Thanks, my poor laptop is finding 3D AutoCAD a bit hard going (v basic video card). Having to save every few minutes just like the old days!
That's much nicer than mine!!
Helicoil is more of a binding thread on the insert side and we used to use them a lot where we stripped out a bolt in aluminum. That is from my long forgotten auto mech days. Place the Helicoil in and you could actually torque more than the spec would allow, although really why would you want too. Helicoil is a brand name any "thread insert" will work
Printing will become a disease. I have fixed my wife's vacuum by printing a broken un-availible part as well as new hangers for some lights where the cheap little hangers that came with them started breaking.
Have fun and enjoy it, but, Autocad will limit your fun as it is not the right program for it. Try Blender as it is open source or Autocad's solids modeler Inventor, which is what I use (for the most part).
Ha ha yes I am already having more ideas.
I never did post pictures of the laser scanner done. This one is the HDS6200 at 1/6t scale. It was a little difficult to snap the halves on, but, they fit perfect and are never coming off. At 1/6th scale not to much works as it is just too small, but, the base does rotate
That is awesome. I will be picking these up soon. Make a great present for the boss.
If so, I want a Kent McMillan and LR Day Action Figure
I'll need an RTK rover for my Kent McMillan action figure though.
Maybe in about 2025.
I will be the first to admit this is wrong ...
I have changed the way I am doing these now and I am using a push nut for the tooth and printing them in plastic. I should have something soon
Got a wild hair (no pun intended) and started a GST-20 tripod last night. I am almost done, but, this is going to be very awesome if it works (21 piece snap together printed kit). I have already re-designed the head on the GST-30 so it can now lock an instrument down with the screw, but, the GST-20 will do that and the legs will lock as well. At least I don't see why not, the print will tell though. It will mean that I will have to make some rough terrain for my desk to set it up on, LOL
Spent some time and finished the kit. 22 pieces as I added another leg screw in case one was lost. Making the print girdle was the just as bad as the legs, LOL I did achieve more than a 25% density on the kit though.
I am so disappointed right now. I make a Shapeways order every month and a half or so and I just got this order and a lot of stuff is missing. I wait for these orders with baited breath just like a kid. Yes, I do the boring BIM models and stuff like that, but, it is the weird stuff I like.
I can put the the battery cases together and the Seahawk's Lombardi, Detroit phone case and other odds and ends are fine, but, the two sets of legs are screwed for now. The GST-20's are missing the legs screws and all I have of the GST-30's are the main legs and top.
The beer bottle beer bottle opener with a push nut appears to be the ticket, but, I haven't tried it on a beer.
OK, it will work when I get the right parts ...
Just fit the legs together. Still waiting for a re-print on the screws. These are going to have some of the parts glued as it is just waiting for a strong breeze to blow this dowm. Kind of knew that when I went to so many parts, but, it is real now
and yes, now I do wish that I had cut off that dang hanger ...
Finally, think I am done with this. Got around to installing the re-printed leg clamps on the GST-20. Third time was the charm. They work great, you can slide the legs and clamp them anywhere just like the full sized. The legs and the instruments on them are 1:4 and the two on the desk are 1:6
I ended up not being able to use a scaled down thread to get this done though, actually not even close. It had to do with heat warpage, as bigger parts don't heat warp as much so the instrument bases can go with scale threads and the thinner leg clamps just cannot. The revised instrument clamping also functions perfectly and you can take the legs and tilt them sideways and the instruments stay on, just like when your new chainman does it.
I dyed the second set of GST-30 legs with a new brand of dye, it was labelled as "orange". It was more of a flame bright red with an orange tint, so, I tried to boil it out. This brand does not boil out and left me with the nasty rust color you see on the right.
I didn't have clear goals when I started this silliness, but, they did eventually form into make a 3D instrument model that I can print a desktop model from, check that is done. Then I wanted to make it a kit with moving parts, check done. Then I wanted to make parts attach by screwing together and function like the full sized counterparts, done. Printed in full color would be next, but, the printers need to advance a bit for that. The GST-20 legs are printed as a 24 piece kit.
Gavin, you are getting the first printed legs on the left. I did print the new style head for the legs that actually clamp correctly, but, that head piece is part of the orange dye debacle. I will make sure you get both pieces, so, if you want to paint them at some point it will look and function correctly
As far as printing tolerances they do vary ever so slightly from model to model. The first print on the left has no glue everything slides in place and is friction held. The other two legs, one from the same model, have the legs glued into the top pieces and the GST-20's also have glued on feet and middle clamps as well.
Shapeways also changed their pricing matrix and all of this got more expensive as well. I have moved onto stainless steel print, but, I will revive this when color printing gets there, as that is what I really want.
I see in the lower picture I placed one of the lower legs in backwards, grrrr:-@
One of the members here posted some pictures of his completed model. These are the full Wild T3 and legs in 1/4 scale. That wasn't enough, he machined his own scale plumb bob. Just an outstanding job, .. yes I am biased, but, Common! these are awesome!
The wife placed a new desk fan in operation for me.
