On Thursday 12 November 2020 12:38:19 John Dammeyer wrote: > Mill it out of aluminium. Counter bores for the screws. Total time > spent will be way less than 3D printing it. There are places for 3D > printing. I use it all the time. But it's easy to get into that > place where when you have a hammer everything looks like a nail. John > How do I make that .stl into gcode to drive one of my mills? Do we have such a critter?
And I expect to have a similar problem with the full sized lid. The other half of that same bearing is half buried it it, same problem. I'll have to print both and take measurements to write the gcode I guess since the .stl doesn't AFAIK have a size, that is up to the printer. I've 1/8" plate I can make both parts out of. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gene Heskett [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: November-12-20 9:02 AM > > To: Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC) > > Subject: [Emc-users] More questions for the 3d 'spurts > > > > 2 scans attached if they get thru the listserver. > > > > I am having a problem with this part, printed right side up, I am > > getting this from PETG at 250C nozzle/70C bed. The ledge in the > > center, destroyed as you can see, has an overhang of about 1.5mm to > > retain the bearing. Turned over, its destroying the bottoms of the > > cap screw counterbores. And the supports in the bolt holes are being > > caught and pulled back out of the holes, mucking up the bottoms of > > the counterbores that bolt it all together. > > > > Suggested fixes? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > -- > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law > > respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
