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Post by GhostFist on Sept 14, 2013 10:28:19 GMT -5
As you may or may not know, I work in the film industry up here in the tropics of Canada. This gives me access to a variety of industries be it cnc and metal fabrication. One of my life long friends has recently aquired a state of the art 3d printer for prototyping props for our industry. The #d printer will produce an extremely accurate real life prototype of your accurately produced render. I figured this might be useful in producing jig fixtures for the mafell system. The printed prototype can be tested and if it performs as desired a mold can be made from it and bingo mass production (or small batch production). I can more than likely get prototyping done for free on my end but imagine there will be some cost to generate a mold and cast products there after. Just thought i'd put this out there for our little einsteins out on the forum.
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Post by stofke72 on Oct 7, 2013 19:46:32 GMT -5
I worked for a company that had massive 3D printers, they could print entire car bumpers in one piece with stereolithography but also had other printers that could melt metal powder to make metal pieces, most worked with a laser beam, so technically they were not 3D printers in the true sense of the word. I'm not familiar with the current accuracy of 3D printers but if you can get your hands on a stereolithography 3D machine, these are pretty accurate at least more accurate than the printers I have seen and we used those to print guides for drilling holes for implants based on CT scans of the jaws and skull. This is one I would like to acquire some day: www.designboom.com/technology/low-cost-stereolithography-3d-printer-by-formlabs Unfortunately my CAD skills are nearly non-existant at the moment. I'm planning on doing a CAD course next year. But I can see that this is a great idea to test prototypes. see difference between printer and stereolitography: www.designboom.com/weblog/images/images_2/rodrigo/09_september_2012/27_formlabs3D/12.jpgI see possibilities for drilling guides, all kinds of connectors to use other systems with Mafells rails or vice versa, jig / fixtures as you mentioned, templates for routers and much more. Great idea. |
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Oct 7, 2013 22:23:19 GMT -5
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Post by GhostFist on Oct 7, 2013 22:23:19 GMT -5
I'll be honest with you my cad skulls don't go beyond sketchup if you can get a simple model working I can send it to my printer and we'll test is accuracy. From the demo models I've handled is impressive but I want doing any thing with living tissue....
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Post by Tom Gensmer on Jan 24, 2014 15:50:23 GMT -5
How about a "Key" piece that I have seen users make to use the Mafell F-tracks on their MFT/3 table? I like the one that simply adheres to the top of the Festool bracket, so there's no filing or modification. I could see something like this being very handy for Mafell users. Of course you'll want to charge something for it, aside from set up charges and so forth, I think $25 would be an extremely fair (if not low) asking price for something that would save me time fiddling with build yet another jig. Thoughts?
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Post by sgtrjp on Jan 24, 2014 17:16:46 GMT -5
Excellent idea! I was actually thinking about this last night. I've seen that tab digs into the side of the festool slot and eventually becomes sloppy. There's actually a product called slop-stop to deal with this. It is a sacrificial element that can be re-positioned a few times as it gets worn before it needs replaced altogether. Has anyone noticed this wear with the mafell rail? BTW, it looks like the slop-stop may not be available much longer. At least from the original source.
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Jan 24, 2014 19:13:15 GMT -5
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Post by GhostFist on Jan 24, 2014 19:13:15 GMT -5
If you can get me an accurate render I'll get one printed.
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Post by 7 on Jan 24, 2014 19:56:45 GMT -5
I have interest in this type of bracket for sure. Very willing to pay for it and make it worth someones time- It will take someone quite a bit of time & effort to see the part through from concept to reality.
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Post by stofke72 on Jan 25, 2014 4:49:21 GMT -5
Just started a course of sketchup to know how to use it to full potential. If needed I'll do another one of inventor or autocad. But I heard sketchup can export to stl so it should do fine for most designs.
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Post by stofke72 on Feb 7, 2014 5:14:21 GMT -5
Started my 2nd lesson with google Sketchup. We had to design the famous Rietveld chair. It's fairly simple in construction but I like the speed of designing stuff in Sketchup. It really helps having a teacher to explain the best ways of doing things. I bought a video training course before but I prefer a live teaching experience instead. Attachments:
rietveld.skp (101.02 KB)
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Post by jalvis on Feb 7, 2014 16:33:50 GMT -5
I could use a class setting for sketch up. I have no clue where to look for such a class.
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Post by stofke72 on Feb 8, 2014 7:56:11 GMT -5
Don't know about where you live but here you can do all kinds of courses for little money. Most are sponsored by the government or industry, to help people get a job or switch jobs or improve their skills so they become better at their job. It costs me € 80 in total and the course is like 3 hours once a week until the end of May and is given by an architect with a good background in CAD. I think they do charge you a little bit just to make sure you are motivated and show up, lol. A few advantages of living in socialist Europe  , but then again we pay so much tax that it probably works out the same. I'm also planning on following a 3D printing course and one on welding and one on building and repairing bicycles. All of these fit into my plan which is to build wooden bikes and bike accessories. I come from a totally different background, both in schooling and professionally, I have a biochemistry degree but mostly worked as a web developer and IT guy, but I'm tired of corporate jobs and sitting behind computerscreens all day. IT is evolving so fast it's hard to keep up and very stressful + plus it requires hours of being stuck in traffic from where I live. I'm kinda fascinated by bikes and want to turn a hobby/passion into a job or at least part-time job. I'm doing woodworking now for a while and I'm loving it and getting better at it. Soon planning to buy my first professional tools, and it'll be a mix of Festool and Mafell with some Bosch and Metabo. Once I have these the first prototypes will be made and tested. |
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Post by jalvis on Feb 11, 2014 12:40:48 GMT -5
Bravo!
I can't tell you how great it is to read your post. The IT world is massively changing and competitive. I have many friends in the industry and all they do is sit at a computer. Its sad when you think about it.
Strive for passion and leave the world behind you!
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, but then again we pay so much tax that it probably works out the same.