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    Default Old cart, new paint...

    I built one of the ShopBot computer carts many years ago and only finally got around to painting the poor thing. In the process I added some 3D printed brackets for the 2" steel casters I wanted to use.

    The brackets:



    Finished cart:


    The brackets are printed from PLA on my Rostock MAX "Orange Menace" using a hot-ends.com j-head with a .4 nozzle.

    g.

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    Neat. That's the first 3D printed practical thing I think I've ever seen.

    -B
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    NICE Gene,
    Looks Brandy New
    Nice touch with the contrasting wedges!
    scott P.
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    Thanks. Most of the stuff I print IS for practical use - and not for the printer itself.

    I got into 3D printing to support my cockpit building hobby, so that's where most of the parts go.

    g.

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    Which 3D printer do you use? Those brackets look quite substantial.
    The answers to a lot of questions can be found at http://www.shopbottools.com/ShopBotDocs/ or http://support.vectric.com/

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    I printed them on a SeeMeCNC Rostock MAX v1 printer I've named "Orange Menace". I write their user & assembly manuals on a volunteer basis.

    Here's what the machine looked like right after I finished building it for the 2nd Ed. of the v1 assembly manual. http://www.geneb.org/rostock-max/gen...nge-menace.jpg

    The side-mounted extruder has been long since removed and a smaller version was added to the top. "Red Sonja" has that configuration: http://www.geneb.org/rostock-max/red-sonja.jpg

    g.

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    That really looks great Gene..it's the best looking one I've seen!

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    Thanks Bill. I wish I could remember where I got the files. Having the wheel brackets makes me want to build the stools that were on the same site.

    g.

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    Gene.... you can find some of those files at www.100kprojects.com , including a stool that might be the one you're looking for.

    Bill

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    Gene,

    Curious....what software are you using to generate the slicing G code for the printer? Is it one of the open source ones, like Cura??

    Are you using Aspire to generate the stl file?

    Cheers
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