3d Printing

[_nderscore]

Hi Modders -

After seeing the video of the dna 20 watt board that evolv is putting out in the near future, I suddenly got a strong urge to try my hand at building a box mod of my own. I am wondering what the feasibility is of designing a custom box and having it 3d printed by a service such as i.materialise.com or shapeways.

As long as all my measurements are correct, would there be any problem with pulling this off? Has it been done before? Would certain materials be better suited - or some materials unsafe?

Any guidance would be awesome. I don't plan on starting this project any time soon, but I'm already getting excited in my pre-planning stage and don't want to get carried away with an idea that ultimately won't work out. I guess I should try to build a box mod from some materials I have on-hand first (altoids tin maybe?), just to get a feel for how easily it can be accomplished, but I think that as long as I put in the proper planning, I could accomplish it on my first try.

 

[haiqu]

I've wanted a Makerbot for years, but unless you have a really weird shape in mind an off-the-shelf box will probably be a whole lot cheaper. Not as much fun perhaps.

 

[haiqu]

Just spotted this thread:

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/cosmetic-mods/342054-doctor-who-tardis-pipe.html

Cool! Would go well with the sonic screwdriver mod someone else made recently.

 

[cadcoke5]

Here are a few random thoughts about rapid prototyping;

-You need to have good 3-D modeling skills to get something to one of these services.

-There can be part distortion, so be sure your design has clearances for anything that has to go inside.

-A fairly new 3D printing service, and free modeling software is from Autodesk. Autodesk 123D - Free 3D Modeling Software, 3D Models, DIY Projects, Personal Fabrication Tools

-A lot of the makerbot type kits take a lot of tweaking to get it assembled working right. Though I recall reading of some other kits that were much easier to assemble. They were in the $800 price range, as I vaguely recall.

-A new photo-polymer machine was recently announced on Kickstarter, costing around $2,500 in pre-order. This is an order of magnitude lower than what has been available in the past.

-A year or so ago, I ran into someone with a makerbot. They were looking for useful stuff to make! I.e. the price of the material was all they expected. So, if you can find a hobbyist with one of these machines, or other one of the maker-spaces. You might go to one of the forums and just see if you can find someone local, and make a deal.

Joe Dunfee

 

[cadcoke5]

I just had an idea. The Autodesk Autodesk 123D - Free 3D Modeling Software, 3D Models, DIY Projects, Personal Fabrication Tools also has a feature called "e23D Catch". You take a series of photos around an object, and upload it to the site. You can do this with a person's face, and then edit the 3D model to turn it into a pipe!

Joe Dunfee

 

[cals]

dont mind me asking, what is a program we can use for this 3d printing and secondly which would be food safe? apologies for the main thread is asking to make a box mod for dna20

 

[Rader2146]

Click the links in the above posts. It's free 3D Modeling software.

Food safe...you pick your material when you send the model to production, but unless you are planning to make a hybrid/all-in-one device where juice will contact the material then there isnt much reason to worry about being food safe.

 

[trevor148]

Why not buy a nice case and build a holder for the dna20 chip. You could make it to support the chip then drill holes for all of the contacts and find screws to fit. Instead of soldering the chip down you could screw all the wires down.

 

[bapgood]

Why not buy a nice case and build a holder for the dna20 chip. You could make it to support the chip then drill holes for all of the contacts and find screws to fit. Instead of soldering the chip down you could screw all the wires down.

I have been contemplating doing both....3D printing and screws and screw posts, you will want to look for 1mm screws/posts and will want to use a DNA that hasn't been soldered.

 

[cals]

thanks, i was thinking of creating a vmod RBatty

 

[trevor148]

Can the screen go on either side of the chip? I've been learning how to use a 3d modeling tool so I could try to make the holder for the dna 20 I mentioned above. to practice I made a 3d model of the dna chip. I wanted to finish my model but I need to know if the screen can go on both sides.

Here is what I go so far dna 20 3d model

You cant see it in the picture on there but I did the back side as well

 

[Sovran]

Can the screen go on either side of the chip? I've been learning how to use a 3d modeling tool so I could try to make the holder for the dna 20 I mentioned above. to practice I made a 3d model of the dna chip. I wanted to finish my model but I need to know if the screen can go on both sides.

Here is what I go so far dna 20 3d model

You cant see it in the picture on there but I did the back side as well

View attachment 179245

no the screen only goes to one side. You can however flip the direction it displays the info.

 

[trevor148]

I finally got around to drawing the dna holder.