Cotty's 3D printing adventures

Before…

planning…

finetuning…

installed…

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Adjustable feet for a wooden box on our terrace…

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Another caravan project…

before:

SketchUp:

Slicer:

Printing:

Finished project:

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Good job :+1:

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My daughter’s closet was bursting at the seams and the clothes were spread all over the room. She had the idea for a clothes rack, a bit of SketchUp, woodworking and 3D printing later…

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Our chicken coop was no longer fox safe, so I need to build a new one in the near future. Of course with some 3D printed parts…

First part: screw-in magnetic holder for the windows…

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Due to my age I need reading glasses from time to time, at the computer they now have a permanent place and are no longer in the way…

(printed as two parts and glued together)

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A door handle for the door of a chicken coop…
(made with SubD and printed with support)

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Three 3D-printed models combined to a solar powered honey bee watering place:

Brackets for the PV module:



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Stand support:



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Water distributor:


Together with the disposable pallet wood and a small submersible pump, the finished result:


Now it only remains to be seen whether the bees accept this invention and fetch their water here in the summer…

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I do not know anything about 3D printing and was surprised to see a the water tank being printed. I did not think this form would print so well.

May I ask what type of printer you use? And also. Do you need to adjust the exported model (SketchUp) the printer’s software ? I suppose the printer has it’s own software.

Thank you

Here’s a description of my printer (and others): Real User 3d printer reviews - #11 by Cotty

The water tank geometry can be printed without problems without any support structure (it’s often amazing how well overhangs can be printed by such printers, if you don’t overdo it).

Generally, you export an STL file from SketchUp, then use a slicer program to convert it to G-code, which is the format used by most printers.

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Added an update to the honey bee watering place…

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Make that … honey bee watering palace

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A 50mm cyclone between two 100mm diameter suction hoses to reduce the frequency of emptying the suction during chip intensive planing…

Result: no chips visible after the cyclone :wink:

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the first drinking visitor…

I have also added a water collector:

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I killed my router, the new one has, who is surprised, again a completely different exhaust port than all the other devices.
In order to be able to extract both top and bottom when the router is built into a router table, I also printed a 2-to-1 adapter.

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You would almost think they do it on purpose…

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The magnetic holders of the chicken coop windows hold so well that you need small points of attack to be able to open them, there they are already…

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Before:

SketchUp:
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Slicer:

After:
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