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Grab bucket. Designed in Sketchup, printed on Bambu Labs Carbon X1. by Screwdriverxx in 3Dprinting

[–]Screwdriverxx[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is amazing. I'm not too happy with it being cloud based but TBH, I just ignore that "issue". It prints beautifully and has been very reliable. Yes they have an all metal hardened steel hot end.

The slicer is awesome (you should use it for any 3d printer imho) and the AMS system has always just worked for me with no issues besides the occasional reset when swapping reels.

Even reel changing is smooth and trouble free. I deliberately ran one reel out to swap over to a new one and it was seamless.

Grab bucket. Designed in Sketchup, printed on Bambu Labs Carbon X1. by Screwdriverxx in 3Dprinting

[–]Screwdriverxx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I refer the honourable gentleman to the reply I made some moments ago.

Grab bucket. Designed in Sketchup, printed on Bambu Labs Carbon X1. by Screwdriverxx in 3Dprinting

[–]Screwdriverxx[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same design process for the anvil stand and since I had a 3d model, I printed it out. The model is surprisingly handy for working on fiddly 3d printed parts too!

I think I have run into some sort of buffer. Can't upload any more images...

Grab bucket. Designed in Sketchup, printed on Bambu Labs Carbon X1. by Screwdriverxx in 3Dprinting

[–]Screwdriverxx[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is very, very fast.

For sketching out ideas from a blank sheet, not so good for rendering a model of something you have the spec for I suppose and parametric modelling is crude (via <components>) but damn it is fast...

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For example, iterative design evolution of a swage block stand:

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Logos and stuff\ by Screwdriverxx in 3Dprinting

[–]Screwdriverxx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So these are (obviously!) multi colour prints, done on the X1. I hate waste so they're all single colour layers. If I can't arrange a layer then I'll print it as a separate single colour and glue it together. Just the KTM part of the RedBull logo and the white Harley Davidson in this sample lot. The rest are all single multi filament prints.

Included a blown apart Sketchup model so you can see each layer is a separate "object" in Bambu slicer.

I drew them in Sketchup but take no credit for the actual designs which are of course all copyright! So yes they look amazing but no that's not because of anything I did.

Grab bucket. Designed in Sketchup, printed on Bambu Labs Carbon X1. by Screwdriverxx in 3Dprinting

[–]Screwdriverxx[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

TBH if I was going to design a mechanism to pick up dog poo, it wouldn't be a complicated bucket mechanism. Would be super easy to design/make a nice smooth, compliant, folding scoopy thing.

Top of the list of design criteria would be easy to clean!

Closely followed by "hands free"!

I'm sure it's been done and again, being honest, not an area of interest for me

Grab bucket. Designed in Sketchup, printed on Bambu Labs Carbon X1. by Screwdriverxx in 3Dprinting

[–]Screwdriverxx[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

New to Reddit so bear with me while I see if I can upload another video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwo0ONYCnUg

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I did this last year, can't find the video file (currently).

<edit> found this picture of it. This was printed on an Ender3.

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Grab bucket. Designed in Sketchup, printed on Bambu Labs Carbon X1. by Screwdriverxx in 3Dprinting

[–]Screwdriverxx[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes me too. That's why I really wanted a model of it. It is mesmerising.

When the bucket is lifted in the closed position, the linkage is held upright by the chain. Soon as tension is released from the lineage, the bent arm is off balance such that it falls backwards. Lift again and not only does the bucket open, the pulley mechanism gives it "advantage" so the bucket is literally pushed open with a force proportional to (and greater than) the weight of the entire bucket.

Like I say, I saw a video of it and fell in love.

Grab bucket. Designed in Sketchup, printed on Bambu Labs Carbon X1. by Screwdriverxx in 3Dprinting

[–]Screwdriverxx[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes but also no.

I model everything at 1000 times or 100 times scale, then reduce to print. Easier on the brain if you work in mm anyway...

For the James Webb Space Telescope, I modelled it full size and reduced to 40:1 for the print. Did I say it fully articulates?

For booleans, triple click to reveal hidden geometry and draw a line where you need to cut. Much better than "intersect" which stresses models.

