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16 May 2021 19:14 #209156 by tommylight
Last two months besides working on the new shop, i managed to hoard 8 new 3D printers made by Creality at some silly low prices, roughly:
Creality Ender 5 plus for 447 Euro
Creality CR-X dual extruder for 253 Euro
Creality CR-10S PRO V2 for 253 Euro
Creality CR-5 PRO two of them for 263 Euro each
Creality CR-10 MAX three of them for 263 Euro each
I needed to print a small box for a single arduino, i swear !!! :)
If i can manage the time i plan on converting one of the CR-10 MAX to LinuxCNC or even better, build a new one something like the VORON or HevOrt, both are Core-XY type and can move at ridiculous speeds due to the low mass of moving parts.
On the brighter side of things, most of them spent some 4 or 5 days printing parts for drag chains/cable chains and earlier i did print some motor holders and idler mounts for a printer made out of 45X45 Bosch alu profiles, not those puny 20X20 ones.
Nuff talk, pictures:







If anyone is interested in more of this let me know.
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20 May 2021 19:10 #209676 by shpatb
You've gotten me in big problem , dragging me to deeper financial crisis LOL!!
couldn't resist as i watched these beauties stand there...

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20 May 2021 19:30 #209680 by tommylight
Welcome to the plasticky side !!! :)
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21 May 2021 02:05 #209721 by BigJohnT
Pretty nice printing... my Ender is not as good, but maybe it's my settings dunno.

JT

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21 May 2021 06:45 #209732 by anfänger
I was thinking about getting a new lathe or a 3d printer it was the lathe then.
When she is running I will start to think 4th axis for my mill or a 3d printer.
Why can‘t I just put a printing head in the toll holder of my mill. This would be perfect and a big ass 3d printer too. WIth way to much power consumption.

What lead to the desitions not buying one is printing time. But one day when I have enough time for all my projects...

Till then I simply watch here ;-)

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21 May 2021 11:55 #209749 by tommylight

Pretty nice printing... my Ender is not as good, but maybe it's my settings dunno.

JT

Post some pictures here, most of the issues are easy to point out.

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21 May 2021 12:03 #209750 by tommylight

Till then I simply watch here ;-)

Enjoy:




For more, instagram:
toma.cnc
toma.pc
toma.3d
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21 May 2021 19:56 #209791 by shpatb
clean stuff as always , keep it up old man. U rock!
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21 May 2021 20:53 - 21 May 2021 20:57 #209801 by andypugh
A few years ago I bought a 3D printer, the cheapest on eBay at £200, as a "toe-dipping" exercise to learn what I really wanted in a 3D printer.
I am still using the same one.

I have found it really useful for 3D printing foundry patterns, as things like loose parts and support parts are really easy to design and print.

One example:

Lathe steady, original in the left, 3D printed patterns in the middle, castings on the right.



And the finished part.

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22 May 2021 00:16 #209815 by tommylight
Two things i noticed lately:
Andy has a 3D printer, seen it on a picture yesterday with rolls of filament, and now openly admitting it ! :)
And 3D printers are used a lot in small/home/shop foundries, frankly that is magnificent.
It has gone far from printing only vases and small toys, and that was the main reason i still have plenty of parts to build at least 2 of quite big 3D printers all over the shop but i never did that. Back then a search for 3d printed would come back pretty much empty handed.

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