Actually made something useful with my 3D printer.

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Not exactly a novel idea, but got REAL tired of pawing through my little pile of Torx sockets. Plenty of Horror Fright options for storing 1/4 and 3/8 drive sockets, but none that fit the available space in the drawer they live in and if I move them I'll be a couple of years remembering which drawer they're in.

Two snags: Not entirely sure they'll fit standing vertically and it's raining mountain lions and St. Bernards out there so not about to slog down and check.

Also, my Creality printer, which has been essentially trouble free, is slower than molasses in January. That little tray is 124x75 mm and took nearly 5 hours to print. I see Bambu has a hobby printer that's supposed to be the cat's ass, gonna start saving my pocket change...
 
cra-z1 said:
Hope you dont need to baby sit it for 5 hours. I was going to say you could sell them but at 5 hours a tray probably not!
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No, thankfully it's hit print and go do something else until it's finished. That little Abominable Snowman I did for the truck took 6+ hours!

My printer (A Creality Ender 3) is pretty old and was low end then. I'm looking into a faster printer as there are some things I'd like to print but would take 12 hours or more with my machine.
 
I’m about to pull the trigger on a Bambu a1. Heard it’s set and forget. Also, if you have windows and want to learn or know fusion 360, there’s a free plugin called gridfinity. You can 3d print a square grid, then there is a template basically what you just made with the corresponding grid on the bottom and you can make it so you can put torx or whatever your heart desires and it will lock into the grid
 
grouchie83 said:
Also, what is the purpose of what appears to be a small tray? Is it in fact, just what it appears to be?
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Well, the idea was that I'd put 1/4 drive extension(s) and U-joints and such in the tray. However, I failed to account for the height of the 3/8 drive sockets and it won't fit in the drawer.

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I did a Mark II with the sockets laying at an angle that has some promise but needs tweaking. Pockets for the 3/8ths need to be a shade narrower, and about 10mm longer.

I got into the settings and speeded up the print head speed from 50mm/sec to 150mm/sec and still wound up with a 4.5 hour print time due to the extra thickness required.

I'll probably print the Mark III tomorrow.
 
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