steve_b_wales Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 I can't remember which member does the above? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spandit Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 It's me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 I thought miller too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mick miller Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 I do. Depends what you need. Someone gets things sintered out of nylon, which is a very robust way to go. That said, I printed a load of fitments to go from my power tools into an extraction hose and have yet to have a single one break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spandit Posted March 21, 2018 Report Share Posted March 21, 2018 Sintered Nylon (SLS) is very strong but the cost would be prohibitive in this case due to the way the price is calculated. It would then need to be dyed yellow - not impossible to do but adds to the cost. 3D printing with FDM (which is what most domestic machines are) is cheaper but the finish and strength are not as good. Range rules say they need to be yellow and I don't have that colour anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockySpears Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 Worth it for a starter kit? £114 seems cheap. https://www.gearbest.com/3d-printers-3d-printer-kits/pp_337314.html?utm_source=tt_de RS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebigH91 Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 mmm yes but that's for an EU plug version, its £156 for UK plug version, still cheap mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spandit Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 (edited) I bought a Wanhao i3 Duplicator Plus, it was about £200 but you can get the parts and the support. They're quite customisable too but it's a steep learning curve. To design your own parts, which I recommend, I'd suggest you learn to use OpenSCAD - again, a steep learning curve but once you have your model constructed, making minor tweaks is very simple. More complex programmes like AutoCAD may give you a quicker initial result but to make a minor tweak can be very time consuming. For example, if you have a simple solid block with a circular hole through it. In both programmes you tell it to draw the box and to produce the hole, you tell it to draw a cylinder and subtract it (there are other ways in AutoCAD but the principle is the same). Once this is done should you desire to move the hole slightly, in AutoCAD you'd have to draw another cylinder to fill it in and then draw a third cylinder to subtract again. In OpenSCAD you can just change the positioning parameters of the first cylinder. It also has the advantage of being free and the file sizes are tiny (roughly 1% of the AutoCAD equivalent). It can also do things AutoCAD can't do, like scale an object and stretching it on different axes (AutoCAD can only scale uniformly). It's also trivially easy to engrave text into objects, something the Mac version of AutoCAD can't do either! Edited March 22, 2018 by spandit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzicat Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 3 hours ago, thebigH91 said: mmm yes but that's for an EU plug version, its £156 for UK plug version, still cheap mind Can you not just add an EU/UK plug adaptor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 hello, interesting bit of kit, very good reviews, any good to make some decoys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spandit Posted March 22, 2018 Report Share Posted March 22, 2018 56 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, interesting bit of kit, very good reviews, any good to make some decoys Probably not. A pigeon sized decoy would take a very long time and you'd still have to paint it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dangerous Brian Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 Hi Spandit I have sent you a PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spandit Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 And replied! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_R Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 On 22/03/2018 at 13:46, guzzicat said: Can you not just add an EU/UK plug adaptor? In many cases the EU plug is on an IEC lead so all you need is a spare lead with a UK plug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted December 21, 2018 Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 Or cut the EU plug off and fit a UK one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 7 hours ago, Lord Geordie said: Or cut the EU plug off and fit a UK one! Thereby voiding any warranty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 Any self respecting competent person can replace a plug! It should have no bearing on any warranty issue! I have changed many and never had a problem when it comes to repairs or replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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