happened to the pictures above, ill look into it.

so an update:

ive designed and printed my first really functional thing:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:14620

it is a smart phone holder, attaches to my Go Pro suction cup, so i can use my android smartphone as a gps in the truck. all the buttons and ports are accessible and it fits snugly.

some mounts are 60 or so dollars, so ive really saved myself a bit of coin with this one.


in other news, senior project is in full swing, ill post more about it when it comes time to build. basically a plastic recycler/extruder that can be built at home by the average hobbyist.