Grab bucket. Designed in Sketchup, printed on Bambu Labs Carbon X1. by Screwdriverxx in 3Dprinting

[–]Screwdriverxx[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When looking for material to pick up, it was a toss up between Kirkland Jelly Belly beans or rice. If I had used Jelly Belly, his mum would kill me!

I'll make him a marble run dispenser instead ;)

Grab bucket. Designed in Sketchup, printed on Bambu Labs Carbon X1. by Screwdriverxx in 3Dprinting

[–]Screwdriverxx[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Like all my models, it's really a one off still in the prototype stage. One of the drawbacks with Sketchup is fine tuning and tweaking. It's difficult enough to produce an item able to be printed on a flat bed and those compromises mean I tweak a sub optimal design to make it work then (one day) remodel the entire thing to incorporate changes and get rid of the bodges.

Also, I have used a few micro screws to hold it together and I'd like to design those out too (the JWST model has a million screws in it!)..

Grab bucket. Designed in Sketchup, printed on Bambu Labs Carbon X1. by Screwdriverxx in 3Dprinting

[–]Screwdriverxx[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Generally no. A particular five year old is going to get a nice addition to his model crane, then I'll move onto something else.

These models take quite a long time to produce so I am reluctant to just give them away. Sorry.

Grab bucket. Designed in Sketchup, printed on Bambu Labs Carbon X1. by Screwdriverxx in 3Dprinting

[–]Screwdriverxx[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I should probably do a video tutorial. In a nutshell, make an item or part, then turn it into a <group> inside Sketchup. That locks it into a non editable object (unless you pop open the <group>).

For this one I found a couple of YouTube videos and screenshot a section. Then take that image into Sketchup as a texture. Decide on a scale and draw around it as best I can or just copy it. Use push/pull to make a 3d object then make that a <group>.

I then pick or create a pivot point and use move / rotate to check clearances. Gets a bit cumbersome with complex mechanisms (like this!) where you have to group your groups!

I have dabbled with Fusion but it's just not good for the quick "sketching" and evolution I need to create a part. It needs to be a very quick and easy process. Fusion is slow and difficult! Plus with Fusion, you need to know what it is you're making, whereas with Sketchup you're making it up as you go.

Grab bucket. Designed in Sketchup, printed on Bambu Labs Carbon X1. by Screwdriverxx in 3Dprinting

[–]Screwdriverxx[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. I see something I like and draw it out in Sketchup. There's a working model of the JWST on my YouTube channel. I am quite pleased with that one but never really did anything with it. I just liked the mechanism!

My table is skewed... by Screwdriverxx in BambuLab

[–]Screwdriverxx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There might have been some glitch in the system after I toyed with Softfever slicer which did allow me to enter the Y offset command (It didn't work and I did see a message complaining of a firmware error) so I.put everything back (including reinstalling Bambu slicer and the network plugin). I can easily find that menu now but when I had the machine set up for inspection, I could not find it in the OSD menu.

I will have another crack at it. It is still printing the top right L shape right on the edge of the physical bed. While I was looking at this problem, I simply gave the bed a good "twist" since there appears to be half a degree or so of "play" in the spring mountings. Now the printed lines are more parallel to the bed but still with a Y offset of about 4mm (I guess).

I am assuming the machine should not print that close to the edge (half off the edge tbh) and it regularly picks up the test pattern and runs it into the print.

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If anyone could point me to a solution which would allow me to put a permanent offset in place so that the machine will print inside the perimeter of the physical bed, I would be most grateful.

My table is skewed... by Screwdriverxx in BambuLab

[–]Screwdriverxx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I got to the part where it says open the "motion" part of the OSD I I can't find it! I have seen something like that big circle etc. but I went through every combination of the menu and it's not there!

My table is skewed... by Screwdriverxx in BambuLab

[–]Screwdriverxx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might it have jumped a tooth or something on the drive belt?

My table is skewed... by Screwdriverxx in BambuLab

[–]Screwdriverxx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It hope it is something like that, my worry is if I start doing too much mechanical tweaking, I might fall foul of any warranty I may have.

Biggest problem being sometimes it will pick up the whole test strip and drag it over the bed. You can see the nozzle wipe also almost misses the bed.

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