Paul_in_Ricky

Looks good, but it is a kit that needs a lot of work and expertise to finish, not a vice ready to use.

Seeing as this thread has been resurrected, I've looked back and there's one major omission; The Eclipse 180 instrument vice. These are fantastic tools. Small and will fit on a table edge, but will hold small parts very securely in just about any orientation. The only problem is that they're no longer made and rather collectable, so it's keeping a close watch on eBay and being prepared to pay some decent money, but you won't regret it, they're brilliant.

No, they're not. From the description on Thingiverse; "This is a Simplex 20hp Tractor in 16mm to the foot scale (1/19)" They've been on Thingiverse for three years now. Excellent files that print well and Dave Watkins is to be applauded for making them available freely.

Changing nozzles is a mechanical change of components. Plus you may also need to adjust slicer software settings if the Bambu labs slicer software hasn't got an OEM profile for it. Nozzle changing probably isn't for a novice in FDM printing. There's enough to work through to get the best from the standard 0.4mm nozzle first.

That could be a perfect example of a torture test for FDM printing. Smooth curves will always be the hardest thing to print. Out of interest what layer settings and nozzle did you use ? I've seen some remarkably good results from FDM when printed carefully with 0.2 nozzles rather than the normal default 0.4.

It's pretty easy to understand, even if it might seem complicated. Very simply put; You can use it free for non-commercial purposes. Some of the industrial functions like CAM etc aren't available on the non-commercial licence. You're limited to ten active files for editing, but you can easily swap around files between editable and read only to stay within limits.

Looking at the price of the D2, you'd have to be doing a LOT of printing before it made economic sense.

Did this model ever get finished Alan ? I'm just starting on one and it's such a loss that so many of your photos have disappeared from the thread. It was a great resource. Looks to be an 'interesting' build given the omissions in the instructions.

Missed point. You can buy a FDM printer for £200 they're just not as good as one that costs £2k.

True, but that printer cost over TWO THOUSAND pounds in the UK.

I'd suggest that it will be the people with some experience that will benefit most from these. There's some excellent tips and techniques there. It can be easy for knowledgeable people to fail to appreciate quite how little absolute beginners to techy subjects know. As an example, if you open Fusion 360 for the first time the screen will be different to your tutorials, there'll be a grid displayed and the data panel will be on the left, that will confuse some. As someone who has written guides for specialist subjects and then had to support absolute novices, I'd say it's a continual process of amazement that some people dabble with technologies they have absolutely no understanding of and need 'click by click' help.

An interesting series of tutorials. It's a bit curious to know who this is pitched at. There's a degree of assumed knowledge that might make them difficult for complete novices to get into, eg people coming from Tinkercad may not appreciate your chosen workflow of working with extruded sketches, rather than manipulating primitive shapes. On a technical note, the sound quality could be a bit better and changes on some videos when you've done second takes. Not bad, just room for improvement.

As they only offer blades for wood at the moment, it's not likely to be much use for cutting track.

Still trying to get this muck off and it's a soul destroying job. Phoenix paints PQ19 pre paint cleaner does soften it up a bit without damaging the enamel paint underneath, but it's still a horrible job.

Tinkercad is designed for children to use as an introduction to 3D design, so seems the obvious choice.