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Re: The 3D Printer Thread
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 8:00 am
by Will01Capri
wibblywobbly wrote:Heart in mouth time, fitted shell/chassis mounts, and it fits. The front wheels turn lock to lock without hitting anything which was my main concern. Just need to do a couple of fuel can holders for the rear, and it will be ready for painting.
The gloomy news is that I have now run out of filament though more is on order, and the esc that I ordered has been delisted by EBay just after I paid for it? As to whether it actually turns up is anyone's guess, if it doesn't then I will have to claim a refund and then find another supplier, which is a pain.
Wow that is simply great. Another cool truck
Re: The 3D Printer Thread
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 12:20 pm
by silversurfer1947
I've just read that you can get real wood filament for 3D printers. How does this work? I thought the printers worked by melting plastic. Any attempts on my part to melt wood and it just catches fire!
Re: The 3D Printer Thread
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 1:37 pm
by Max-U52
silversurfer1947 wrote:I've just read that you can get real wood filament for 3D printers. How does this work? I thought the printers worked by melting plastic. Any attempts on my part to melt wood and it just catches fire!
Yes, they have filament that prints "wood" but think something like OSB. Wood and plastic combined. Erik tried some a few years ago and didn't like it, but I hear it's vastly improved since then. It's on my list of things to try.
You know they now 3D print stuff you can eat, right? They're also making great advancements in printing metal.
Re: The 3D Printer Thread
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2018 11:34 am
by Woz
silversurfer1947 wrote:I've just read that you can get real wood filament for 3D printers. How does this work? I thought the printers worked by melting plastic. Any attempts on my part to melt wood and it just catches fire!
Wood filament has been around for a while. From what Ive read the biggest problem is that it is very abrasive and wears out the nozzle very quickly.
Re: The 3D Printer Thread
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2018 3:02 pm
by Max-U52
This was an interesting print, but it took 14 hours. Still, this should make a very nice piece for the next village I build, wherever I may build it.
So what the hell is a "Lamp Box"?
Re: The 3D Printer Thread
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2018 3:12 pm
by jarndice
If you had been in London from the end of WW2 or perhaps earlier you would have seen "Lamp Boxes" on the street painted dark blue with an amber light on the roof, They had a door which when the light was flashing the nearest Policeman would unlock and answer the telephone it was more commonly known as a "Police Box" ,Now the Constabulary have personal radios they are no longer in service EXCEPT for one
It came to fame with the television programme "Dr Who" The good Doctor flies around the galaxy in it.
Shaun.
Re: The 3D Printer Thread
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2018 3:33 pm
by RobW
We've still got one in Sheffield. Not sure what they do with it!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.38076 ... 6656?hl=en
Re: The 3D Printer Thread
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2018 3:47 pm
by jarndice
Are you sure that is a recent photograph Rob?
There is an old style GPO Phone Box beside the Green and white
Police Box (I know that K upon H has white phone boxes but Green and White Police boxes PLEEZE ) and some youth probably spotty wearing the kind of top I gave away to the Sally Army in 1965
Shaun.
Re: The 3D Printer Thread
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2018 4:11 pm
by Max-U52
A couple guys have brought up Dr. Who, but I've never watched that show. I was thinking I could maybe use it for something like this
I'd just open all the windows and use clear plastic for glass.
Now that cell phones (wait, y'all call 'em "Mobiles", right?) are everywhere you can't find an old fashioned pay-phone anywhere, and even before cell phones they had removed almost all the phone booths and replaced them with those half-height clam-shell thingies. Time marches on, eh?
Re: The 3D Printer Thread
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2018 6:51 pm
by RobW
jarndice wrote:Are you sure that is a recent photograph Rob?
Yes, it's next to Sheffield Town Hall.