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TheMakerz – #022
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Show – http://podnutz.com/category/themakerz/
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Email – themakerz@podnutz.com
Hosts:
DoorToDoorGeek – Steve McLaughlin – http://Podnutz.com
Jonas Rullo aka Bambiker, aka jrullo on IRC Tumblr: http://bambiker.tumblr.com/
Chad Cory – youtube – watchmydiy https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnXEH0eHynU464l5Lw9zyEw etsy shop – c3dbycac https://www.etsy.com/shop/c3dbycac
Brett Hansen – @Newstalgic Twitter
Aaron Turnbull – aar510430@gmail.com
flyingRich – http://flyingRich.com
Liam Tidwell – LiamTek.com https://www.etsy.com/shop/3DTek
James – james@cad9.design
Contact:
Email – themakerz@podnutz.com
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MeWe – https://mewe.com/group/5884ebf15b25bc52222e1ffc
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC254waH49Ar28JfPvVnhw-A
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Jonas Rullo –
Built: TPU caps for mini glass jars (tinkercad), Clothes steamer helping hand (onshape.com)
TPU caps: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ShbkNHEVDF6Xn3Ux5
https://photos.app.goo.gl/FYZkSBpNZCbFsSzf8
TPU phone case: https://photos.app.goo.gl/9HW8zMguzGCzAdbDA
Helping hand: https://photos.app.goo.gl/FYZkSBpNZCbFsSzf8
https://photos.app.goo.gl/FYZkSBpNZCbFsSzf8
TPU frog a little furry: https://photos.app.goo.gl/VHazuEEhi7hcAFfz8
Broke: 3 Sonoff power controllers – reset my account and now cannot join them to Wifi
Learned: Re-learned TPU works so much better when oven dried for a couple hours. – also learning FreeCAD
Added Cohesion 3D mini to K40 laser.
I’ve joined the crowd and upgraded our K40 laser cutter with the Cohesion 3D mini control board. I also set it up with LightBurn. Everything was run of the mill except for having to change the laser firing control pin to a secondary FET on the control board. After that, everything works like the old machine, but with added features like no locked in cracked Chinese software and better laser control.
Youtube finds:
They call him Big Clive. He’s tall, over 6 feet, his name is Clive, and he likes to tell you about electronics across the pond.
Scotland born electrician tears down faulty usb power supplies, builds custom LED projects and teaches electronic circuits in the process. He also fills time during builds with stories about being an electrician in Scotland. https://www.youtube.com/user/bigclivedotcom
All I have is a stencil Jimmy Diresta. Seems to be a self taught professional maker and arts instructor. Combination of well made how to videos about metal work, leather work, knife, furniture, cabinet, sign and special projects making/building. All with just enough cat humor skits mixed in every once in a while. https://www.youtube.com/user/jimmydiresta
Patrick Adair for all the lathe owners. His specialty is glow in the dark rings. This guy shows you how to make rings from meteorites, super conductor, carbon fiber, wood, and glowing epoxy. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ82SlfYWJag5794tE64ZZA/featured
Not only does he tell you and show you exactly how he makes each type of ring and where he gets his supplies, Patrick also sells supplies and specialty ring making tools. If you watch his earlier videos he links the suppliers that he now resells.
This is the UV glow powder he uses. https://www.technoglowproducts.com/glow-in-the-dark-powder/
Shine a UV light on it for 30 seconds or more and it glows for hours. It’s supposed to be rechargeable for 10 years. You can get it from Patricks site or from the manufacturer. I bought some green and yellow to mix with epoxy. I can’t way to use this stuff.
You can mix the kind for epoxy into clear/translucent epoxy, or sprinkle the regular crystals onto something and drip CA glue on it. Then epoxy or cover with something clear and the thing glows. They even give you a UV flashlight to charge up your order. I left my bag of powder on my car seat during the day and that night it was glowing. You can charge it up in the sun, or any UV LED or other UV light source.
New program to try: FreeCAD
https://freecadweb.org/wiki/About_FreeCAD
This is a cross platform fast moving free CAD software. I’m looking into this one mostly because it’s native to Linux and I don’t really want to run Windows just for one program. Also, it’s a desktop system so none of the cloud weirdness I was getting with 360. Somebody tell me again, why I should have to have an internet connection to use my desktop CAD program. Tired of that junk!
The program is segmented internally by a set of “Workbenches”. You choose a workbench for the task your doing. If you’re working with a triangle mesh model, you don’t need to have architectual CAD tools in your immediate toolbar.
A workbench is like a view of certain tools you would use to work on particular projects. Choose the Arch workbench to show toolbars for Architectual design. Choose the Mesh Design workbench to work with 3D mesh .STL type models. There’s even a mode for OpenSCAD, the programmatic 3D design tool.
Then there are workbenches for the normal 3D model making using sketches and most of the tools you might use in Fusion 360, or Onshape.com.
Or you can just use a workbench with all toolbars and customize the tools you want to work with. There are so many toolbar options it makes sense to choose one of the predefined setups.
I say fast moving because the development is ongoing similar to blender. As a result I’ve heard several tutorial presenters say that there are odd quirks you might run into once in a while because something’s been updated. You may need to install a previous version if it’s something too annoying to work around. I haven’t made a single object in this yet, so I don’t know how annoying the quirks are. Watching a few tutorials, one of the presenters had to draw a part a different way because of the way an update caused a glitch in how a line was joined in a sketch. Nothing broke, you just had to think of a different way to draw what you were thinking about.
Printer upgrade – Capricorn bowden tube: https://photos.app.goo.gl/yoxYoU5VnrMUYJV58
https://www.captubes.com/index.html#products
This is a hard upgrade to really quantify. It’s supposed to be a more slick surface, better heat resistance, and also a more precise 2mm inner diameter teflon tube. The slickness and closer tolerance more precise 2mm inner diameter is supposed to help your TPU slip more easily and not get pinched in the tube.
It works as far as I can tell, and I haven’t had any issues with it. I’ve printed green Ninjaflex filament OK, however the red seems to jam more for some reason. I was able to print Sainsmart TPU previously but I feel like I can print a little faster with it using this tubing compared to before.
I was able to print Sainsmart TPU with my bowden CR10 machine, but Ninjaflex always jammed with the generic white tubing. Now at least the green works well enough.
So far I’ve been printing TPU pretty successfully. I do like things to be as correct as possible especially when there are so many variables to account for when 3D printing. This is one thing less to worry about. Maybe if I were running a really long bowden tube I would notice more of a benefit. As it is, the numbers say it’s better in all the right places and it’s not terribly expensive. If you like precision equipment and are replacing the unknown origin Chinese sourced generic white tubing in your bowden rig, you may as well replace it with something nicer. Besides, who doesn’t like the word lubricity?
Quieting the CR10
These few changes make printing surprisingly and noticeably quieter.
Quiet fan: Case fan:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WVTEEWS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Circuit board fan:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0083A0CBG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Hot end:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FBPQF1Q/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Motor dampers: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07415B39B/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Tinkercad quick tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxLqiUpO_tw
You can now make shapes and add to a collection. In the right menu, look for Part Collection. Whichever part is selected, will be added to the collection when you click the menu.
Another place for tools: https://www.toolstoday.com/
I looked here for router collets and bits. The prices seem pretty good.
Moe Milstead –
Blasted glass: https://photos.app.goo.gl/FAJQ1GRYSbAeVyJb6
Glasses set gift: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Xt3yKx9xxcMNoTPD7
https://photos.app.goo.gl/32jPq8meGfiAxGA79
Blasted glasses: https://photos.app.goo.gl/4QWHH7QiREzomsyT8
