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Medalions for Cars with transmitters.
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Laser
40 Watt Laser x tool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiT3DSc6srk
Atomstack S20 pro
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20Watt @ Amazon
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Laser Engraver to Plasma Cutter
  • Fulfill Your Imagination with One Pass: xTool D1 works well on cutting a 10mm wood board and a 5mm black acrylic in one pass, smoothly cutting surface with fewer burn marks


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xtool
D1

40watt



Upcycling

Direct Drive has changed the landscape.


Auto Leveling 

PCBWay
Shapeways

Things you  should know.

Future Trends

3D printing as part of other manufacturing.
Woodworking
Inserts

Try to stay away from multi-hour or multi-day prints. Print in sections and assemble. Solvent welding, heat welding, 3d pen or glues.



Parts Replacement
Fan Repair













Overview
Prusa Slicer
Sketchup
Meshmixer
Free Cad
Tinker Cad
Fusion 360

Circuits

Prusa slicer 2.6









































Ironing
Adds Significant Time

3D printer compatible with general-purpose, functional, and elastomeric materials.

Finishing
Rub N Buff

  • Step one: Goto SDPSI (as an example) and click on a L timing pulley.
  • Click on STC parts link and “download 3D models”.
  • On new tab, select file formal “step, .stp”
  • Let the internal website software convert the file for you (takes 30 seconds) and click download
  • Open the downloaded zip file containing a stp file, such as “a_6a_4-10df05016.stp”
  • Open freecad and open the step file
  • On the lefthand side, click the part name under “unnamed”
  • Under the help menu there is a submenu selection tool. Select “Mesh Design” and the top menu will change to include “Meshes.”
  • Select mesh > create mesh from geometry, and leave the value at 0.1 on the next screen. Hit enter.
  • Now on the left hand side, click “mesh”
  • On the meshes menu, select export mesh. Select “Binary STL.”
  • You can now process this with Slicer, Tinkercad, Sketchup (with import library included on this site).
  • Print free parts!!


CURA

PRUSA
  • Open PrusaSlicer (version 2.3 or later).
  • Go to the “Print Settings” tab, and click “Infill”.
  • Select either “Advanced” or “Expert” mode on the top right side of the screen. You should then see a section labeled “Ironing”.

Temperature Monitoring
Probes

Probe Type Thermometer   

Thermal Fabric
54 inches
; however, 48-inch-wide fabric is found both here and in Great Britain, and 40- and 42-inch widths are standard for many imported fabrics, like Indian silks.
Feb 13, 2011

PIR Controler\
heater Element
Bulbs

Glass Bed Accesories
3D print mall

Printing


Anycubic
Kobra All Metal Hot End
Heater Block https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09... Bimetal Heatbreak https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09... Capricorn Tubing if you need it https://www.amazon.com/Creality-Upgra...



Anycubic
Sovol
Anker
Bambu
Prusa
Creality


Enclosures
Cloth Width
Tube and  Snapped on cloth.
Temperature Probe
Frames
Cloth

Scanning

Amazon
Banggood
Gearbest
Aliexpresss
DGH


Services
PETG CC3 D
Buy Apollo X like ASA
Video
Outdoors
Carbon fiber reinforced PETG's are about twice as stiff as normal PETG, and the good ones (with high aspect ratio fibres) are slightly stronger than the base resin.
CarbonX PETG for example is 3 x stiffer and 20% stronger than base PETG.
Carbon Fiber PETG
Hardened Steel Better

TPU Overture
Video Sainsmart TPU
Article
Conductive Filament

ASA Outdoors Smooths with Acetone
Video

Metal Example
Metals

Conductive Filament
Prints at 200c
Stainless Nozzle .6 or .8
Hardened Steel
Article
Hardened Steel Better conductivity than Stainless?


PolyCarbonate
Bambu Machine?


Use ASA
Nylon


UPS for Saving Prints.
Alternatively don't print when power is liable to be interrupted.

Filament Drying
Vacuum Oven

All3d Author
3D Printing Nerd

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CNC Milling
High Expendables
CNC Plasma Cutting

All3d

Printing On Cloth
Printing Fabrics TPU
Gaskets
Laser
40 Watt Laser

Electric Bikes
 
Challenges


Photography

Medical

Prosthetics

Hydroponics
Plant Propagator
Auto Water level
Net Pots

Seed Starter
Plant Stakes


3D Search Engines Video
Yeggi
Thangs
3DmDB
Traceparts
Thomasnet
McMaster
https://www.makexyz.com/convert/iges-to-stl

3D Content Central
Cadenas
Grab CAD

Cults

Import DXF  DWG
Sketchucation
Bambu
Ankermaker

EVs And 3D Printing

Lighting

Role Playing Game Pieces

Bicycle STLS

Garden Items

Stereo System Wire Management
Price Calculator 12 awg wire.

Clip on pop filter

Bicycle Parts

Leslie Adapter
Threaded Adapter

Custom Keyboard System
Keyboard Rack

Magnetic phone case?
Medical Prints
Photography
Automotive
Phones
Mailbox
Desk Accessories

Electronics
First Steps Connectors and Switch Plates
Connectors
Wire Management
Phono Cartridge Storage

Headphone Hanger with
Plug Holder and Cable Manager


Magnetic Phone Clip for Phone
Magnetic Charging

Restoring Vintage Electronics