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There's a lot of things I'd like to print, but there's also a lot of things I'd like to build in wood or metal too, and frequently it isn't the printing that ta
by justinlloyd 5y ago
There's a lot of things I'd like to print, but there's also a lot of things I'd like to build in wood or metal too, and frequently it isn't the printing that takes the time, but the designing.
I have never printed a Benchy or whatever that cartoonish boat is called. I've printed a dimensional cube about three times, twice to prove to the various makerspaces I am a member of that I know how to do 3D printing before I can use their machines and once just to verify that my printer was accurate.
I rarely download and print STLs as they are. I usually tweak the model or completely rebuild it before printing.
Some things I have printed in my life:
A food-grade plastic insert that sits inside of the Rubbermaid cereal storage containers that captures all the small broken bits of cereal and the cereal dust and prevents it ending up in your cereal bowl.
A drive cage for my workstation because it wouldn't fit due to PSU size. Learned how to create snap fit tabs. Also improved on the original cage design to handle 2.5" SSDs with extra cooling fans.
A snap fit cupola with fans to permit extra tall Noctua CPU coolers to fit in a 4U rackmount case.
Drawer insert trays to go in a library card catalogue drawer to prevent things from falling through.
Cubby hole insert trays to go in an antique postal center (one of those classic parisian style ones with lots of little doors).
Custom sized drawer organizers for the two "junk drawers" that every house seems to accumulate.
Wall attached battery holders so that the rechargeable AA and AAA batteries that are in the queue to be charged are kept organized.
A custom box to hold all the Munchkin cards and cards for other card games.
A custom box to hold all the Munchkin Quest parts and cards. Plus some little figurines to represent the Munchkin Quest monsters.
And a half-dozen other "useful" items around the home.
I've gotta say, the convenience of having the printer is great, but the amortized cost of each print is about $700 at this time.