Solidoodle 3

Skewworks · April 5, 2013, 7:02pm

Printing on the top half of the case for the ArMF Imbue has begun.

Yeah, I know the KickStarter is dead in the water, but I still have a couple on hand and darn it they will have awesome cases.

Skewworks · April 5, 2013, 9:25pm

Here it is!

The heated bed had some temp variants so there’s a bit of warping on one side but it still works and I’m definitely keeping this for one of the Imbues to remember my 1st 3D design & print.

Even includes SD & power switch slots.

ianlee74 · April 5, 2013, 10:31pm

Cool. I’m jealous. I need a 3D printer!!!

How is the board attached? Show us the other side.

Skewworks · April 5, 2013, 10:45pm

The hex bolts from GHI attach it. I’ll upload some new stuff Sunday/Monday. Going to do some minor updates to this case for the second one and create a case for my scrolling LED Matrix sign powered by the Cerberus with LiPo

Jason_ghielectroncs · April 6, 2013, 8:47am

SKW what 3D app are you using?

At the office I have a plugin for you to export STL out of sketchup (FREE) if you are interested.

Skewworks · April 7, 2013, 2:32pm

@ Jason - That’s exactly what I’m using

I’m still having a few issues with temperature variations on the heated bed. It’s something that won’t affect most people/prints but I’ve got a case that takes up 90%+ of the width.

Pumping the heat up to 100C on the bed hopefully that will stop the warping I’m getting in one corner…other than that the prints have been amazing.

Here’s a look at the MiniNuke Mark III’s top case with interchangeable side plates. The bottom will have mounts ever inch or so to make swapping modules easy.

Jason_ghielectroncs · April 8, 2013, 8:01am

So you are exporting out of Sketch-up as a STL?

Skewworks · April 8, 2013, 11:23am

Correct.

I’ve still been having some issues with the edges but I’ll be trying the painters tape & hair spray methods today to hopefully get it to stick properly.

I’m very eager to have nice cases for all this awesome GHI gear I’ve got laying around.

Jason_ghielectroncs · April 8, 2013, 9:32pm

What kind of issues are you having with the edges? In Sketch up or printing?

Skewworks · April 9, 2013, 11:16am

@ Jason, it was a printing issue. Tried flat corners, small rounded corners, large rounded corners…always ended up having at least one come off the bed around layer 3-7 and ruin the whole print. This even occurred using painters tape + hair spray.

I did find a solution yesterday though. I added small tabs at the edges which were only 1-2 layers thick which I could tape down to ensure the rest of the print went smoothly. I also jacked the temp up to near 100C on the bed.

Here’s the result (the gaps on the sides are for interchangeable faceplates).