Posted on 06/12/2022 6:58:46 AM PDT by Scarlett156
Buy one of these for the wife’s birthday :)
https://www.creality3dofficial.com/products/creality-silent-mainboard-v4-2-7
Thank you for your suggestion. That might be a good suggestion for my friend who has gotten married since I put together his Creality printer. But after the difficulty we had getting the “self-leveling” sensor to work with the current motherboard I am doubtful he would go for it. But he uses his in a detached shop anyway.
And as far as I can tell he seems to still be making his casting plugs out of foam and wood. I don't think that he has really gotten the hang of designing or printing. It is one of those things that a lot of people run into, the dream is more alluring than the reality.
He is working on a sailboat that he is planning on sailing around the world with. He thought that the 3D printer would be a good thing to have along, but I think that a smaller one would be more appropriate. Now he wants some type of multi-function CNC device instead. I tried to tell him that CNC has a whole different set of challenges.
Thank you for that recommendation.
I will freely admit, I am NOT a software person! I prefer tools I can touch. But I recently bought a small 3D printer, thinking it might help with some of my prototyping. I’m still figuring it out, hopefully that program will help.
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Much easier when starting out to just download something close and then just “tweak it” to what you need. Try looking here:
There are videos on Youtube that show you how to do all sorts of things with it. You do not need to and in fact cannot log into an Autodesk account with it anymore.
My favorite simple trick is to download a threaded screw or bolt file from https://www.mcmaster.com/ import it into whatever project that I need threads in, place it in just the right spot then subtract it from the object.
I think that you will like the program. It is very intuitive with Youtube’s help. If you need help finding the installation file let me know.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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