3D Printing Fun

[GoingMyWay]

I bought a Bambu Labs P1S back in January of this year and I've been having so much fun printing all sorts of things.

Holder for grocery bags



Dyson Airwrap wall holder



Vacuum attachment for Festool hose


Holder for take out soup lids


Placker dispenser


Cabinet door spray bottle holders

 

[GoingMyWay]

A rim for my dog's food bowl. The little rubber spacers would always fall off so this is much better.


Clip for a divider between the car seats

 

[GoingMyWay]

I've really gone a little overboard with Gridfinity for some of our kitchen drawers

 

[luvmytoolz]

Well done!

Always good to see someone so enthusiastic about a new tool! ;-)

 

[GoingMyWay]

Thanks, 3D printing is so awesome! When I first heard about 3D printers I thought they were a gimmick or just a toy, but it's actually so useful. I'm still so amazed that I can find an .stl file online and have an actual tangible physical object in my hands in literally no time at all.

 

[GoingMyWay]

I watched Ron Paulk's video on dust collection yesterday



and that inspired me to print this 3 way splitter with blast gates that I found on MakerWorld.



It was a bit of a pain to remove all the support material.

Initially the left and right blast gates were too tight so I used a rasp to give it a little more clearance.

 

[Coen]

Is it anti-static?

 

[GoingMyWay]

Unfortunately, I don't believe it is anti-static. I think there might be some filaments that are anti-static, but I printed this with regular (cheap) PLA. I wasn't sure how big of a deal the potential static build up might be.

 

[woodferret]

Well, I needed sliding doors for a build. Nothing seemed suitable. All heck, I'm printing finger pulls anyways, might as well print the rails too.

 

[Cheese]

This discussion certainly struck a chord with me...for those newbies out there, there was a time when 3D printing was considered cutting edge technology for prototyping shops. Now it's just a commodity item similar to an ink jet printer or a roll of masking tape.

For those interested, I was 1 of 6 engineers in a small company that serviced the semiconductor industry. Anyone familiar with the semiconductor industry knows their only mantra is FASTER...FASTER...and then...FASTER yet.

At the time, our model shop only had 2 Bridgeport mills which needed 2 full-time operators and it needed to service all 6 engineers on an equal basis. To make a very, very long story short, we needed to somehow support all 6 of the engineer's needs with only 2 Bridgeport mills. My solution was to write up a budget exception for the model shop that would allow them to purchase a 3D printer and which would lighten the load on the Bridgeport mills. The usual stuff produced by the model shop were all prototypes and they were mainly centered around feasibility studies and not necessarily working prototypes, but there were exceptions.

The interesting thing to note is that I wrote the budget exception in 1998 for a 3D printer that cost $110,000 that only produced cheesy plastic parts. The budget exception was approved because once the 3D printer was locked & loaded, the machinists could go back to doing their job with the Bridgeports.

How times have changed...anyone care to purchase a used 1998 3D printer for only $75,000?

 

[GoingMyWay]

Well, I needed sliding doors for a build. Nothing seemed suitable. All heck, I'm printing finger pulls anyways, might as well print the rails too.

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Great idea to print the finger pulls!

This discussion certainly struck a chord with me...for those newbies out there, there was a time when 3D printing was considered cutting edge technology for prototyping shops. Now it's just a commodity item similar to an ink jet printer or a roll of masking tape.

For those interested, I was 1 of 6 engineers in a small company that serviced the semiconductor industry. Anyone familiar with the semiconductor industry knows their only mantra is FASTER...FASTER...and then...FASTER yet.

At the time, our model shop only had 2 Bridgeport mills which needed 2 full-time operators and it needed to service all 6 engineers on an equal basis. To make a very, very long story short, we needed to somehow support all 6 of the engineer's needs with only 2 Bridgeport mills. My solution was to write up a budget exception for the model shop that would allow them to purchase a 3D printer and which would lighten the load on the Bridgeport mills. The usual stuff produced by the model shop were all prototypes and they were mainly centered around feasibility studies and not necessarily working prototypes, but there were exceptions.

The interesting thing to note is that I wrote the budget exception in 1998 for a 3D printer that cost $110,000 that only produced cheesy plastic parts. The budget exception was approved because once the 3D printer was locked & loaded, the machinists could go back to doing their job with the Bridgeports.

