Masterlixx Posted June 15, 2020 Member ID: 285 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 3 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 290 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 20 Achievement Points: 2204 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/06/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 7 Birthday: 11/04/1965 Device: Windows Posted June 15, 2020 I recently got a 3D printer and have been playing with it doing some neat things. Just wondering if any other members have as well and what have you been doing with it. Show some of your stuff off. What do you use for software? I have an Ender 3 Pro and am using fusion 360. Awards
MikeB Posted June 15, 2020 Member ID: 59 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 140 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2175 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 2416 Achievement Points: 15585 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 14 hours ago Device: Windows Posted June 15, 2020 Been researching them. Have not settled yet one yet. But leaning hard towards the Geeetech A30M. Was recommended by an engineering client of ours. Company he works for, has several plastic and metal printers and he says the Geeetch is the best consumer grade printer he has used. Need to research 3d scanners too. Im familiar with AutoCad and machine code for CNC Milling and Turning Centers. So the learning curve should be easy enough. But as far as CAD software, I not sure if all manufacturers of 3d printers use same code ? Need to research it. Just wish the metal printers were cheap as plastic printers !!! Fun Fun !!!! Awards
MikeB Posted June 15, 2020 Member ID: 59 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 140 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2175 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 2416 Achievement Points: 15585 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 14 hours ago Device: Windows Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) Well a quick search says most 3d printers use machine code (G-Codes). But some utilize specialized codes for certain functions. Edited June 15, 2020 by MikeB Awards
Masterlixx Posted June 15, 2020 Member ID: 285 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 3 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 290 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 20 Achievement Points: 2204 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/06/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 7 Birthday: 11/04/1965 Device: Windows Author Posted June 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, MikeB said: Been researching them. Have not settled yet one yet. But leaning hard towards the Geeetech A30M. Was recommended by an engineering client of ours. Company he works for, has several plastic and metal printers and he says the Geeetch is the best consumer grade printer he has used. Need to research 3d scanners too. Im familiar with AutoCad and machine code for CNC Milling and Turning Centers. So the learning curve should be easy enough. But as far as CAD software, I not sure if all manufacturers of 3d printers use same code ? Need to research it. Just wish the metal printers were cheap as plastic printers !!! Fun Fun !!!! The Ender is likely the most popular because of price. Preferred use gcode actually they are for the most part independent from the pc. I create the gcode with a slicer program of the model to a SD card. Put the card in the printer and print from menu. Fusion 360 is an AutoCAD product, as I was familiar with AutoCAD it was easier to learn. There's a whole community of 3d modelers out there, everybody wants to show it share what they have done. Check out these 2 sites. Thingiverse.com Cults3d.com (dont leave the s out that's a porn site) There's anything you can think of on these sites already. Awards
MikeB Posted June 15, 2020 Member ID: 59 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 140 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2175 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 2416 Achievement Points: 15585 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 14 hours ago Device: Windows Posted June 15, 2020 Thanks for the links. Geetech has a A30T model that will handle 3 colors and blending. Five color would be ideal. That would give you an unlimited color pallet. Will check out Fusion. I graduated about the time CNC equipment was coming into existence. Worked at an aerospace company for 30 years and some of those years were spent programming and running CNC equipment. Im talking dinosaur equipment compared to new stuff. Old Mazak VMC 5, Monarch VMC75 with pallet changer, one of these prehistoric Hurco KMB1. The Hurcos being the first I learned on. The Monarch was a beast !! And yes I crashed my share of cutters. Scary shit when cutters fly. Awards
Merlin007 Posted June 15, 2020 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 71 Topic Count: 1136 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 8599 Content Per Day: 1.63 Reputation: 7572 Achievement Points: 76763 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 67 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 6 hours ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Windows Posted June 15, 2020 3D printers are pretty cool. One of my suppliers has a few and while there watched it print out a fixture I now use on a CMM machine. Tech has certainly come along way in this area. Awards
MikeB Posted June 15, 2020 Member ID: 59 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 140 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2175 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 2416 Achievement Points: 15585 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 14 hours ago Device: Windows Posted June 15, 2020 37 minutes ago, Merlin007 said: 3D printers are pretty cool. One of my suppliers has a few and while there watched it print out a fixture I now use on a CMM machine. Tech has certainly come along way in this area. CMM !!!! My favorite part of setting up a job for production. Especially getting half way through an inspection and the damn machine errors out. We had two CMM's and one was prone to erroring out. Mostly read errors from the 3 1/2 floppy storing the CMM program. Ages ago !!!. Merlin007 1 Awards
Merlin007 Posted June 16, 2020 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 71 Topic Count: 1136 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 8599 Content Per Day: 1.63 Reputation: 7572 Achievement Points: 76763 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 67 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 6 hours ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Windows Posted June 16, 2020 2 hours ago, MikeB said: CMM !!!! My favorite part of setting up a job for production. Especially getting half way through an inspection and the damn machine errors out. We had two CMM's and one was prone to erroring out. Mostly read errors from the 3 1/2 floppy storing the CMM program. Ages ago !!!. We use a Zeiss machine so is capable of many things. I set up our component measuring programs from parts like small sintered parts to more complex aluminum diecast parts. Good stuff but can be time consuming. And no floppies lol. Awards
Gam3rGurL Posted June 24, 2020 Member ID: 22408 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 22 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 381 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 750 Achievement Points: 3956 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 02/16/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 11, 2024 Birthday: 01/08/1986 Posted June 24, 2020 We have 3d printers when I started to learn I used tinkercad website to start off. I cant remember what other programs I use. Been a while since i did any 3d designing Awards
RobMc Posted June 25, 2020 Member ID: 25355 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 31 Topic Count: 272 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 5824 Content Per Day: 1.88 Reputation: 9236 Achievement Points: 63677 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 141 Joined: 12/14/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 14 Birthday: 01/05/1954 Device: Windows Posted June 25, 2020 Here's something I 'knocked up' this morning, in CAD I get what C&A mean, but is D mouth??
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