3d Printer Tips and Tricks

[HawkinsHollow]

Rather than revive a 4 year old 3d printer thread, I thought I would start a new one. My son is in a 3d printing club at school and seems really excited about it. He has always been a DIYer, has always LOVED building things There are some really capable and affordable 3d printers out there, so I thought why not and I "bought one for my son "

Any of you folks still 3d printing? Do you have any tips, tricks, do's / don'ts? What do you make with them, seems like the sky's the limit. My first tractor related project I want to make is some clamps to hold the hoses for my 3rd function. Right now I use zip ties and it isn't very clean. I have a lot of other non tractor related things I want to make as well. There are a million different premade files to print out there. But I think the real magic happens when you create your own piece to solve your own problem, that's what I am going for!

 

[part-time-Farmer-NC]

I'd love to join in on that fun. Too many hobby's going on at the moment. I get my brother to print stuff for me all along. He has the Bambu x1c, can do up to 16 colors if you get the additional "SAM"s he only has 1 so is limited to 4 now. He has gotten quite proficient with it.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

I'd love to join in on that fun. Too many hobby's going on at the moment. I get my brother to print stuff for me all along. He has the Bambu x1c, can do up to 16 colors if you get the additional "SAM"s he only has 1 so is limited to 4 now. He has gotten quite proficient with it.

Yeah, I definitely don't need more stuff to do. But I figure this is an in the house at night kind of hobby. More productive than watching TV or surfing the internet. Sounds like your brother is in it pretty deep. Our new machine is definitely a beginner rig, but if it takes I figure we can scale up later.

 

[NorTracNY]

There's lots to learn and experiment with. Learn about the various material types. ABS is often what you'll need to move to for outdoor things, but this material requires better temperature control and you'll have to vent the printer outside.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

First couple test prints came out perfectly! These articulating models like this octopus just blow my mind. In case you haven't seen this, each one of those leg joints move freely. This was printed in one go, exactly like you see it.

 

[BravoXray]

I use my 3D printers to make tools and jigs to use for some of my projects. I can draw one up in Tinkercad, slice it in Simplify 3D and print it out on which ever printer will work best, usually my Hypercube.
This is a drilling pattern jig for drilling holes in a winch spool I'm modifying for use on my 20 ton shop press to raise and lower the bed.

This is an adapter I made to mount a dial indicator on to indicate the bellhousing alignment on the the engine for my Nova.

 

[RayIN]

There are several websites for downloading 3-D printer programs to make items.

 

[ultrarunner]

My nephew is always creating with the 3D…

He really enjoys it…