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    this is fun and i haven't got the printer yet

    learning how to draw the mother up is the hard part so far

    but a start is a start

    trying in sketchup and tinkercad... lots of hours of frustration ahead...
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    Last year I had a chance to look at a GE subsea facility in Montrose Scotland. Besides all the seriously big bits of kit that they use to fabricate the subsea oil and gas equipment they had a number of some hideously expensive 3D printers. Besides using for gaskets and whatever else bespoke items they may need to print they also had some fun making some amusing trinkets for practice. Check it out.
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    Got the printer today and have it assembled and beds etc calibrated.

    took about 6 hours all up.

    done a few prints of bits to upgrade the printer itself, just to try things out.

    longest print being a 3.5hr print of a cover for the lcd support panel.

    it's doing a 4.5hr print now of a fan cover for the power supply

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    Quote Originally Posted by incisor View Post
    Got the printer today and have it assembled and beds etc calibrated.

    took about 6 hours all up.
    I bought a QIDI X-MAX 3D printer and I have had it for just over a month now and still have not unpacked it, for the very reason, I expect it to take quite a few hours to set it up.

    At his moment I just don't have that sort of time to spare, so I will be very interested in seeing how you progress with your printer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by drivesafe View Post
    I bought a QIDI X-MAX 3D printer and I have had it for just over a month now and still have not unpacked it, for the very reason, I expect it to take quite a few hours to set it up.

    At his moment I just don't have that sort of time to spare, so I will be very interested in seeing how you progress with your printer.
    just had a look at that model and the only real time consuming bit would be leveling the build plate.... an hour tops i would think to sort that one out...

    it isn't the mechano set my ender 3d pro was but at 4 times the price you wouldn't want it to be .

    and only a couple of mods to make the filament path better and you'll have a great unit it appears

    what media you going to be printing with ?
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    “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
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    well

    i would have starved to death if i had to be a cad designer!

    having a go at designing this vent has lead me through a few different cad packages trying to find one that fits my brain.

    tinkercad and fusion 360 seem to be where i am settling.

    any way, progress has been made, not much, but it is a start

    getting the drawing sorted in a fashion that suits 3d printing took a bit of doing but i think i am getting closer to it...

    and we wont talk about getting holes in it

    i now have to profile it.......

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    "Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
    "If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
    'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
    “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
    "The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius

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    Quote Originally Posted by travelrover View Post
    They seem to be in demand. Could you not just dismantle an existing one and 3D scan it? Is that how it works?
    do you need the whole assembly or just the outer that clips into the duct ?
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    "Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
    "If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
    'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
    “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
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    Quote Originally Posted by incisor View Post
    do you need the whole assembly or just the outer that clips into the duct ?
    Just the outside part ;-)
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    Quote Originally Posted by travelrover View Post
    Just the outside part ;-)
    how many you need ?
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    "Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
    "If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
    'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
    “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
    "The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius

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