[SML] Yesterday's 3D project: 3-fer attachment clippie

[Jerry Durand]

Yep, there's at least a couple SML people with our 3D printed stuff
buried inside a product.  Great for brackets, spacers, and the like.  We
make some parts out of polycarbonate for a client (used on engines),
only problem is polycarbonate is good at gumming up the printer and hard
to get to stick just enough to the platform.

Starting to use more PET now that my source of good PLA dried up. 
Making some test parts for a client's outdoor use...needs to be outside
in desert sun and survive at least as long as his warranty.  :) 

The one thing I'm not making is all the trinkets/statues that most
people make.  :)

Oh, and hot air guns are GREAT for cleaning up "hairs" and relieving
stress marks on parts.  I use a hot air soldering pencil since we
already had one.

On 05/11/2018 08:41 PM, Mt. Angel Performing Arts Center via Stagecraft
wrote:
>
> I needed a 3-fer to plug three 600W cyclorama lights into a single
> circuit -
>
> A square junction 'handy' box with one 5L-20 outlet, one 8' pigtail
> with a 5L-20 plug and two 8' pigtails with 5l-20 receptacles.
>
> Easy enough to cobble together but a lot of clutter to dangle about
> plus how to secure the box to the grid?
>
> 3D printer to the rescue!
>
> Sketched out a slightly more than half-circle to fit our grid pipe,
> added suitably sized holes for self-tapping screws to match the holes
> in the handy box (and also put in a rectangular slot for a tie-wrap to
> 'safety' it to the pipe if needed)
>
> Sliced it and sent it to the printer - a couple of hours later and now
> we have a purple hanger clippie thingie to secure the box aloft.
>
> I'm finally getting the 'hang' of 3D and I like it!
>
> Carla
>
> You can't fix stupid, but you can vote them out of office
>

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Jerry Durand, Durand Interstellar, Inc.
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