Mr Robot Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 (edited) I'm using these to learn TinkerCAD, maybe a bit of Blender too. Progress pics wil be here to save interrupting other threads. The 1050 is a great example of why you should just draw your own rather than start with someone else's model. They didn't leave a gap after the metal band before starting the air vents. Now I have to count them, looks like I'll be starting that one again. Edited July 10, 2019 by Mr Robot Progress 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Awesome plans! My XYZ 3D printer died early this year. I sadly have no plans to replace it. Too much aggravation for too little gratification. I'll gladly pay for completed products these days. I went full on "Office Space" when I got rid of my printer and it was very liberating. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 I like the 810 styled one! They are all cool, of course, but especially that one to me personally! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrbrevin Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 they all look good! :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 Did a bit of work on the 810 today, tried to clean up the mess of the 1050 (still think I might need to start that one again. 3D Printer has been ordered, only getting black and white PLA to start with, it's good enough for test printing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 It's close 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrbrevin Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 swift progress! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 The thinner the drives got the more length the SDRive-MAX case will need to get the required thickness. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrbrevin Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 d'oh - now i need 3x SDrive MAXs!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted July 15, 2019 Author Share Posted July 15, 2019 These will not be to scale, so you wont be able to stack them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 Gave up struggling with the free 1050 model on thingyverse, too many accuracy issues. I've started making my own. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mr Robot Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 1010 looks better with the SDM in it 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam1977 Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 That looks fabulous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NISMOPC Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Mr Robot said: 1010 looks better with the SDM in it Especially if there is a way to rotate TFT output to Landscape mode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 ... and now the 1050 is my own work too Now I just need to print them and see how they fit together. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geister Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Nicely done on all counts! Are you going to sell these or make the STL files available on thingiverse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 I'll be putting the STL's on my website. I haven't decided if I'm going to offer prints as well, I currently don't have a 3D printer so I have no experience of the process... yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+orpheuswaking Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 I need one of each printed and mailed to my home please... I'll "Beta" test them for you LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 There's a lot of wasted PLA in the XF551 model 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xrbrevin Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 great progress! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddtmw Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 How long is the XE case? Longest dimension... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 (edited) I've a feeling I'm going to be adding some depth to the case in a sort of sloped base or something so I can reduce the WxH (If Apple can do it to make their computers look thinner so can I) it should still look right I hope. Edited July 19, 2019 by Mr Robot Added info 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mytek Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 You did this in TinkerCad? Wow I am truly impressed!!! I've dabbled in TinkerCad myself, but found keeping track of all the objects and their placement with other objects to be very difficult. Glad to see you are enjoying great success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Robot Posted July 19, 2019 Author Share Posted July 19, 2019 Yes, this is my first time trying to do something in 3D so I don't have any 3d software except tinkercad and Blender. My brain needs to grow quite a bit before I can get Blender in there! I did tech drawing at school, learning how to visualise stuff in ortho really helped when learning this. There is a lot of flipping from view to view making sure objects are positioned correctly from each side and then grouping them so they don't get moved by mistake. The hardest part for me has been thinking about things in negative space. Because Tinkercad only allows primitives there is a lot of subtracting a thing from another thing, adding that thing to a thing and subtracting the whole lot from another thing to get a workable shape. I was expecting it to be "sticking shapes together to make a thing" and it turns out to be "make a big thing and remove the bits you don't want". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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