3D Printing thread

[TheHarold]

Cool! I have 1k to spend on a printer. 3 Ender 5's, 1 Prusa MK3s, or something else?

Definitly a Prusa, if you want super high quality/accuracy and reliability. The Ender route is efficient for production though.

 

[Entz]

Cool! I have 1k to spend on a printer. 3 Ender 5's, 1 Prusa MK3s, or something else?

If you can spend the money, and are not going to be going nuts with high volume (and need 3), always go with Prusa IMO. Another level of quality.

 

[MSB123]

If you can spend the money, and are not going to be going nuts with high volume (and need 3), always go with Prusa IMO. Another level of quality.

Ok

 

[ludnix]

Anyone here make power supply brick mounts, brackets or holders etc.? Or have a file of one you're willing to share?

There is quite a few in here under Equipment Mounts:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/3d-printed-aquarium-parts-archive-thread.599807/

 

[laverda]

Anyone here make power supply brick mounts, brackets or holders etc.? Or have a file of one you're willing to share?

There are a several different ones available on Thingiverse.

 

[Ranjib]

Im getting a ender 3 this week, primary goal is to print reef-pi enclosures and then miscellaneous contraptions for probes, dosing pumps etc.
Question: What you all using for modelling? Blender or sketchup or something else (solid works etc)

 

[Entz]

Fusion 360 here (free for hobbyists)

 

[dantimdad]

We use fusion 360, tinkercad and solidworks

Let me know if you need any help getting the ender setup.

 

[Erica-Renee]

Im getting a ender 3 this week, primary goal is to print reef-pi enclosures and then miscellaneous contraptions for probes, dosing pumps etc.
Question: What you all using for modelling? Blender or sketchup or something else (solid works etc)

Awesome , fusion 360 its free for hobiest or startups under 100k a year. some use sketchup as well

 

[coryjac0b]

Most Autodesk products can be had under a "student" license. I use AutoCAD at work so that is what I use when I need to model something up. I wish I could learn Fusion 360 but it's hard to retrain to learn something new.

 

[Brian Fabiano]

Are you interested in printing and selling me one?

A new print to share, sorry for the crappy pic...a shroud for my fuge light, a Kessil H160. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3560910

 

[ludnix]

New AI prime light shades' going up for sale and on thingiverse later today!


Two currently in use on a local club members tank:


Edit:
Available for download here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3698357

 

[TheHarold]

Had to move my printing area to accommodate a new project. A little sketchy now, but hey, as long as they’re printing!

 

[GrizFyrFyter]

Has anyone tried to make a continuous duty peristaltic pump?

 

[TheHarold]

Has anyone tried to make a continuous duty peristaltic pump?

Define continuous duty, lol. Like the BRS ones?

 

[GrizFyrFyter]

Define continuous duty, lol. Like the BRS ones?

The brs dosing pumps have a duty cycle. For example, every 10 min of run time requires 20 min of down time. They can't run non stop all day or the gears (plastic) break down.
A continuous duty pump doesn't need down time.

I found a couple promising designs on thingiverse but no info about duty cycles.

This is a popular one.
https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/fx-stp-peristaltic-dosing-pump-kamoer.html

 

[TheHarold]

Dual color printing

 

[dantimdad]

Dual color printing

I hate you now @TheHarold

 

[TheHarold]

I hate you now @TheHarold

You can do that on an ender 3 too .

 

[TheHarold]

@dantimdad to do that, I just did two consecutive prints with a filament change after the 1st. Same thing would work on an ender 3, or whatever printer anyone has.

Example of the 1st print (I took off the skirt)