Made some covers for my power cords...

[LittleBill]

Got tired of finding some of my adapters under my jacks, or some other random heavy thing and bending them, made some covers, think they came out ok.

[LittleBill]

valhalla360 wrote:

rlw999 wrote:

2112 wrote:
Yea LittleBill, put your printer away and stop having fun while educating yourself

I think his suggestion was more for the people that don't want to buy a 3D printer and learn how to use it, but still think this is a good idea and want covers themselves.

Printing your own sounds like a fun project for those that like that kind of thing, but for those that don't, cheap outlet converters sound like a good alternative that many people may not have thought of.

But it's really silly to claim it's a cost savings tool.

I am going to strongly disagree here. there have been multiple projects where I fixed something or made something that would have forced me to either throw something out, or hired a cnc shop to make a part for me. also every part I design i sell, to help recoup the cost.

I have easily recouped most of my cost, until i bought another printer. I give it a year to recoup that as well

[2112]

valhalla360 wrote:
Yeah...If you are just trying to justify a 3D printer to the wife, so you can play with it, go for it.

LOL The wife had to convince me to buy one. I have access to commercial grade printers at work. She uses it more than me making artsy crafty stuff. She wants an SLA printer but doesn't want to deal with the chemicals.

[2112]

LittleBill wrote:
I actually just purchased another printer, I don't know what I am getting myself into

LMAO Does it ever end.
Hey, at least your not collecting crack pipes. Printing can be just as addictive.

[valhalla360]

rlw999 wrote:

2112 wrote:
Yea LittleBill, put your printer away and stop having fun while educating yourself

I think his suggestion was more for the people that don't want to buy a 3D printer and learn how to use it, but still think this is a good idea and want covers themselves.

Printing your own sounds like a fun project for those that like that kind of thing, but for those that don't, cheap outlet converters sound like a good alternative that many people may not have thought of.

Yeah...If you are just trying to justify a 3D printer to the wife, so you can play with it, go for it.

But it's really silly to claim it's a cost savings tool.

PS: Never had an issue crushing the cable ends with the stabilizers anyway.

[LittleBill]

u got a 5 for 100 bucks wow, im jealous, i picked up another e3v2 used, kind of regretting it. we shall see i was looking at a cr10 v3 or v4 for the build volume, but im not sure if thats going to happen.

I was considering a voron setup, for the speed, but no one will tell me if they can hold to .02mm at those speeds, which is something i need for most designs.

[StirCrazy]

LittleBill wrote:

Ruralgas wrote:
Hello LittleBill:
Very nice work.
You've got to be very experienced/knowledgeable in the designing, which is very good.
I am wondering what design software you use?
Just got into this 3d printing and it's interesting, but trying to learn and use the design software is quite a challenge.
I've been using Onshape (free version) and just got famaliar with making basic designs.
Thanks in advance.
Garry

Garry,

I only started designing about 5 months ago. I use Fusion360, my first day took 4 hours to make a rectangle (just the rectangle, 2d not even 3d that was the next day :-)). I just keep watching youtube and hitting up the forums or asking 2112.

as i said in the other thread, the printer is really cool, but learning to design was mind blowing of the doors it opened for me. I designed a linear actuator for my tractor , that would have not been possible or significantly harder with regular thing like wood or metal.

I actually just purchased another printer, I don't know what I am getting myself into.

haha I still havent made a rectangle in fusion 360, but to be honest I havent spent much time trying to learn it yet as everything I have wanted has been available for free on thingsuniverse so far. but like you I did buy and ender 5 to go with my ender 3Max. I got it on a privat sale for 100.00 candian, still in the box never opened. now I have 300 bucks worth of upgrades on the way for that one..;)

[StirCrazy]

LittleBill wrote:
Got tired of finding some of my adapters under my jacks, or some other random heavy thing and bending them, made some covers, think they came out ok.

Nice, that has to be the most handy thing i never thought I would need. I wounder how they would print in TPU.

Steve

[rlw999]

2112 wrote:
Yea LittleBill, put your printer away and stop having fun while educating yourself

I think his suggestion was more for the people that don't want to buy a 3D printer and learn how to use it, but still think this is a good idea and want covers themselves.

Printing your own sounds like a fun project for those that like that kind of thing, but for those that don't, cheap outlet converters sound like a good alternative that many people may not have thought of.

[LittleBill]

Ruralgas wrote:
Hello LittleBill:
Very nice work.
You've got to be very experienced/knowledgeable in the designing, which is very good.
I am wondering what design software you use?
Just got into this 3d printing and it's interesting, but trying to learn and use the design software is quite a challenge.
I've been using Onshape (free version) and just got famaliar with making basic designs.
Thanks in advance.
Garry

Garry,

I only started designing about 5 months ago. I use Fusion360, my first day took 4 hours to make a rectangle (just the rectangle, 2d not even 3d that was the next day :-)). I just keep watching youtube and hitting up the forums or asking 2112.

as i said in the other thread, the printer is really cool, but learning to design was mind blowing of the doors it opened for me. I designed a linear actuator for my tractor , that would have not been possible or significantly harder with regular thing like wood or metal.

I actually just purchased another printer, I don't know what I am getting myself into.

[LittleBill]

2112 wrote:
Yea LittleBill, put your printer away and stop having fun while educating yourself :R

Some people will never get it

thats ok, the tractor guys gave me a hell of a time for the hydraulic covers as well

[LittleBill]

valhalla360 wrote:

LittleBill wrote:

valhalla360 wrote:
Nice. Never had the issue but wouldn't it have been easier to just pick up one of the $2 15amp outlet adapters and use that?

if your talking about a 30 to 15 adapter, the one i bought was 9 dollars, and would need the pins cut off. I also need 2 or 3 of these covers for all my plugs, so that would add up

If they are just for covers, who cares if the 15amp end gets damaged?

A quick look on amazon found $4 ones...don't really care if they are top of the line if they are just there to cover the prongs.

i also could have gotten some packaging foam out the trash for free, multiple ways to skin a cat...

[LittleBill]

rhagfo wrote:
Nice work, I just keep my 40' 50 amp cable and dog bones in a 3 gallon bucket.

my issue is with the surge suppressor and hughes autotransformer. they are both huge and hard to rein in. don't come close to fitting in a bucket.

[Lwiddis]

Good workmanship. Better idea!

[2112]

Yea LittleBill, put your printer away and stop having fun while educating yourself :R

Some people will never get it