toddtmw Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 BITD, I had a disk holder (I think it was from Rubbermaid) that had ten tiers to hold disks in a step fashion so that you could easily access your ten most-used disks. I had been looking for somethign similar and had made something very clunky out of Lego. But, I got a 3-D printer for Christmas, so I designed and printed one myself. If anyone is interested in printing their own, I published it in Thingiverse here. Once I got this all assembled, it's actually taller than I think I wanted it to be, so I am working on a shorter one. I have the basic design of that done, but it will take me a while to print and assemble it to make sure it all works out. Once I get that published, I will post a link here in case anyone wants to print that one. If you do print this, I'd love to see pictures. I would have liked to do this with each tier a different color (an Atari Rainbow!) but I do not have enought filament colors and buying ten different filament colors gets pretty pricey. Hope others find this useful! -Todd 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 (edited) Very nice. Though I'd like one or two a bit shorter as well, and it would be cool if the ATARI name on it was in the traditional Atari font with the curved A's and R, and straight T and I. Edited January 15, 2018 by Gunstar 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddtmw Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 I've learned a little more about converting graphics to 3-d since I started this. Let me mock something up and post a screenshot to see if it looks more like what you would expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddtmw Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Also, I just printed the first tier of the new shorter tree. It will be about half as tall and I think it will work out much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddtmw Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Does this look better? If anyone has a decent Atar name and Atari Logo in Tinkercad they want to share, I'd be happy to incorporate it into this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Damn - I wish my 3D printer was working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 (edited) That's exactly what I'm looking for...and more, I do like the Fuji better than the disk. Edited January 15, 2018 by Gunstar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Damn - I wish my 3D printer was working. I am getting very interested in obtaining one of my own. I can think of a half dozen things for my Atari I'd make straight away...starting with a case for my System Check 2 PBI card. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 I am getting very interested in obtaining one of my own. I can think of a half dozen things for my Atari I'd make straight away...starting with a case for my System Check 2 PBI card. Whatever you do, do not get a Davinci XYZ printer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddtmw Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 You should totally get one. They are very reasonbly priced these days. The one I got was only $400. Filament is really cheap. I wieghed the large disk tree I made, and based on its weight, it costs less than $3 in materials. (Of course, it took about 24 hours (over several days) to actually print it.) The smaller one will print a little faster, and cost a little less. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddtmw Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Whatever you do, do not get a Davinci XYZ printer. What went wrong with your printer? I don't know much about the Davinci, but I'm pretty sure I could replace every part on my Quidi X-One 2. I kind of feel like I'm back in the 8-bit days with 9-pin slow-ass dot matirx printers. Can't wait to see how this progresses. I have to believe in 10-20 years (probably less), we will be printing color 3-d objects as fast as we laser print color pages now. They already have 3-d printers that combine with inkjet ink to do full-color 3-d printing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Todd what's you printer? I can vouch that Davinci at the time was a big POS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 What went wrong with your printer? I don't know much about the Davinci, but I'm pretty sure I could replace every part on my Quidi X-One 2. I kind of feel like I'm back in the 8-bit days with 9-pin slow-ass dot matirx printers. Can't wait to see how this progresses. I have to believe in 10-20 years (probably less), we will be printing color 3-d objects as fast as we laser print color pages now. They already have 3-d printers that combine with inkjet ink to do full-color 3-d printing. Basically, the entire thing is shit. There's no way to make any adjustment hold, it doesn't print nicely with 4 different types of filament, the bed leveling is shit, the temp control is shit, the speed is shit. I should say, this is quite an old machine now. I only paid a few hundred for it, I got a few workable parts, and I was an early adopter. Absolutely no need to start out with a machine so sub par these days. If you asked me five years ago, I would have been singing it praises. Before you ask, I have flashed the latest Repetier firmware to it, spent weeks trying to re-calibrate it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddtmw Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 Todd what's you printer? I can vouch that Davinci at the time was a big POSQidi X-One 2. Its my first printer so I dont have a lot to compare it to, but it seems to work okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 3D-printing for consumers is more experimental now than the 400/800 were in 1980. IMHO it's more like having an Altair that needs a lot of technical knowledge to keep it working. We do have a fairly pricey model we bought discounted because it has been used as a demo unit and while it does print nicely if it does print, there's so much than can go wrong like the object getting loose from the print plate despite "sticky spray", the head going out of alignment halfway through a 10-hour print, the filament on the spool getting entangled, etc. It tends to get used for bouts at a time and then neglected for months after a more disappointing session of aborted prints. With the big variety of models even Google isn't always helpful in finding tips and solutions. Maybe one really needs to spend upwards of $2000 to get something decent that works every time.... I do think this could really take off once multi-filament printing becomes the norm, which would also allow for water-soluble support materials. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddtmw Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share Posted January 23, 2018 Just posted the shorter disk tree with the Atari logo. I like this one much better. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2758193 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Just posted the shorter disk tree with the Atari logo. I like this one much better. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2758193 IMG_2401.jpg IMG_2403.jpg IMG_2402.jpg IMG_2400.jpg That's nice - is it strong enough without any raft in the middle? I'd probably connect the back of the square frame to the sides. But I always did have a somewhat crappy printer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddtmw Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share Posted January 23, 2018 Its not one big print. Its 10 pieces. The bottom part, 8 tiers and then one final tier. The whole thing is melted together with plastic weld solvent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Disks are pretty light, but connecting as you say might give it a better center of gravity and less likely to tip over. That's nice - is it strong enough without any raft in the middle? I'd probably connect the back of the square frame to the sides. But I always did have a somewhat crappy printer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddtmw Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share Posted January 23, 2018 I printed it with 100% infill to give it more weight. It seems pretty stable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddtmw Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share Posted January 23, 2018 Also, my printer only does 140mm so I couldnt print it as one piece with that support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 What about doing it 2x5 disks, side by side, instead of one strip of 10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddtmw Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share Posted January 23, 2018 Again, my printer wont print something that big. Each tier is a separate print. You can print as many as you want. You could just print 2 that are 5 tall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 3D-printing for consumers is more experimental now than the 400/800 were in 1980. IMHO it's more like having an Altair that needs a lot of technical knowledge to keep it working. You are 100% correct. I own a 'higher' end FlashForge Creator Pro (which is a good unit) as my first, but you need to be willing to learn what amounts to an entire new complicated discipline with 3D printing at this point in time if you expect to be successful. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I used to have these 5¼ inch disk boxes that held 10 disks and had a lever on the front that when rotated would push up a wedge shaped thing inside so the disks would pop up like in the pic you posted of the tree with the disks in. I just had a flash of memory, thanks for that! They had an outer cover that rotated all the way around to form a stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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