3D Printing and RVing

[BGMAC]

Here you are. The pic of the spring.

 

[Neal]

Which printer is this. Are there others that match, i.e. is this some type of foot that screws on? Hard to tell from zoomed in pic. Hope you can get it resolved quickly, filament has to flow!

 

[BGMAC]

@Neal you helped me find the missing spring. When I went up to take the picture I was leaning down. I glance to my right and found it just under a computer network cable. It must of rolled off when taking the pieces out of the box. Thanks ....

 

[Neal]

29 hours later, she's done! Now to figure out assembly and get the Raspberry Pi Camera better mounted than the setup I have now.

 

[BuckyII]

Wow, impressive! Good luck assembling. Glad to see you're up and running again.

 

[Neal]

Pretty neat design, I love seeing designs that have detail like this person did. It's amazing the knurling, the insets, zip tie slots, a lot of cool detail in this. It's a little fragile with PLA which is what was suggested for the print. Broke a few of the screws and had to print more. I love threads, so cool you can print in fine enough detail to do threads on things. I'm going to print some parts in PETG and see if that offers any more strength. I have Nylon as well if needed, that's about the strongest.

 

[BuckyII]

Impressive! Does this mean we will start to see hours-long videos of your print projects? With your warehouse full of filament, you should be able to select one for the job.

Yes, threads were the real eye-opener for me...I realized how capable the printer is to do precision jobs. On some of the jigs I've printed, just tweaking one part by .001" has made the difference.

 

[Neal]

An example of using OctoPrint where I can observe the print from my computer in real time video. I can't see my printer seated at my computer and you could even be in a different room or out of your house, etc. Pretty cool!

 

[Neal]

Here ya go @TJ&LadyDi - something you can print with your new 3D printer (I'm sure you want one again):

3D4U by Miele Coffee Clip by miele_3D4U

UPDATE V3: Based on the community-feedback, we improved and updated our design. The body, hinges and hook were redesigned to make the clip even more robust. Please note, we now have an option with and without honeycomb structure. We look forward to your comments.UPDATE V3: Auf der Grundlage der...

www.thingiverse.com

 

[MapNerd]

Do you all carry these things with you on the road or leave them at home and print your ideas when you’re puttering around at the S&B. They all look pretty huge, like the size of the convection microwave and they dont appear to be easy to break them down quick and easy. I would like to get into it, but I just don’t know where they heck I’d put it.

 

[Neal]

I do, see post 22 of this thread. Remember I pulled a sofa and setup office. The 3D printer is under the desk far right side, other side of the chair. So it's low and right of the desk, fits perfect. I typically print on the dinette though to keep the dog from pulling off her new toys as they print. It is not as big as you think, it fits on the forward part of the counter in front of the valance, not on the table you eat on.

 

[MapNerd]

Yeah, I don’t have any cavernous free space like that. I could put it on top of our cabinets in that space, though my co-pilot would ask me just where I plan to put it when I’m done with it. Come to think of it, maybe I could do without this co-pilot chair.

 

[Neal]

Yeah, I don’t have any cavernous free space like that. Though, some days I think I could do without this co-pilot chair

Yeah, that seat is never used in my coach and is more of a nuisance than anything else. I have used it very few times to pull out the fold out desk thingy and use my laptop there to enjoy the views while I work, okay, that's a lie, surf

 

[MapNerd]

Yeah, that seat is never used in my coach and is more of a nuisance than anything else. I have used it very few times to pull out the fold out desk thingy and use my laptop there to enjoy the views while I work, okay, that's a lie, surf

I’m sure you could remove the chair and build something around the frame mount that it sits on, using that to hold it in place. Maybe just a small entry table. If you ever decide to part with the VentEssex, just make sure you can remove it and put the chair back in. Shouldn’t be a big deal.

I’m actually thinking I might be try to convince the queen to let me have the half-bay in front of the peg-board bay with a pullout drawer. There’s mostly just a bunch of junk in there now that imo, we don’t need and hardly use. My kids would disagree as its all their stuff, but good news is they’re not yet of voting age! That would be a fine place for it and there are outlets down there next to the satellite connections and it wouldn’t stink up the RV as it goes through filament.

 

[Neal]

My kids would disagree as its all their stuff, but good news is they’re not yet of voting age!

LOL! Well, I can't smell the 3D printer typically, it's not as bad as some make it out to be but different filaments do differently, i.e. ABS I think is the more smelly one people say. PLA is what is used most of the time or PETG and it's not an issue, to me.

As to storage space, it's amazing how much we carry and don't use. I think once a year I do a cleanout realizing I don't need 3 (or more) grills. Two is sufficient. Before my big 7 month trip I did a major cleanout, then at the end of that after unloading I was amazed how much space there really is in these things. Hmm, sounds like an interesting thread coming...