Any 3D printing enthusiasts?

[kat.ingalls]

I've been interested in 3D printing for a long time, but have never really had a chance to experiment. We just got a MakerBot Replicator 2 in the Autodesk Portland office, and I'm excited to get it set up and start using it! Especially with Fusion 360 🙂

I'm sure there's a lot of us that are 3D printing hobbiests. Would love to hear your experiences, any tips you have for a newbie, and definitely looking forward to seeing your 3D-printed creations in the gallery!

[nkloski]

Hi all...my name is Nick Kloski, and i am the co-fournder of HoneyBee3D, Northern California first (and as of right now) only dedicated retail 3D printing store.....I am happy to meet everyone here on this board, and also throw my hat into the ring of 3D printing enthusiasts here.  We have 4x printers in the store (with two more coming) and print a great number of things, as well as some high quality 3D scanners that we do a great number of projects with.  We recently used Fusion 360 to create some designs for our clients, and also are looking to use Fusion 360 for classes in the coming months.

If anyone out there is talented at Fusion and lives in the Bay Area, please reach out to me...we want to get this technology out to people to help advance this awesome industry!

We live 3D printing day in and out, so are happy to assist people here in the forum with questions, etc.

Thanks!

Nick

[taylor.stein]

Hey Nick, My name is Taylor Stein, and I am the Fusion 360 Evangelist here in San Francisco! I'm an avivd Fusion 360 user and 3D printing enthusiast with a background in Mechanical Engineering from UC Davis. That's awesome to hear what you're doing at HoneyBee3D, and I'd love to help you in any way possible. It would be great to chat on the phone, and even better to stop by HoneyBee3D to talk more in person. I'll send you a private message with my contact information, and I'm looking forward to see how I can help! 

[kat.ingalls]

Hey everyone! Just a quick question to see if anyone here is using a RepRap with Fusion? There's a question over on the RepRap forums about how others like using the two together. Would love to have the Fusion community chime in!

http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?267,319648,319648#REPLY

[jonathbenz]

Iam not aware of any magazines for 3D printing enthusiasts and I just would love to see the usual websites.


Brochure printing Singapore

[ktmadventurer]

I have just bought my own personal UP! Mini and am using plain ol' basic AutoCAD.
It was so easy to set up and use and I've never had a problem with it.
The price has come down quite a bit and I got it for just under AUD800
I bought one for the school I was teaching at and the kids loved how easy it was to print an object they had been working on in class. I used it as a "carrot" and I found their classroom engagement was excellent.
I'm trying to learn Inventor Professional and then switch to that for designing all the gadgets I have in mind.

I use Thingyverse, ShapeWays and MyMinFactory for inspiration.

I also read 3dprintingindustry.com every day!

[Drafter1981]

Thanks for the info....

[Drafter1981]

OK..

So it looks like I've stumbled onto the right area to ask questions about 3D printing.

I have not had a chance to read through every post so if I ask a question that has been addressed or answered already please excuse my redundancy.

Right now I’m in a class with a new 3D printer (The Makerbot Replicator 2X). Since this is new technology being used at the college, just about everyone at school has a lot of questions.

One issue that came up is the use of the scanner. 1st of all the IT group at the college has not figured how to get anything, the scanner, or the 3D printer online, or configured.

2nd thing is the “Old School Approach” of working with the new hardware or software.What I mean simply is that we are being told to create a model “The Old Fashion Way”

1st in order to use the scanner. We would then scan the item, or project and then the scanner would “recreate” our clay, or foam-rubber model in the printer.

To me, this is a redundant step unless the instructors are just trying to give the student an idea of what it really takes to get an idea or product made.

This sounds like what we use to do when I was teaching AutoCAD meaning,

before we would let the student use the computer, we really would make them do a drawing by using a drafting board with “T-Squares” and “Straight Edges”.

I could be wrong but in this instance I believe this step is unnecessary.  I think it would be a better use of time to tech or show the student how to convert the CAD file into a working 3D model,

and teach them the correct file format to use.

Any thoughts, information or help would be appreciated.

Thanks and Take care,

[Milt-Fitz]

Just Adding myselfy (via the office email) to the post, or thread...

[gr4eme]

Im using Fusion 360 with my printrbot, im exporting the STL to repetier and using slicer to generate the gcode at the moment. Here is a little piece i created to repair a shower screen as the part is obsolete

[JDMather]

I have a few machines.    

Print hundreds of parts every semester.

http://home.pct.edu/~jmather/matherj%20diss.pdf

[tarjeik]

Certainly, 3D printing is what lead me to Fusion in the first place 🙂 Below is a fan duct for a radial fan designed in F360 and printed on my Ord Bot Hadron which is receiving constant upgrades as I go along. Exported to STL from Fusion, sliced with KISSlicer and printed with Repetier Host (yes, the tool chain could certainly become simpler...) I'm also in the early stages of designing a new CoreXY based printer from scratch in F360. We'll see how it goes 🙂

The big 80mm fan which is jury rigged on the left edgeis one of two fans being replaced here.

[Drafter1981]

O.K.....
So here is what has been going on since getting into the 3D printing world (refer to links):

Video:

3D Printing, October 21st, 2014, Video Update

Photos:

3D Printing Project-01

A synopsis that I'm putting together for the college will follow at a later date