Category: 3d Printing
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Creating QR physical tags
Dad has always used his printer to print customized tags. Started with Christmas tags, it has now grown to tagging anything and everything. QR codes are compact and flat, making them perfect for tagging. Unfortunately, Dad uses Fusion 360 to model, and the qr plugin isn’t free. Here’s how he creates his tags. Create QR…
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Creating Cookie Cutters
These steps are pretty universal, however, Dad will be demonstrating via Autodesk Fusion 360. Create the outline Find a picture, one with the least amount of perspective, and insert it into your project as a canvas. I typically put it in the x-z plane so that when you view “TOP” you’re looking down on the…
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3dprinter-miller
A month ago, Mom mentioned that the Parents might be in for a weekend project of cutting foam boards into 60 surfboards. These surfboards will be used to entertain children during the Immanuel Lutheran auction. Dad was not excited to hand cut these surfboards and decided to let his 3dprinter cut them instead. Dad found…
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Dial Cooler Controller Door
For those who have swamp coolers that are controlled by Dial’s electronic thermostats… You may have already experienced that the door has given up the ghost and the hinge tabs have broken off. I have found it is probably due to it being left open and somebody running into it and hyperextending it in all…
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Anet A8 “Strix”
Dad’s first and only 3d printer. It all started as a budget Prusa clone and now there are very little left of its original parts. Aptly named strix later, if Dad started the hobby now, he would not start with an A8, but in his case, it’s more about the journey than the destination. Let’s…
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Ammo Can Stencil prototyping
For Christmas, I received a pair of ammo cans. I did recently adopt another cartridge and thus I already knew what the 30 cal can will be dedicated to. A while back I have created labels for all my ammo cans… and my stencils are plastic sheet stencils that I manually cut. They barely worked…