XXitanium Posted January 11 Posted January 11 https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1111619944085402&id=100057122213319 Quote
SwampNut Posted January 11 Posted January 11 1990s The Cure is what I always associate with hardcore bikers and hand building machines. Quote
DaveK Posted January 11 Posted January 11 People on Etsy charge $50 for 2 printer dividers for my Dewalt boxes. Offered him $50 for 4 and he said no. Quote
SwampNut Posted January 11 Posted January 11 I'm unsure if you bought them, or didn't...are asking for some? Which I'm happy to make. Oh, how did the car stuff work out? "I didn't like them" is always acceptable and a learning opportunity too, BTW. Quote
DaveK Posted January 11 Posted January 11 (edited) The car stuff you made are ALL in use but when I got around to posting the pictures you’d purposely disabled my ability to post pics so everyone couldn’t see the shoddy work you do. The center console piece didn’t fit. Well, it fit just couldn’t close the lid. I appreciate the offer - I don’t want to burden you or anyone else to start using time, materials and money to make free shit. If you charged, I’d buy 🙂 I didn’t buy them. Edited January 11 by DaveK 1 Quote
SwampNut Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Well fuck, wonder why the maker of the console piece did that. Wonder it's a year thing. I'm happy to make stuff. It's generally really cheap. Every part I make teaches me something more. So let's do this, do a search for: 3d print Dewalt (xyz) dividers, where xyz is the name of the box. Tell me the name or give me a link, and I will also search. Quote
XXitanium Posted January 11 Posted January 11 3 hours ago, SwampNut said: The Cure ...I had no volume. I was hearing Baba O'Reily on Pandora. Quote
DaveK Posted January 11 Posted January 11 2 hours ago, SwampNut said: Well fuck, wonder why the maker of the console piece did that. Wonder it's a year thing. I'm happy to make stuff. It's generally really cheap. Every part I make teaches me something more. So let's do this, do a search for: 3d print Dewalt (xyz) dividers, where xyz is the name of the box. Tell me the name or give me a link, and I will also search. I’d need 4 dividers. https://www.dewalt.com/product/dwst08400/toughsystem-20-extra-large-toolbox Quote
superhawk996 Posted January 12 Posted January 12 13 hours ago, DaveK said: People on Etsy charge $50 for 2 printer dividers for my Dewalt boxes. Offered him $50 for 4 and he said no. They probably have to be solid, or close to it, and possibly of a decent material to hold up. I don't know how much that costs to make, but probably not very cheap. And "costs to make" is filament, printer wear, electricity, and labor. The labor side is fairly low, 'till the machine needs work. And I could be totally off, Carlos will know better. Quote
SwampNut Posted January 12 Posted January 12 11 hours ago, superhawk996 said: And "costs to make" is filament, printer wear, electricity, and labor. The labor side is fairly low, 'till the machine needs work. And I could be totally off, Carlos will know better. I'll go with an analogy. It costs nearly nothing to make a pretzel and the things that go with it. This is why they offered Moriah anything else for 50% off with her pretzel the other day. It costs a lot to acquire a customer and sell a pretzel. Those costs were covered once she was there buying, now selling more stuff at 50% off is profitable. Business 101. If he's using ABS, which seems like a good choice for this, it's not super expensive, not cheap. Probably not solid which is usually actually weaker than a good gyroid infill, physics is weird. But it's toxic and you have to also buy filters, and a fume monitor if you like your brain. His price is high but not crazy. I'll try this with a lesser material and for Dave's uses (not a contractor) it will be fine. That dude has to make them rugged to live in the field and in trucks. Also...this happened. I'll tell more after I get over the PTSD and anger. Quote
SwampNut Posted January 15 Posted January 15 On 1/11/2025 at 8:16 AM, DaveK said: People on Etsy charge $50 for 2 printer dividers for my Dewalt boxes. Offered him $50 for 4 and he said no. Is this the thing? https://www.yeggi.com/q/dewalt+toughsystem+divider/ Yesterday I deployed a new special high-flow nozzle and tuned the printer for it. Now I'm able to turn out this quality (and I'll improve it) from a difficult material called PETG. It's tough but flexible/machinable, unlike the more common material which is hard in the brittle sense (once it gives it's gone). So PETG makes perfect sense for this task. And I've learned how to match DeWalt yellow in other materials, now to match it in this... This is pretty good, 90% good. The day before this was looking like it had been made by a five year old from old Play-dough. Quote
XXitanium Posted January 16 Posted January 16 On 1/11/2025 at 8:42 AM, SwampNut said: 1990s The Cure ...it could have been Rick Astley... Quote
XXitanium Posted January 16 Posted January 16 ...Milwaukee Red, just sayin. Son no. 2 got The Milwaukee tote for Christmas. Quote
SwampNut Posted January 24 Posted January 24 I installed some new home automation/security stuff, the camera had a very limited mount that didn't let me swivel far enough. I bet there's a printable angle mount for it... I've been annoyed at what to do with the small shop vac hose (used for tool connections) when I switch over to the larger cleanup hose. I bet there's a clip... It's even branded and I bought the officially curated color that matches theirs. To install the new home stuff I needed to make holes in drywall which makes a mess, so...printed a vac drill thingie... After removing some stuff I had oval holes that were too big for spackle to hold, and too small to back them with anything. Normally you cut it bigger, and back it, and fill, but! I just printed a sort of right size oval cup from TPU (rubbery), with a nipple in the middle. Push it through, flexing, then it pops out and you use the nipple to pull it forward. Apply cyano glue and accelerator. Ten seconds later you cut off the nipple and it's ready for spackle. I forgot pics. 1 Quote
SwampNut Posted January 25 Posted January 25 Finished the shrine to the gods of 3D printing. May they be pleased, and keep my filament dry and the spaghetti in the pantry. 1 Quote
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SwampNut Posted January 27 Posted January 27 1/4 hex driver bits, see the thread about fastener hoarding. Today, I am out of problems to solve with a 3D printer. Quote
SwampNut Posted January 31 Posted January 31 On 1/27/2025 at 7:39 AM, SwampNut said: Today, I am out of problems to solve with a 3D printer. Upgraded bit holders for Dewalt drivers. The stock ones hold a single bit, and they are finicky as hell to use. Two types, to see what's better. My old table saw had a small storage rack on the overhead tube that was very useful. It's wasted space, in an area where I very often want to put things to get them off the table which is also the outfeed. I got these kitchen drawer/cabinet organizers, and printed a tube clamp. Sure, there would be something like at at a store, but it would take longer to drive than to print. Also would not be the proper trim color to go with my table saw's trim color, bright red. And I needed to run a cable with premade ends and protect it/cover the hole, so... 1 Quote
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