Been almost a god-forsaken month since I last posted on this! Usual excuses apply - work, tiredness and other priorities. Regardless of this, I am proud to present a completed model for the SLA 3D Printer!
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| Mostly Plywood construction to keep 3D Printing costs in check. |
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| As much as I'm tempted to excuse the lack of RAMPs Board and some of the hardware (nuts, for instance), the simple fact is that I couldn't be bothered... |
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| This is where the action is - looking down on the print bed with the beam set to 12.8 x 8.0 cm build area. |
With this simple design in mind, let me take you through the DXF files for the laser cutting, which should hopefully let you know just how much goes into things like this:
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| 25346.8mm of lasering goes into the 6mm ply parts ALONE. |
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| Looks refreshingly simpler, but these 12mm ply parts still need 25260.6mm of cutting. |
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| Finally, 12mm Cast Acrylic makes up the basin with a mere 8290.95mm of cuts. |
Some of you may be thinking "Gee, that's sure to be expensive with all those finger joints and details" - how does £400 inc VAT sound? Sure, it's a major expense, but would *you* consider doing this by hand? All I need to do is persuade my ego to let go of that 4K monitor for just a few more months (not gonna happen ;) )
If you've read
this post over at the life blog (to hell with re-writing the name here, that pubescent cacophony of letters needs to change), you may notice that I am aiming for change in the coming months not just with my blogs but my whole life - things are getting quite heavy for me and I need to re-tool. The basic gist is that I am trying to do too much and it's driving me insane to the point where I just dive into PC Gaming and get nothing done, so a few things may have to come and go. This project is here to stay (why not cut out the middleman for minor detail/operation changes?), but I'm looking into other avenues to try my hand that may eventually make me a decent living if I can pull it off correctly.
Finally, all my blogging is now on here, (pubescent jumble blog) is now mothballed. Hope to see grasshopper-minded adventures on a much grander scale once this bridge is crossed.
Stay Industrious...
