Ontopic The 3D printing thread
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Posted the original rotating ornament video on /r/halifax as a joke, then the local news blog "Haligonia" got hold of it and posted it on their facebook feed, and it kinda exploded from there. Started getting contacted by a bunch of different places after that.
Donairs are a halifax invention, but they're kind of a local cliche. "hey everyone I'm coming to visit halifax, what should I do?" "well first you gotta get a donair"...
There's constantly upstart restaurants making bastardized donair things, and one of the local breweries even made a donair beer which I never got to try, but I'm told was pretty horrible. And the Donair Cam recently started, and I think most of halifax said "oh god, not more donair shit..."
I came up with the christmas ornament as a response to it, expecting to just piss a bunch of people off. Totally didn't expect it to explode like it did.
There's constantly upstart restaurants making bastardized donair things, and one of the local breweries even made a donair beer which I never got to try, but I'm told was pretty horrible. And the Donair Cam recently started, and I think most of halifax said "oh god, not more donair shit..."
I came up with the christmas ornament as a response to it, expecting to just piss a bunch of people off. Totally didn't expect it to explode like it did.
It would be cool to have a dildo maker, but probably a lot less fun when you don't have the skills to make your own shit.
Well, there's thingiverse, which is full of predesigned stuff. I've pulled so many things off that site, like replacement battery doors for mice and stuff.
There's also tons of tutorials on how to create stuff in Fusion360, Tinkercad, etc for "cad like" stuff. Lots of people design more 'artsy' stuff in Blender.
There's also tons of tutorials on how to create stuff in Fusion360, Tinkercad, etc for "cad like" stuff. Lots of people design more 'artsy' stuff in Blender.
Check this out. 3D printed top, concrete bottom cast in a silicone mold made from a 3D printed positive.
Interesting, searching "bong" on thingiverse = zero results, guess it's a blocked search. Lots of results for 'water pipe' though.
I wouldn't make one out of plastic, at least any common 3D printing plastic, as hot smoke would probably warp it.
I wouldn't make one out of plastic, at least any common 3D printing plastic, as hot smoke would probably warp it.
I'm willing to bet that its steeper than you think. Most of the shit that each of us do seems, by nature, relatively easy.
Mr. Argumentor
I fab shitboxes and shitbox accessories.
Or hell, just outsource your 3D modelling. Lots of people do that shit on the side.
@Mustard Dispenser Did you figure out how to retire and just do this 3D shit yet? Pay attention to @gee here!
I ain't retiring anytime soon, but I'm walking away with a couple of grand which is going straight to fixing some shit around the house.
Eurekatec had several printers going at once, including my own.
The ornament is made with 3 pieces - the main body, the clear piece that snaps in from the back, and the 'meat'. I can do 18 bodies (about 6 hours), 56 meat (about 12 hours) or 25 clear pieces (about 3 hours) in one go on my own printer.
I made a thing. Couch beer holder. Threw the design together in openscad in about 10 minutes.
Uses about 50g worth of plastic, the stripes were scraps of filament I had left over on some old spools.
I think it'd be cool to make one that looks like a spider, or like some sort of space rocket or something, but I ain't artistic.
Uses about 50g worth of plastic, the stripes were scraps of filament I had left over on some old spools.
I think it'd be cool to make one that looks like a spider, or like some sort of space rocket or something, but I ain't artistic.
