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the16bitgamer

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  • I finished my 3D Printable screw design! Excellent print ability, reliable for simple use, though the head is prone to strip... can't win them all.

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  • Anything with sharp angles will be likely strip it. Spanner Drive heads might do it, but it's an uncommon type of screw bit.

  • I finished my 3D Printable screw design! Excellent print ability, reliable for simple use, though the head is prone to strip... can't win them all.

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  • These are the size of 10-32's... if their head strips you are putting a ton of torque on it.

  • I finished my 3D Printable screw design! Excellent print ability, reliable for simple use, though the head is prone to strip... can't win them all.

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  • Still testing the head designs. Should consider a slot instead since the hole doesn't take well to a metal screw driver.

    As for the fills. Wall thickness has more impact than infill due to it's size. With that said, from my testing with stylus, 100% infill bends better than 25% which I am using. But as this is not suppose to be used crooked it shouldn't make too much of a difference.

  • This took forever to design. But I got a functional Screw and Nut 3D Printed

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  • My solution was actually to change the print orientation and cut a little into the screw. Print reliability and consistency is high and the fit is perfect.

    Once I’m done I can probably share the designs

  • This took forever to design. But I got a functional Screw and Nut 3D Printed

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  • This took forever to design. But I got a functional Screw and Nut 3D Printed

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  • I wanted an easy design which can be applied. While the fasteners workbench is neat, it's not what I am looking for.

  • Coding chess

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  • They are doing it dumb. You can text output chess but you just need to keep track of where the pieces are in code, then when you are ready to output, place the characters. Saves so much time. /s

  • Finally found a way to get Garolite print beds for my Prusa's

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  • I print almost daily. PEI wares down to quickly for my use case. I will agree on a fresh sheet of PEI Garolite is worse. However after a few prints. Garolite is more consistent.

  • Finally found a way to get Garolite print beds for my Prusa's

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  • Etsy cracks down on 3D printed products — new rules exclude many 3D printed items from listings

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  • As someone who sell their 3D Prints on Etsy. This is fantastic. We had other shops try to sell older versions of my designs and even trying to use my photos in their listing. If this stops that I am all for it.

  • What is the oldest thing you own that you still use daily?

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  • Physical item: LL Bean Laptop Bag. Was designed for laptops much bigger than the one I have now and it’s held up well… except for the buckles.

    Digital: Rollercoaster Tycoon got it in a cereal box and I still play it today.

  • I attempted Necromancy on some old laptops. It didn't work, so I wanted to share what I found.

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  • I am not 100% sure.

    The Acer appears to be from 2007

    The Dell 2007

    The Asus around 2015

  • What are some of the stupidest, non-political takes you've seen on the fediverse?

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  • This was a limitation of Fusion 360. You’d click on the face you’d want to turn 3D. If you drag and select everything would be included. But if your sketch has construction geometry (which didn’t exist in fusion) you could get voids.

    Also all lines were white in fusion… I’m starting to get the impression Fusion isn’t a good product

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  • The bunny 20-30 minutes since I don't use Eclipses too much, and how to do Eclipse arcs to make a solid outline. I'd say if I was more familiar it should take less time. Since this Bunny looks way rougher than I intended too, but it was a proof of concept.

    The interception geometry issue was the biggest learning hurdle for FreeCAD for myself. However since moving I've grown to prefer it since it avoid voids being created by tiny intersections which are difficult to see. For example for the skatch bellow, if you are not careful you may miss the middle and create a random hole in your model. Had this on many of my earliest designs and spent a lot of time trying to fix it since the software wouldn't render out the shape right.

    I also I love how FreeCAD changes the color of a sketch's lines green and a brighter green when everything is contained. I see it like a game and it forces me to think about how the shape should be rather than what's close enough to what I need.

    That said, while I was like you and worked with a single sketch and padded, pushes and constrained my way to make the model I needed. FreeCAD does like you import existing geometry into a design. In the current BETA they are allowing that geometry to even be constructor geometry to make modeling easier. So you can continue to base your current sketch upon the previous one, and it'll update as you move along.

    While it's not in a single sketch, I found doing it this way makes it much easier for myself to maintain a model and go back into it to fix parts of it when needed.

    I also know FreeCAD isn't for everyone, and there are hurdles to move to it. But I personally found it works with my workflow, and not being tied to yearly licenses is a relief for me.

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  • I use freecad for mainly functional 3D Prints, many of which I sell on Etsy and eBay. You can see my designs here: https://www.printables.com/@16bitvirtual/models

    As for how to do yourbunny. For the most part, you are falling into the biggest hurdle for FreeCAD. FreeCAD has constructing geometry which cannot interfere with the model. But it also means that if you aren't very specific with your design it will fail. For example with the Bunny you need to define in your sketch what you'd like to pad or pocket out.

    Then you work on adding details

    The constructor lines are why I love FreeCAD since in other software I had to be very specific on what I can add without voids being accidentally added into my model.

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  • Fusion 360 and before that Google Sketchup

  • What are some of the stupidest, non-political takes you've seen on the fediverse?

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  • I agree with this, outside of bs windows throws if you change the motherboard. Desktop Linux stability reminds me of Windows 7 levels of OS stability. Great for most, not for mission critical.

    With that said i feel you are being overtly critical to FOSS CAD software. I use FreeCAD in a professional setting and it is extremely stable, and for my use case it is as capable with no missing features. Yes the software isn’t beginner friendly, but I honestly found it made my designs more accurate since it had more constraints for sketches.

  • If you had $1500 to spend

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  • I mean I would need to know what the problems were with my printer. When I had an Ender3 v1 and I was debating upgrade or switching. I went with switching since the machine had fundamental issues which couldn’t be fixed or the solution was not guaranteed to fix it.

  • The Grunklier The Better

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  • I like it when the Gremlins and the protagonist is one and the same. Looking at you Ascendance of a bookworm