Official 3DP Thread

[Dirty Dee]

I use hatchbox white with Amazon prime one day shipping.

[RCjetdude]

Hatchbox ABS White works great on my modified Anet A8.

[Elbee]

Hey Y'all, what 'brand' of ABS and PLA filament are you guys finding to work the best? I'm looking for white in each type. My research leans toward IC3D (Ohio) for ABS and Hatchbox (Chinese) for PLA. Would like your input for any and all filaments including whether anyone has tried the metal blends. Many Thanks,, Best, LB

[Hardway]

Welcome to Hobby Squawk! Nice design...

[dblmars]

To Alpha, and the MTNRC Design Staff,
I have a suggestion for an alternate Tail-feathers for the 1600mm Spitfire... it allows for the retention of the original hing points, and control horn while providing the full outline of the teardrop rudder profile...

[bbaumer]

Here is an EC-5 battery safety cap I designed, I found a few online, but didn't like the fit or finish on the ones there. This has a light but secure pressure fit on the EC-5 female end.

[Sky Wolf]

What do you fellas think of this idea? Seems simple, and probably a way to screw a plane up really fast, but I did that small panel on a scrap wing in about 2 minutes as a test. I'm printing the second prototype now, increasing the height of the center guide ridge a bit ( shown in the rendering is ver 2) . It needs a handle but I thought it worked pretty well and wow was it fast.

I’ll take one too if you decide to make them available. Excellent idea!

[Alpha]

Here's an idea to toss around: Add a protruding tab to prevent the tool from spinning in the opposite direction. Essentially this creates a ratcheted wheel. This feature may help prevent a situation where the user moves the tool forward and then slips slightly before moving it backward, resulting in misaligned rivets.

I used a similar metal spoked tool for scale modeling, but a 3DP tool for foam is genius, bbaumer! This will be a day long remembered.

[Elbee]

Quite clever, BBaumer, the undo tool is a tub of foam filler. Downloaded and Thank you.

[Prowler901]

Thanks for this! I'll be giving it a try. :Cool:

[bbaumer]

Here is a printable file if anyone wants to try it. It has its shortcomings, keeping it level can be tricky, overruns and overlaps may be an issue. There is no "back button" either. :Sweating:

The center hole is 1/4" so you can make an axle out of about anything you've got lying about.

I printed a small handle for it but didn't find that design too practical. I'd certainly recommend practicing on something you don't care too much about

Willing to consider ideas for a better design

[Prowler901]

bbaumer, that is such a genius design! :Cool: I'm very interested in what you come up with there. Very clever!

[TiredIronGRB]

Perhaps I could split it into 3 layers, and you could remove one as necessary, I'll see how the geometry on this second print works out and go from there

Yes, that would work great.

[bbaumer]

One with rivets on one side only as well.

Perhaps I could split it into 3 layers, and you could remove one as necessary, I'll see how the geometry on this second print works out and go from there

[TiredIronGRB]

Well, my first center ridge was too small, and hard to stay aligned, so Im increasing it to see how it works

I think you'd want a partial wheel as well, maybe a couple of small flats

One with rivets on one side only as well.

[bbaumer]

bbaumer = Genius Of The Day Award!!

I'm assuming the ridge between the two spoked wheels is sized in order to fit within a panel line, to act as a guide for consistent spacing?

Well, my first center ridge was too small, and hard to stay aligned, so Im increasing it to see how it works

I think you'd want a partial wheel as well, maybe a couple of small flats

[TiredIronGRB]

What do you fellas think of this idea? Seems simple, and probably a way to screw a plane up really fast, but I did that small panel on a scrap wing in about 2 minutes as a test. I'm printing the second prototype now, increasing the height of the center guide ridge a bit ( shown in the rendering is ver 2) . It needs a handle but I thought it worked pretty well and wow was it fast.

Looks like a great idea to me, I would like to have one.

[Alpha]

bbaumer = Genius Of The Day Award!!

I'm assuming the ridge between the two spoked wheels is sized in order to fit within a panel line, to act as a guide for consistent spacing?

[bbaumer]

What do you fellas think of this idea? Seems simple, and probably a way to screw a plane up really fast, but I did that small panel on a scrap wing in about 2 minutes as a test. I'm printing the second prototype now, increasing the height of the center guide ridge a bit ( shown in the rendering is ver 2) . It needs a handle but I thought it worked pretty well and wow was it fast.

[AkumaZeto]

Yes taking my scratch modelling to the next level. All of the good bad and ugly statues I painted were all made on a form2 sculpted in zbrush then cast in resin for production.