Technical issue: The coat of arms is too detailed. Especially where the talons grab the rockets / shotgun. I'm going to have to improvise a fair amount.
What happens is the details are too small to model, and especially too small to print / make mold of. It'll just be a mess there.
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midga"There's so much hot dog in Rome" ~digi(> ^.(> O_o)>Icrontian
That raises a question, then: how small/detailed/etc can you go?
Assuming infinite resources and money, is there an equivalent to 3d plastics printing for metal/laser work? I mean could one potentially do detailed metal work on a thin plate, heat the plate up, and then embed/wrap it in to the tankard? This is just out of curiosity, I'm not wanting to fund a $10,000 mug of beer
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midga"There's so much hot dog in Rome" ~digi(> ^.(> O_o)>Icrontian
Assuming infinite resources and money, is there an equivalent to 3d plastics printing for metal/laser work? I mean could one potentially do detailed metal work on a thin plate, heat the plate up, and then embed/wrap it in to the tankard? This is just out of curiosity, I'm not wanting to fund a $10,000 mug of beer
Yes, Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DLMS). Prints a usable metal part. Machine is $600k + though.
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midga"There's so much hot dog in Rome" ~digi(> ^.(> O_o)>Icrontian
Sorry I forgot to grab the calipers this weekend. I owe you measurements and I am going to give you photos of the couple of steins/mugs that I have for handle references.
I want a SolidWorks license so bad but the expense is totally unjustifiable for hobby usage. I tried out FreeCAD and it's pretty useless. How are normal people generating solids for 3D printing that aren't just absolute garbage?
I want a SolidWorks license so bad but the expense is totally unjustifiable for hobby usage. I tried out FreeCAD and it's pretty useless. How are normal people generating solids for 3D printing that aren't just absolute garbage?
Cubify: Invent is about $50. I watched some demos and it didn't do all the things that I wanted, but would work well for hobby usage.
Anecdotal evidence: A friend of mine pirated a copy of Pro/Engineer. His business blew up, and Pro/E tracked him down. He ended up buying a license anyway to avoid some pretty scary charges / fees.
Get a student version if you just plan on fluxing around with drafting on your own. The costs are much more manageable (20-100 ducks), and if you are aren't planning on moving outside of hobby dicking (yup) you can probably live with the annoying watermark on the program.
However if you want to dick around as a helper to CannonFodder you will need a full version. Student version saves won't load in professional versions, but the other way does work.
My student license expires at the end of the year and I'm totally not a student anymore. I've been spoiled by having real FEA too; the SolidWorks license for the stuff I use is like $20k (SW + Simulation Premium).
For the figure stands that I have the post is 3mm in height and 2.75~mm in diameter. The figures holes in their feet is about 3mm, had a hard time actually measuring that.
My wood mug is my favorite handle because I can squeeze my knuckles into it and the horn on the handle is fantastic. The small handle on the ceramic stein only allows a couple fingers and if you keep it at 0.5L full or less it works out nicely. The glass stein is just a decent tall high volume item.
OK, its been a while, so I figured I'd give you an update!
I have a couple of car part projects now (@BuddyJ included) that I've been devoting my time to. Here is the initial design if you are curious:
The current plan on this part is to continue on with building my smelting furnace. I have some of the parts here now for it. Tomorrow the plan is to start working on building said furnace.This guy is doing the process I want to use:
This process could be used to make steins... although they are rather time intensive for what they are worth.
The other casting process I have been working on was also for a car part, a headlight whisker for @buddyJ as well. The process is pretty cool, here are the pictures in order. At this point, I need to find the proper material to cast, and it should be good to go. (I'm going to try Smooth-On's TASK® 13)
I've also spent some time getting trained up at Techshop to do some woodwork as required so I can design furniture stuffs. I made a cool wine rack for Marie that others might be interested in...
Here's the finished product:
Video:
I also have some 3D printed parts you might find amusing on my Etsy page (which you can like to get me some visibility if you want): https://www.etsy.com/shop/BCEngineering
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For now, its just a few hours of work to make the coat of arms.
What happens is the details are too small to model, and especially too small to print / make mold of. It'll just be a mess there.
http://www.dvice.com/2013-11-6/3-d-printed-liver-slices-are-able-function-normally-40-days
Google Sketch is pretty awful.
Here is Shapeway's breakdown. I found this fairly useful.
However if you want to dick around as a helper to CannonFodder you will need a full version. Student version saves won't load in professional versions, but the other way does work.
I could use the simulation part. I just have the base model, and would have to pay for simulation support currently. Its hand calculations for me!
Here are some photos of the figures and steins.
My wood mug is my favorite handle because I can squeeze my knuckles into it and the horn on the handle is fantastic. The small handle on the ceramic stein only allows a couple fingers and if you keep it at 0.5L full or less it works out nicely. The glass stein is just a decent tall high volume item.
I have a couple of car part projects now (@BuddyJ included) that I've been devoting my time to. Here is the initial design if you are curious:
The current plan on this part is to continue on with building my smelting furnace. I have some of the parts here now for it. Tomorrow the plan is to start working on building said furnace.This guy is doing the process I want to use:
This process could be used to make steins... although they are rather time intensive for what they are worth.
The other casting process I have been working on was also for a car part, a headlight whisker for @buddyJ as well. The process is pretty cool, here are the pictures in order. At this point, I need to find the proper material to cast, and it should be good to go. (I'm going to try Smooth-On's TASK® 13)
I've also spent some time getting trained up at Techshop to do some woodwork as required so I can design furniture stuffs. I made a cool wine rack for Marie that others might be interested in...
Here's the finished product:
Video:
I also have some 3D printed parts you might find amusing on my Etsy page (which you can like to get me some visibility if you want):
https://www.etsy.com/shop/BCEngineering
//edit: Also, please print an NSX: http://www.honda-3d.com/
Also, here is my new furnace in action.