How times have changed...anyone care to purchase a used 1998 3D printer for only $75,000?

Thanks for sharing that Cheese! Wow that was a lot of money! I bought my Bambu Lab P1S with AMS for under $850 in January.

 

[GoingMyWay]

I got tired of seeming to never have the right size screw or bolt so I bought a bunch of hardware from Harbor Freight. I found these Stackable Boxes for Festool Sortainer SYS 4 TL-SORT/3 on Printables that I printed.

 

[ChuckS]

Someone made frame clamps with 3D printed corner blocks and threaded rods.

 

[onocoffee]

Wrangling the hose and cord on my CT MIDI I has really started to bother me. I have a hose hanger that I printed earlier this year but since my Creality printer got wonky back in the winter, I just haven't bothered. Grabbed some white oak from the cutoff pile and made a bracket to screw the hanger, coat with a little Osmo PolyX and I think my hose woes are alleviated.

 

[ChuckS]

After getting some domino joiner.and Kapex accessories (grip handle and support bracket and ZCI) printed by a friend, I decided to get a Bambu P1S Combo ($699 Cdn plus tax). Without the AMS, it'd be $200 less, and you'll manually feed the filaments.

After overcoming some setup issues, I got my virgin print completed in 2 hours. It's a poop bucket that collects waste generated during the printing process.




Like drones, China captures the world's market in 3 D printers.

 

[luvmytoolz]

@ChuckS Nice going, congrats on the first print!

 

[onocoffee]

After getting some domino joiner.and Kapex accessories (grip handle and support bracket and ZCI) printed by a friend, I decided to get a Bambu P1S Combo ($699 Cdn plus tax). Without the AMS, it'd be $200 less, and you'll manually feed the filaments.

After overcoming some setup issues, I got my virgin print completed in 2 hours. It's a poop bucket that collects waste generated during the printing process.

Part of me thought the AMS would be superflous - like: why would I need more than four spools? After using it for a few months, I can see the allure of getting four AMS and the solo unit for the P1S.

As you print more Festool stuff, beware of that BigFoot-esque file. If you try it, be sure to lay down some extra glue on the bed. It's a very long print that takes a lot of filament. Mine must have lost adhesion at one point because it printed in two halves. Been meaning to do it again but haven't gotten around to it yet.

https://makerworld.com/en/models/1510689-festool-domino-df-500-vertical-stand?from=search#profileId-1581646

 

[ChuckS]

That, with the handle, is a better support bracket design than the one I recently had someone print for me. I had to add a handle to mine.

What kind of glue do you use and where to get it? And how do you apply it?

 

[onocoffee]

That, with the handle, is a better support bracket design than the one I recently had someone print for me. I had to add a handle to mine.

What kind of glue do you use and where to get it? And how do you apply it?

My brother, who is really into 3D printing, was the one who recommended the technique to me. You can use Elmer's Stick Glue but while I was at MicroCenter, they had Bambu liquid glue. It's a blue liquid with a sponge-like applicator that you rub the glue all across your plate to help adhesion. The Bambu plates work well without it but when you want to make sure you don't have adhesion loss, you use the glue (or as the plate wears from use).

 

[cdconey]

My brother, who is really into 3D printing, was the one who recommended the technique to me. You can use Elmer's Stick Glue but while I was at MicroCenter, they had Bambu liquid glue. It's a blue liquid with a sponge-like applicator that you rub the glue all across your plate to help adhesion. The Bambu plates work well without it but when you want to make sure you don't have adhesion loss, you use the glue (or as the plate wears from use).

Clean your build plates often - Dawn dish detergent and hot water works well, don't get oils from your hands on the plates. You can also use IPA to clean the plate between prints.

I've noticed that the cheaper PLA tends to require better bed cleaning routines than the higher quality/cost PLAs. If you want cheap filament to play with MicroCenter has Basic PLA for $9.99/KG in White, Black, Gray, and Red.

Printing PLA, PETG, ABS, ASA on the BBL PEI textured plate glue should not be required unless you have a problem. I've printed full build plates on my X1C without incident with a clean build plate.

BBL has stick glue and liquid glue variants.

If you have nozzle wiping issues, check out BIQU's wiper and filament chute upgrades for the P1S/X1C, I think its better than the BBL stock design, and reasonably priced.