Hi,
Sorry for my absens, Have been a rough time but I'm still using my printer. Below you see some of my latest prints and prototypes.
Nothing big or fancy. Although, I have a few bigger projects to design and print so there will be more.
Printed on demand from a friend.
A simple cord holder.
Som prints for another friend.
A few prototypes.
A longer stop for my window.
Having a 3D printer solves so much problems and I just solved a little but yet a really annoying problem.
I use deodorant which comes in 50 ml glass bottles. The lid is round and not flat so you can't put it upside down. But why do I want to put it up side down?
Well, I'm thrifty and I want to use all of it's content. When the bottle almost is empty, it's really hard to get the last out of the bottle and since you can't put it upside down, you have to shake it ("shake it like a Polaroid picture") a lot so you don't really need the deodorant, you need a shower instead.
So my solution was simple. A stand for my deodorant bottles. The stand has a surface for when it's new and there's still al lot of content and a hole for putting it upside down.
It works as planned.
Please ignore the mess in the background.
You know I'm a little of an inventor myself. I just invented, designed and printed an appliance that can change the life of a lots of family's.
Behold! The "Flow multiplier"
As you can see in the picture the quality on the print isn't the best but I hade to print it in a hurry.
What is it then? Well, you mount it on your kitchen faucet so more than one can use the faucet at the same time. It's described i the commercial below (don't take it to seriously though). :-)
More CAD's and prints coming so sit tight.
Since I started to buy my own lamps I've never really liked the shades that comes with the lamps, sure some look nice but it's not really what I want. But now that I have a 3D printer, that's going to change.
So here it is, my first lamp shade CAD and print.
First time I draw something out of a globe, so it took some time to get it right but I'm very pleased about the result. I know that it's not an exact replica of the real Death Star, but I wanted to get it a personal touch.
If I have to take a wild guess, I'm certain that there is a lots of Death Starts to download and print, but as I told you before I want to do everything on my own (except for some special requests, like my previous post).
I printed it in a lower resolution to get a more "scruffy looking" surface since the Death Star don't have a smooth surface. It came out quite smooth anyway except for the top.
Looks better as a lamp shade than I thought it should. I like the result and print one more while writing this, only 13 h left (not the writing, the print).
So, I'm done with my first "big" print. I'. really pleased with the result and I really hope that my friend like it. The blue colour was a little bit dark but I think it matched with my green colour in a nice way.
NOTE!
This print is downloaded from www.thingiverse.com, and I have not made the design myself. All cred goes to "ustkl".
A friend of mine asked if I could print this for him and how could I say no?
The print consists of one Oddish body and one leaf. I printed two of them as wished by my friend. In total it took approx 30 H and it took 327 grams of filament.
One of the bodies was printed right beside me when I worked from home and it was really interesting to se Oddish take shape, layer by layer.
Next I will print some smaller designs I worked with but in a few days I will start printing my first (of two) 24H prints, I'm really interested in the result.
Se you soon...
Finally I could order more filament. I started with three new colours, I will not tell which, you have to wait and see.
A colleague of mine who also in to 3D printing was kind and gave me a new glass plate to my printer so I now have a spare. The glass plate is the surface for the prints.
Now, with more filament and different colours I'm going to start printing a few big projects, one is a wish from a friend (I will post it when it's finished). Although I have not designed or CAD it myself, it will be fun to print it. my friend wanted two so the total print time will be 37h : 40min. It's composed of six different objects times two, so twelve different prints.
After that I'm going to print two 24h prints. I hope printing some smaller between.
Stay Tuned...