3d printers for making stuff for the RV

2112 wrote:
Man,I like your counter top. Did you make that?

Did you get another Ender?

No, Thats the factory bottom for the overcab, with all the cushioning removed.

I picked up another e3v2. I was strongly looking at doing a voron, but the ROI doesn't pencil out for me.

Man,I like your counter top. Did you make that?

Did you get another Ender?

been doing some 3d stuff, nothing hugely worth noting, did make some boxes to cover conduit to deal with a wiring issue in my rv, terrible photo, all the white squares and corner piece are 3d printed.

picked up another printer as well, but nothing interesting there. Mostly trying to get ASA printing to be reliable,(tried a g10 print bed, failed) and I think I got there today, will see soon.

Hasn't been much 3D talk so I thought I'll post this just to keep this thread alive:

We were out of town the past 5 days running around in the Texas heat. I realized this morning I left my water pale out in the 100+ degrees sun.

I went to use it and the spout went to pieces



After resuscitating my vegetation with some H2O I pulled out my calipers and scratch pad and got to work.

Within 4 hours I had this.
PETG 233C, 0.3mm w/0.4 nozzle, 2 layers





Faster than Amazon Prime, cheaper than driving to Lowe's for a new one and a whole lot more fun

2112 wrote:
Design Time?
How long did it take you to design the grill in as opposed to leaving it out and add some channels along the ledge to let the water out? You quadrupled your print time and used up a lot of material.

If it's a one-off so be it. But what if you need to print 200 units?

surprisingly that grill went together pretty fast, it was the edge angle that took a couple minutes. But again, I didn't think of doing it that way, no I don't plan to sell them, they take too long and cost too much compared to what is on the market already.

Design Time?
How long did it take you to design the grill in as opposed to leaving it out and add some channels along the ledge to let the water out? You quadrupled your print time and used up a lot of material.

If it's a one-off so be it. But what if you need to print 200 units?

2112 wrote:
WOW, that's impressive.

I despise supports as much as you despise glue and hairspray. I try to design with the intent of avoiding supports. But like you said, sometimes you just have to suck it up.

lol sometimes its not worth the design time. i spent 2 hours trying to avoid supports on one design. ran it through the slicer, it was 20 minutes and 3 cents of support, just not worth it. I am looking at a dual extruder model in the future, maybe pva supports IDK.

WOW, that's impressive.

I despise supports as much as you despise glue and hairspray. I try to design with the intent of avoiding supports. But like you said, sometimes you just have to suck it up.

some different angles of the tree supports.

2112 wrote:
Dang weird looking support. What slicer do you use? I'm guessing Cura.

Nice job *thumbs up*

Could you have created a ledge with some weep channels to support the auto transformer and left the center open? I guess to ask it differently, is the grill necessary?

that is upside down tree supports. I will provide a better photo.

the autoformer weighs 21 pounds. i think the edges are only 6mm thick. that said that grid is a drain pad for water, and drains to a canal then exits via the holes on the side.

after placing the unit on the stand, 99% of the grid is covered, not sure if it was necessary, but it was a edge plane, which was a new technique to learn, so I am happy with that.

Honestly i just ripped off hughes design, after thinking about your comment. i guess opening up the bottom would have been doable, and reduced the time and material. there are about 6 changes I would do, but this worked better then expected.

I do use Cura. "Combing" almost destroyed that grid. first time I have ever seen a design do that. I either need to turn combing off or go to z hop for this part. thats why the top looks so rough. it easily made 400 + combing passes.