Not technically 3D printed, but close enough 
Straight from the laser:
After cleaning up the soot is cleaned off:
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anyone REALLY good with cad?
I can typically get along with hard geometry and angles and whatnot…
but I’ve got the next week off due to getting covid, so I have a bit of free time to tinker with a vr gun stock… but its got some super complex and organic shapes I don’t know how to shift
(I’m trying to upsize it and still feather its edges, and cut room for a knuckle grip)
@darthdomo ? I know this may be of interest to you…
Wouldn’t say I’m a pro at it, but I’ve been doing quite a bit of CAD recently. I’d be willing to help you when I have free time.
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Lego wreath
Been wanting to do this for a couple, but tolerances where always off, and I wanted to be able to assemble and disassemble… and my skills weren’t there…
Sat down and knocked it out easily this year… yay
If anyone wants files I’ll share, I haven’t done a remix yet
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Ordered my x1
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volumetric model of a handcuff key for implantation (half key)
Make sure you test to see if it’s strong enough to operate a double locked cuff, and not snap off
carbon fiber keys are common and widely available; which implies the material is performant at this use case
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Yes?
Can you link me one example?
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Nothing fancy. Haven’t used the printer for a while hopped on to thingiverse, realized I don’t have a slicer on this computer so gave Prusa Slicer a go. Pretty impressed with the ease of use and ability to beam directly to Octoprint.
This little guy is intended to hold a momentary switch in the on position. Historically people used rubber bands or coffee stirrers on the switch.
Just happy to be getting into printing again.
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2 things…
Carbon fiber filament is not remotely the same as actual carbon fiber… it’s often weaker than standard non filled filament
And second, ironically carbon fiber can often set off meta detectors, due to eddy currents etc… food for thought
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It’s a good thing that holding the breaker in the on position doesn’t actually prevent it from tripping.
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Just picked up an X1 Carbon. Holy crap this thing is amazing! This is my 4th 3D printer, and second one still in service. Still a lot of tweaking and learning to go, but the multi-color prints turn out crazy good!
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Literally no idea. Some cad project that @ODaily wanted.
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beat me to it,
I did a couple color change at X layers,
then I decided to go all in, found a N64 logo shrank it to the standard 20mm calibration cube size and colored all the sides as they are supposed to be
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Awwe snap! Now you’ve got me looking to pick up some yellow! Looks great!
I got my hands on a few of the transparent panels that came from a store’s ceiling (they had neon lights above them).
Id like to heat them up and do a simple rounded bend. Any guesses as to what plastic this is and if it’s even possible?
Would ot help if I weight one to get the material mass?
Highly likely just Acrylic.
It does go by a number of different brand names.
Perspex, Plexiglass and Lucite are the ones I can think of.
Regarding heating and bending, IF it is Acrylic, you should have no problems.
Warmer the better.
Bend without heat and you’ll likely crack it.
Heating should also be safe (not carcinogenic)
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