Category Archives: 3D Printing

Memory Lane, 26th October 2022: A different kind of harvest

My compost bins have been slowly gaining a roof of corrugated plastic sheet and a gutter to collect the run-off. Today it was time to play with the 3d printer again, and produce this It’s a downpipe rain collector/filter. (Hopefully) … Continue reading

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Table saw alignment gauge complete!

At last, after a lot of changes of design for the 3d-printed mount, I have the entire thing assembled. The glue is taking a while to go off, so I’ll leave it overnight before testing it out.

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Ok, ok, so I said I wasn’t going to do it

But yesterday when looking for suitable bolts etc. to finish off the dial gauge project I found some 6mm plastic threaded knobs that I could use instead of nuts for locking the mount onto the carrier. Unfortunately to use them … Continue reading

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Success!

My last 3D-printed bracket gits my dial gauge! It’s a lovely snug fit for mine and there’s no chance of the gauge moving during use, though the channel for the probe is actually not as high as it ideally ought … Continue reading

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Well, that’s exceptionally irritating

My modified design for the dial gauge mount: And the final print, which is considerably better than the previous one, thanks to my discovery that the X axis belt had become very slack. Looks much better. Only whilst the design … Continue reading

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Dial gauge mount fail

I was hoping to post a new version of my dial gauge mount for checking the table saw blade is square to the T-slots today, but yesterday I developed a nasty case of the lurgy and thanks to lack of … Continue reading

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Dial gauge mount printed

Well, I’m not too impressed with the print quality, but here it is. There are a number of issues that need correcting: The centre section is too big The hole in the base is too small The offset cut-out in … Continue reading

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First design for dial gauge mount

After a quick bit of messing about in FreeCAD, here it is. I’ll try to get it printed out in the morning and see how it fits.

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I know this much is true

A cheap dial gauge arrived today. My plan is to 3d print a holder for it that will fit to a block of wood riding on a strip of MDPE that will fit in one of the T-slots of my … Continue reading

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3d printing for learning to play the violin

Who knew? My niece is learning and her mum asked if this could be printed to help her with hand positioning. It’s a bit “stringy”. Put that down to old (and cheap) PLA. Apparently the idea is that the octopus … Continue reading

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