I’ve always been fascinated by 3D printers mainly due to watching the one at Morgan print out prototype bits for various cars. Then I was invited to look at the 3D printing shop at Jaguar Land Rover development at Gaydon. Wow....some of the stuff they were printing and the size of the printers! Something I’ve always fancied but never felt justified in buying.
Then COVID-19 arrived, my village took over the sailing club HQ and we started producing PPE. They needed a 3D printer to produce face shield frames....so I bought one. A Qidi X-Plus which has coped well with producing several hundred frames! That’s all finished and now I can play with it to my hearts content. Folding picture supports for Wen’s local art group exhibition, stamps for my pottery, bits for the Ulster and daft things (well to me🙄) for the grandchildren.
My brother in law wants a full size Luger.....I’ve got the file, just need the time to print it....about 3 days in high definition!
I’m playing about with various 3D modelling software from the very simple but surprisingly effective Tinkercad to more advance stuff Like Fusion 360.
The one thing I have learnt is to check the print progress every now and again.....I came back to find a huge tangled mess of plastic filament once. The print decided not to adhere to the print plate 😳. Took ages to clear. So I’ve now set up a remote camera so I can monitor it from afar on my phone!
