Stuff your 3D printer has made today...

[Bki26]

Took the gamble and printed both core pieces which turned out perfectly as individually there's play but when assembled absolutely no wiggle and planetary gearbox from RC car parts works wonderfully

Now to work on the aluminium "spine" and assemble it all before designing/printing the covers and becoming batman.

 

[Dr.Al]

The 3D-printer has been working overtime for the last few days making me a new little drawer unit that looks like this:

It's screwed into the shelf above. The bottom drawer has lots of screwdriver bits:

The middle one has hex-shank drills:

The top one has miscellaneous related clutter:

What's slightly unusual about it (and which took a bit of thinking about) is that the drawers are captive but able to tilt, so when they're fully open, they look like this:

That means I can use that long 3D-printed strip at the top for storing screwdrivers in a more compact way than before but still see what's in the drawers when they're open:

The design wasn't perfect: I needed to tweak the height of the drawers slightly, but it was close enough that I just did that with a block plane rather than bothering reprinting!

 

[RWD3M]

TPE83A rubber filament, for a forum member...

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This one wasn't a great fit as I had little to go on when measuring the original. So I modified the model slightly, opening up the holes and putting a slight taper on the pushy-through bits, and @ajlelectronics was kind enough to print me another one (two actually!):

And this one fitted like a glove:

The horn is now all back together:

...and waiting to be fitted, probably on Sunday when the granddaughter is over and we refit the cylinder head.

Thanks again Andy!

 

[Screwdriver]

I don't normally do tat but I couldn't resist this amazing (free!) model.

I did that one in glow in the dark filament for my favourite 6 year old (and a DEADPOOL version for me).

It's called "Dummy 13". The model is available everywhere with infinite accessories and heads. I have already made my own DEADPOOL head and a skull, next on the list is a Star Wars Stormtrooper....

 

[Anguz]

I like the way his staff? Lines up with your screwdriver avatar