I wanted to design a model to test how well my bed was leveled and to check if my bed was warped. I needed a way to quickly print a model that I could measure the thickness of at key points on the bed. My bed is 220mm by 220mm but the maximum size I use is 200mm by 200mm (to allow for the purge line) so I decided to make the test 180mm by 180mm with test points every…
I’ve been doing a lot of 3D printing lately so I wanted to share some of the modifications that I made to my ANET A8 3D printer to improve the quality of the prints and the usability of the printer. The first change I made was to the cooling nozzle. This nozzle works much better as it allows air flow all around the plastic which cools the plastic more evenly and faster. This filament guide makes sure that the filament…
I needed to make a replacement for this bolt handle as the bolt had rung off and would not tighten properly. I made up a bolt and a nut to use as the bolt section. I designed a new handle to hold the bolt. The printed model can be seen below. The assembled model can be seen below. The model files can be seen on Thingiverse here. As always if you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask,…
My parents recently bought a new patio table and because of the drainage slope on the patio the table didn’t sit level. They were using a block of wood under one leg of the table to level it but they were looking for a better solution. I suggested that I could 3D print a “sock” to go over the leg with the block to raise it the same amount as the block. But they wanted all the legs to match…
After the last post about how I turned the Computer Society logo into a key ring (Here), I thought I’d go through the process of turning a logo into a 3D printed object in more detail. First you need to find a good quality version of the logo (I’m going to use the crest of my university). Take the image into Adobe Illustrator and run “Image Trace”, The settings I used were configured to simplify the design and make it…
I made these keyrings for promotional purposes for the computer society to use at a conference that we were attending. I took the outline version of the society logo into Illustrator. I had to create two drawings one of the main body and one of the design in the center, I also simplified the design to make it easier to print. I saved these two drawings as .dxf which is a type of vector drawing file that can be imported…
I designed a custom hook to hold a Dyson V8 head, in order to keep it off the floor. I used steel rulers and a calipers to work out the length, width and angle that I needed the hook to be. I filleted the edge and put a large fillet between the hook and the body. I also put two holes into the body for screws and chamfered them to make it neater. In order to check the design I…
I recently bought a new car and wanted to hard wire a dashcam into the car. From reading different reviews and looking at which dashcams insurance companies in the UK recommend (Irish companies don’t want to deal with dashcams apparently) I decided to get the Nextbase 312GW. For this project I bought: Nextbase 312GW Nextbase car camera hard wire kit Transcend 32GB Micro SD card (Some people had problems with Sandisk SD cards and this camera and this one was…
I designed a clip to help keep my brothers drawing board from slipping while he was using it. Show below is the 2D sketch that I drew to get the profile for the clip. The largest table it can be used with is 40mm and the clip is designed to hold a bar just over 19mm in diameter. The arm that bar slides along is sloped to help it clip in more securely and the top arm is at a…
I got a 3D Printer (Anet A8): I was trying it out with mainly models from thingiverse.com. I wanted to try printing something of my own design so I decided on a stamp. I drew the models in Solidworks. It is made from 3 parts, a main body, a cap and a replaceable flexible section for text. Pictures of the printed model: The CAD files are available on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2763926 Hopefully I will get a chance to make more models…