Friday pictures 4-30-'21

[-niels-]

It's a dreary, gray Friday where i am, so let's post some pictures to brighten the day a bit.

I designed a little (tiny, perhaps) tubeclamp that i 3D printed... but i guess i did stuff wrong on all departments.

I forgot to model in tolerances, didn't realize how tiny it was and made screw threads that are way too fine, added some expansion settings in my slicer to clear some wall thickness settings not realizing the consequences of doing that, placed the 2 halves too close together so i had massive stringing between them...

Yeah, i could've done better... but still amazed at the print result with those tiny tiny threads.

(they didn't fit because of the expansion, but i believe they would've worked otherwise.)

The filament had some issues as well, think i need to dry it, but that's for the next attempt.

Anyway, here is a raytrace and a photo of what i tried to make, to give an idea of size: the inner diameter was 9,5mm.

(like the fact that the selected solid shows up in the saved image.)

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[JDMather]

I’m a beginner just need help with modeling - Autodesk Community - Inventor

[Fouad-l]

Hello everybody!

This is a 80 mm Reflector mirror for photoelectric photocell i have modeled for one of case erecting machines i have designed. 

[cadman777]

Looks like some of my failed prints using ABS.

The way I do threads is make a thick solid shell and use a tap or die or chuck it up in a mini lathe and cut them w/a bit.

Works like a charm every time.

[-niels-]

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@cadman777 wrote:

Looks like some of my failed prints using ABS.

The way I do threads is ... use a tap or die or chuck it up in a mini lathe...

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I have none of those tools at home, so sadly not an option.

I've printed a few threaded objects and so far the threads always worked, so i know it's possible... i just didn't think this one through. Still haven't given it a 2nd try...