Self replication is really cool..
If you have time try to play with the modeler.
It's like moving to the propelelr world... at first the 8 cores, the HUB and so on are strange, but as soon as you get the hang of the basis it is pure fun...
the difference is this applies to any 3D modeler, while we have not a propeller equivalent...
well the new version printed perfectly. Axil still did not come out perfectly but I am thinking of trying to find a tiny motor to replace it with anyways.
Very good indeed.. the shaft was 4mm by design, 0.2mm are of difference is very good.
It is mainly a question of adapting the desing to some manufacturing contraints, up to now extended surfaces not too thin, and vertical tubes not too slender.
It looks nice. You said the fins are too thin? I was worried they were too thick... seeing also the self replicated components it looks the printer works best with thicker parts...
yes that would be a long way to go. I am a lot closer and still can't make it myself since flights from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada here to there are pretty expensive. I am however sending a lot of stuff down there.
Would you like me to mail you one of these hats? If so just PM me your address.
As for thicker vs thinner. I think the black plastic works a lot better then the white but thicker does work better in general then thinner. i can do 0.7mm thick verticle walls but they pretty much have to be straight up. Strangely the fins print as 2 seperate walls like your model is hollow. may work better if it was filling in the middle.
I think there is a problem in the file translationchain. Alibre works with solids only, while stl describes only surfaces with triangles, if the surfaces are closed we have volumes back on the CNC side. Somewhere in the translation something happens, and the machine sees only the surfaces.
Could be a rounding/tolerance error, and it is common. When importing are you able to heal/stitch surfaces?
I think the issue with the hollow blades is do to the blade thickness being just thinner then 3 traces wide. I have tried to figure out how to make the blades thicker to test this theory but I can't seem to figure out how. also a slightly lower blade angle may help.
It won't even let me access the dimensioning tool on the blades.
Try this one...
Now they are 3mm, and the angle is changed.
To access the blades dimensioning from the main windows right click on sketsch2, and select "edit" from the menu.
You'll move to the sketch dimensioning (see second image).
Double click on dimensions to change them. The ones between parentheses are driven dimensions, and you cannot change them, unless you delete one of the drivind dimensions.
Good.
It takes a little bit to tweak the design to better comply with the printer.
Checking with skeinforge in fact the blade was made with 2 passes, with the new design it uses 4.
Massimo
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bottomless version, cone inside.
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If you have time try to play with the modeler.
It's like moving to the propelelr world... at first the 8 cores, the HUB and so on are strange, but as soon as you get the hang of the basis it is pure fun...
the difference is this applies to any 3D modeler, while we have not a propeller equivalent...
Massimo
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Lots of propeller based products in stock at affordable prices.
It is mainly a question of adapting the desing to some manufacturing contraints, up to now extended surfaces not too thin, and vertical tubes not too slender.
You'll have an extremely happy monkey..
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Maybe a little bito too thick..
A reuploaded it, but it looks ok..
Are you going to UPEW?
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Lots of propeller based products in stock at affordable prices.
Attending UPEW from Italy would be complex..
Would you like me to mail you one of these hats? If so just PM me your address.
As for thicker vs thinner. I think the black plastic works a lot better then the white but thicker does work better in general then thinner. i can do 0.7mm thick verticle walls but they pretty much have to be straight up. Strangely the fins print as 2 seperate walls like your model is hollow. may work better if it was filling in the middle.
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Lots of propeller based products in stock at affordable prices.
I think there is a problem in the file translationchain. Alibre works with solids only, while stl describes only surfaces with triangles, if the surfaces are closed we have volumes back on the CNC side. Somewhere in the translation something happens, and the machine sees only the surfaces.
Could be a rounding/tolerance error, and it is common. When importing are you able to heal/stitch surfaces?
Massimo
It won't even let me access the dimensioning tool on the blades.
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Lots of propeller based products in stock at affordable prices.
Now they are 3mm, and the angle is changed.
To access the blades dimensioning from the main windows right click on sketsch2, and select "edit" from the menu.
You'll move to the sketch dimensioning (see second image).
Double click on dimensions to change them. The ones between parentheses are driven dimensions, and you cannot change them, unless you delete one of the drivind dimensions.
Let me kno
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10min warm up
90 min print of hat
10 min cool down
x4
10 min warm up
30 min print of 4 blades
10 min cool down
=122min each in batches of 4.
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Lots of propeller based products in stock at affordable prices.
It takes a little bit to tweak the design to better comply with the printer.
Checking with skeinforge in fact the blade was made with 2 passes, with the new design it uses 4.
Massimo
Here is my attempt at printing a 4Dimensional shape. or more accurately its shadow.
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Lots of propeller based products in stock at affordable prices.