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Hi Sander,

I am not yet into printing locomotives and other 'rolling stock'. But you never know in the future, the details on those is quite a challenge. But bigger parts for my track work out quite well with the printer.

My station is an other good example on use of the printer.

I was quite glad that Cura was able to split the stl's in multiple parts it makes designing the parts easier since you can draw it as a whole and then make a very thin cut in the part and let Cura make the multiple printable parts. It would take a lot more work to draw the parts separate. For example the pit is basically a hollow cylinder but it is 310mm so you can't print it. Then you make a tiny intersection into the cylinder and let Cura split it and then you have 4 printable parts. Drawing 1 section and repeat it in into a circle is more work for drawing it.

Next step is making it operational in the layout.

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    Nice work Joev89, looks pretty accurate positioning too!

    2016 will mean me being at home a bit more for the next few weeks/months, so I need to plan some print projects :p

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    @Skint, why?

    It doesn't sound like you extended your holiday. (although that would be nice!)

    Did you?

    This is a cool project.

    e-nable is also worth looking into :)

     

    Why.... oh my, one word..

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    BABY !!!

    Argh, due on the 19th Jan. So I am planning to stay home for as long as I can, or until cash runs out :/

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    Posted · Post your latest print!

    Yes mate, 1st one! Exciting and Terrifying haha.

    Yeah I remember Didier when he had his baby, printing all sorts of things. Hopefully I have enough energy to think stuff up, after not sleeping for a whole 6 months lol

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    Posted · Post your latest print!

    Well I hear some babies sleep quite well in between feedings if you are lucky.

    Otherwise, maybe these earplugs are a nice first print ;)

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    Posted · Post your latest print!

    Hi Skint,

    Congratulations with the new addition. Yes it takes time but it is also very interesting to see the development.

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    Posted (edited) · Post your latest print!

    Despite some trouble with the quality of the print, the pieces came together nicely for assembly.

    This is from a fun tutorial on Adafruit's website.  Asides printing the pieces, the additional pieces cost close to $150 and assembly/soldering is something I enjoy.  I had to make some minor changes to the Arduino's code (changing the direction to BACKWARD from FORWARD), I found smoother operation when the slider was pulling TO the stepper motor and not being pushed from it.

    I haven't done many time lapse tests with it yet, but I am looking forward to it!

    In this setup, I printed out an iPhone 4 holder and attached it to the camera mount.

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    @Skint, why?

    It doesn't sound like you extended your holiday. (although that would be nice!)

    Did you?

    This is a cool project.

    e-nable is also worth looking into :)

     

    Why.... oh my, one word..

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    .

    .

    .

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    BABY !!!

    Argh,  due on the 19th Jan.  So I am planning to stay home for as long as I can, or until cash runs out :/

     

    Congrats mate ;)

    Brace yourself short nights are coming!

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    @LePaul, that looks really great! I love 3d printed stuff combined with mechanics and electronics!

    ps: is that not an R2 in the background? 3d printed also? :)

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    @Skint, why?

    It doesn't sound like you extended your holiday. (although that would be nice!)

    Did you?

    This is a cool project.

    e-nable is also worth looking into :)

     

    Why.... oh my, one word..

    .

    .

    .

    .

    .

    BABY !!!

    Argh,  due on the 19th Jan.  So I am planning to stay home for as long as I can, or until cash runs out :/

     

    Congrats mate ;)

    Brace yourself short nights are coming!

     

    Haha Thanks Didier, I am sure I will be emailing you for Nappy Changing technique`s :p

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    @LePaul, that looks really great! I love 3d printed stuff combined with mechanics and electronics!

    ps: is that not an R2 in the background? 3d printed also? :)

     

    Great eye for detail ;)
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    @LePaul, that looks really great! I love 3d printed stuff combined with mechanics and electronics!

    ps: is that not an R2 in the background? 3d printed also? :)

     

    Great eye for detail ;)

     

    Yes, one of my two full-size R2-D2s. And that's a uGlobe Pleo, a baby robotic dinosaur that is fun to let chase the cats. I posted the link to my Facebook page so you can see all the nerdy-do-gooder things we do in our community.

    The slider is neat, I need to test it out with my DSLR.

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    @LePaul, congratulations for the recognition! I can only applaud you (and R2's), your efforts in your community. Well done.

    Greetings from Switzerland

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    @LePaul, that looks really great! I love 3d printed stuff combined with mechanics and electronics!

    ps: is that not an R2 in the background? 3d printed also? :)

     

    Great eye for detail ;)

     

    Yes, one of my two full-size R2-D2s.  And that's a uGlobe Pleo, a baby robotic dinosaur that is fun to let chase the cats.  I posted the link to my Facebook page so you can see all the nerdy-do-gooder things we do in our community.

    The slider is neat, I need to test it out with my DSLR.

     

    In order to fund your expensive 3D printing hobby, I will happily pay you $100 for just one of your R2-D2 units ( including shipping to UK of-course ) haha :p

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    Oh @skint, you are so generous!

    I wish the world knew more Skints :p

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    @LePaul: Are you in the BB8-Builders club group on Facebook yet? It's incredible what people do there... and guess what they think is the best 3D printer for producing your own BB-8: an Ultimaker2... :)

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    Yes, I am a part of that group and I have printed a few pieces on my Ultimaker Original. I keep hoping @Sandervg will ship me a free Ultimaker 2+ but apparently it is lost in the mail? :)

    I'd like to work on the bigger pieces with BB-8 but since we have obtained new data since the movie came out, interested to see how that works.

    Everytime I have enough funds put asides for a new printer, a pet gets sick. I had to euthanize my 16 year old cat in October and this week, the 15 year old cat got very sick. We racked up a $625 bill Monday and then the medications. Frustrating...but pets are family and you do what you have to do.

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    Posted · Post your latest print!

    Well you still have some time until May 26th 2017... ;)

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    Posted · Post your latest print!

    Today I was able to successfully navigate a train on my turntable!

    Here is a picture how it looks integrated on my track.

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    All parts are available on YouMagine

    https://www.youmagine.com/designs/h0-train-turntable

    Now write some software to get my track really going....

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    Nothing too amazing, but i'm quite happy with how the material turned out on this print. I used Formfutura ABSpro white filament and printed on my Ultimaker 2 Extended.

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    Here comes first serious print with the U2+...

    Took this R2D2 from web and didnt really do anything in Cura

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    ...sorry...not sure why its turning the images this way, and dont know how to correct that in this forum software.

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    Posted · Post your latest print!

    I noticed some phones(BB10 among them) do that to the pictures yes.

    Decent R2D2, without any tweaking. I'm sure you can get a nicer print with some setting tweaks :)

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    I noticed some phones(BB10 among them) do that to the pictures yes.

    Decent R2D2, without any tweaking. I'm sure you can get a nicer print with some setting tweaks :)

     

    what kid of setting tweaks? i am new...lots to learn!

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