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65grendel

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Hey guys,

Just an idea I had, I know not everyone here has a decent printer and some parts are hard to come by/expensive. I don't really have the time to design anything for anyone other than maybe something very simple but if you send me a file of what you need I'd be happy to help out with any small parts at no expense other than reimbursing shipping charges.

I'm sure there's a few others that may be able to help as well and may have other tools/abilities, if we work together I think we can come up with some pretty cool stuff and solve some of the limited supply issues.
 
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SolaAesir said:
I'd definitely be willing to help some people out. I have an okay printer and a little 3018 CNC that can just barely handle aluminum (simple stuff like a grove for an o-ring/gasket) but can definitely handle cutting stuff like Delrin and other high density plastics for thicker parts.
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Which one do you have and how do you like it? I was going to build one at some point but I was considering getting something like that to play around with for now.
 
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I would like to get more use out of my industrial printer (Ultimaker S5 Pro). Lately, it sits when I'm not printing fittings for my tiny HMMWV bed cover business.
I would trade free, or at-cost, printing in exchange for handholding Fusion lessons and/or CAD-to-order designing of some things I've sketched out while I come up to speed on Fusion.
The S5 can print industrial filaments (max nozzle temp 300C). I got a deal on a big pile of industrial nylon, including 4535 carbon fiber nylon (35% content). The manufacturer, Jabil, swears it is an aluminum replacement. I'm pleased with its strength, but I can break it, so don't agree with the Al equivalency claims...
Nonetheless, the printer is a workhorse.
BDGR
 
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65grendel said:
Which one do you have and how do you like it? I was going to build one at some point but I was considering getting something like that to play around with for now.
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For the 3d Printer: Sovol SV07+
For the CNC: Lunyee 3018 Pro Max

They're both basically the standard entry level machine (Ender 3 printer, 3018 CNC) with the basic part upgrades you would want to do coming stock.

If you're like I was and just looking to get your foot in the door to see if you like the hobby they're great little machines (though there are better options now for the 3d printer). But if you're already pretty confident and want something that will be a capable workhorse without a lot of fiddling, I would recommend spending more money and getting more capable machines. 3D printers have gotten crazy good in the $500-700 range and CNCs get much easier to use and significantly more capable the more you spend until you get into the industrial machines.

No real regrets, but knowing what I know now (mostly that I enjoy using them and fabricating my own items) I would spend a little more and get different devices.
 
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Bulldogger said:
I would like to get more use out of my industrial printer (Ultimaker S5 Pro). Lately, it sits when I'm not printing fittings for my tiny HMMWV bed cover business.
I would trade free, or at-cost, printing in exchange for handholding Fusion lessons and/or CAD-to-order designing of some things I've sketched out while I come up to speed on Fusion.
The S5 can print industrial filaments (max nozzle temp 300C). I got a deal on a big pile of industrial nylon, including 4535 carbon fiber nylon (35% content). The manufacturer, Jabil, swears it is an aluminum replacement. I'm pleased with its strength, but I can break it, so don't agree with the Al equivalency claims...
Nonetheless, the printer is a workhorse.
BDGR
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I highly recommend the CAD Class.org book and discord server for learning Fusion 360. It's a pay what you want model for the pdf of the book, so you can look into it and run the first few exercises before actually buying, or just using it for free.

The big thing with nylon is that you have to anneal it for good strength and it really needs dialed in print settings and hot temperatures to get good layer adhesion. See here for a pretty good look and what differences different settings and processes make with it. Done right, it does do as well or better than aluminum, but it can't match for all use cases (mostly sustained loads).
 
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SolaAesir said:
For the 3d Printer: Sovol SV07+
For the CNC: Lunyee 3018 Pro Max

They're both basically the standard entry level machine (Ender 3 printer, 3018 CNC) with the basic part upgrades you would want to do coming stock.

If you're like I was and just looking to get your foot in the door to see if you like the hobby they're great little machines (though there are better options now for the 3d printer). But if you're already pretty confident and want something that will be a capable workhorse without a lot of fiddling, I would recommend spending more money and getting more capable machines. 3D printers have gotten crazy good in the $500-700 range and CNCs get much easier to use and significantly more capable the more you spend until you get into the industrial machines.

No real regrets, but knowing what I know now (mostly that I enjoy using them and fabricating my own items) I would spend a little more and get different devices.
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Agree on the printers, amazing how capable and cheap printers are getting now. I started with an Ender 5, using Bambus now. They are about as plug and play as you can get and prints are literally perfect with almost zero tuning.

I was going to build a 4x4 low rider or something similar to get started with CNC, another one of those projects I always say I’m going to do when o have time but never seem to manage to find the time for so I was considering buying something small to play with and learn first.
 
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65grendel said:
Agree on the printers, amazing how capable and cheap printers are getting now. I started with an Ender 5, using Bambus now. They are about as plug and play as you can get and prints are literally perfect with almost zero tuning.

I was going to build a 4x4 low rider or something similar to get started with CNC, another one of those projects I always say I’m going to do when o have time but never seem to manage to find the time for so I was considering buying something small to play with and learn first.
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The only issue with Bambu printers is that everything you print gets sent to their cloud, so no using them for R&D work. Otherwise they are easily the top recommendation for people getting into the hobby right now.

As far as CNCs go, the Milo or any of the Carvera machines are great for up to aluminum (maybe a little steel if they're not too hard and you go slow). In the woodworking CNCs, there's a real competition between a bunch of brands (e.g. Shapeoko, X Carve, Onefinity) putting out great machines. You most likely can't do metals with the woodworking ones, but they get up to half-sheet to full sheet of plywood sizes rather than around the size of a piece paper (smaller axes mean a stiffer machine which can handle harder materials).
 
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You can run everything over a local network to cut out their cloud, if you didn’t update your printer you can also still use orca slicer. I’m not happy about the whole Bambi cloud thing but I have the admit, the printers are fantastic.
 
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SolaAesir said:
I highly recommend the CAD Class.org book and discord server for learning Fusion 360. It's a pay what you want model for the pdf of the book, so you can look into it and run the first few exercises before actually buying, or just using it for free.
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I have some Autodesk Fusion tutorials that I made and posted on YouTube. They're linked in my forum signature. My channel also includes other stuff related to 3D printing.
 
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Thanks Grendel and HDN for the replies about tutorials. I’ll check them out. I tried doing the Fusion free course but it didn’t suit me. I should still try again I guess. I’m limiting myself not knowing how to use Fusion. I can bash something out but I’m doing a lot of the steps manually instead of leveraging the built in features due to lack of understanding.
BDGR
 
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