Discussion 3D Prints

[USAFRet]

Landing gear for my UAV:

https://imgur.com/obfhu0E

View: https://i.imgur.com/obfhu0E.mp4

 

[COLGeek]

Very cool.

 

[Order 66]

Something the size of a motherboard, that looks a little like a motherboard, yes.
A functioning motherboard? No.

Why exactly can't you print a motherboard? I have heard that 3d printers mainly use plastic, is that why? will it ever be possible?

 

[COLGeek]

Why exactly can't you print a motherboard? I have heard that 3d printers mainly use plastic, is that why? will it ever be possible?

Google these terms: additive manufacturing materials

 

[Order 66]

Google these terms: additive manufacturing materials

So if 3d printers can use titanium metal and steel, why couldn't they print a motherboard? It seems like nothing is stopping it from happening, from a raw materials standpoint, but I guess that you would need extreme precision manufacturing to make a motherboard. I guess it would be hard to print the pins on a PGA motherboard at the very least.

 

[COLGeek]

Electronics are already being "3D printed". The complexity of a PC motherboard and all of its embedded components may be something we see in the future, but only if the cost/benefit exceeds traditional methods.

 

[USAFRet]

So if 3d printers can use titanium metal and steel, why couldn't they print a motherboard? It seems like nothing is stopping it from happening, from a raw materials standpoint, but I guess that you would need extreme precision manufacturing to make a motherboard. I guess it would be hard to print the pins on a PGA motherboard at the very least.

They're already machine made.
Current consumer printers lack the material handling needed.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR-DOeAm-PQ

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va3Bfjn4inA

 

[USAFRet]

OctoGhost

All limbs are fully flexible.

 

[USAFRet]

Bunny.
This is for my eldest sister in law. Her daughter, AKA 'Bunny' passed away few years ago.

This was a test of the new Bambu and software, as far as 'painting' in the application.
White body, grey feet and tail, black eyes.
The grey banding across the eyes is due to insufficient retraction and purge of black, as it switched to white.

 

[USAFRet]

8.5 hours, due to the filament switching 174 times.

https://imgur.com/jOG2Dpj

View: https://imgur.com/jOG2Dpj

 

[Order 66]

8.5 hours, due to the filament switching 174 times.

https://imgur.com/jOG2Dpj

View: https://imgur.com/jOG2Dpj

The time lapse looks cool.

 

[USAFRet]

Fully solvable 3D puzzle box. 6.5 hour print.

https://imgur.com/MoYtDTh

View: https://i.imgur.com/MoYtDTh.mp4

 

[COLGeek]

Fully solvable 3D puzzle box. 6.5 hour print.

https://imgur.com/MoYtDTh

View: https://i.imgur.com/MoYtDTh.mp4

You are having too much fun!

 

[USAFRet]

Christmas presents:

Sisters and DIL get an "earring hanger":
Dogs

cats

https://imgur.com/mS3EVOw

View: https://i.imgur.com/mS3EVOw.mp4

 

[USAFRet]

Friend is seriously into Mexican Sugar Skulls, from Day of the Dead (DIa de los Muertos) celebrations.

She gets earrings, and this 9" high plaque.

The original creation from the guy who made it

My representation:

This was done in a single print, 5.5 hours. The colors are just different color filaments, NO 'painting'.

The Bambu Carbon handles all the filament switching.

 

[USAFRet]

Crashed Tie fighter.
1 non stop print (mostly)

22 hrs, 45 min
214 layers
408 Filament changes

200x210mm

The Bambu X1 uses up a significant amount of filament during the change and purge.
The box I use to catch the purge actually filled up and blocked the poop chute. It paused sometime during the night, and waited for me to clear the blockage this morn.

Actual item - 184g
Flushed filament + purge tower - 202g

The Bambu slicer was very accurate in the filament estimate.

https://imgur.com/UirqWfm

View: https://i.imgur.com/UirqWfm.mp4

 

[USAFRet]

Floating ghost orb:

 

[USAFRet]

Multi layer Russian doll puzzle box.

Yes, I've solved it in both directions, assembly and disassembly.

 

[COLGeek]

Multi layer Russian doll puzzle box.

Yes, I've solved it in both directions, assembly and disassembly.

Very cool. Just curious, what would you estimate the cost for something this complex?

 

[USAFRet]

Very cool. Just curious, what would you estimate the cost for something this complex?

Discounting electricity, the filament cost is around $1.85.
Free model from Thingiverse.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2607374

108 g, at maybe $17 per 1kg.

Depending on the material, filament is generally between $15 and $30 per kg.

 

[COLGeek]

Discounting electricity, the filament cost is around $1.85.
Free model from Thingiverse.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2607374

108 g, at maybe $17 per 1kg.

Depending on the material, filament is generally between $15 and $30 per kg.

Seems more than reasonable.

 

[USAFRet]

Seems more than reasonable.

Yeah.
Its not nearly as bad as one might think.

And for this, I used some scrap ends of rolls that were mostly too small for anything else.
Hence the sharp color divide on one of the pipes.
The printer senses the end, and pauses to let me put in another spool. It was supposed to fail over to the next spool automagically, but I think I had some setting wrong.

 

[USAFRet]

b-day stuff for the little grandkids
Based on the Mattel Little People

Castle

160mm tall, about 0.5kg. ($9 of filament)
Single print, about 18 hours.

Dragon inlay on the other side.

Trucks and boat
(all wheels turn)

67 Shelby Cobra

Lizard. Fully articulated.
(225mm long)

Lizard_castle

And appropriate for a 3 year old...a potty

 

[USAFRet]

Shelf brackets:

 

[Order 66]

I don’t do any 3d printing myself, (I barely know anything about it) but I find it interesting looking at what people can create with it.