Hi! New vaper here. Check out my 3D printer project.
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Hey everyone. I just wanted to have my first thread here be an enthusiastic hello. This forum is so loaded with great information and excellent people!
I was smoking a half pack of analogs per day until a co-worker showed me her Kanger setup about a month ago. I took a few drags and was instantly hooked. That night I went out and bought my own EVOD battery and clearo, along with some German Chocolate Cake eliquid that at the time I thought was amazing. A month later, after my taste buds have returned, that original juice tastes nasty, but I haven't had ONE analog.
I love vaping so much and I've been bitten by the bug for sure. I now have two EVOD 650 batteries, an EVOD 650 VV, an Innokin iTaste VV V3, two mini Protanks, six EVOD clearos, and a shelf full of juice.
I decided I needed a better way to organize my stuff, as well as keep the tanks upright. So I drew up this "Vape Caddy" in Autodesk Inventor, and printed it out on one of our 3D printers at work. I thought I'd show off my efforts.
Very nice looking. My nephew showed me his company's 3D printers awhile ago and I was just awestruck. The wave of the future and your post is prolly a first here at ECF
Hello and welcome! Very nice work. You will probably get many order requests now!!
I plan to do something like this soon, but with wood.
I plan to do something like this soon, but with wood.
So I gave this a try with another piece I printed a while back (a cell phone stand), and it definitely melts the plastic. There is undoubtedly a technique to doing this. I used a red shop rag and it melted the red lint from the rag right into the plastic! Lol. This was easily fixed though with a trip to the bead blaster. Next time I'll use a lint free cloth, and I expect that it will work great. Thanks for the tip bigrf85!
I have a makebot2 and need to make one of these, immediately, have you upload the file to thingiverse by chance? Or is it too large for a makerbot? I am having a hard time getting an idea of the dimensions based on the photo.
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3D printing is so far beyond what my mind can handle, that I simply can't handle it.
^^^^^^^^Me too!!!!!!^^^^^^^^^
This is incredible. When I was growing up in the Dark Ages, we didn't even have personal computers, and now 3-D printers?! That is a beautiful holder, and I love the old-telephone type numbers.
Very nice..what make and model is the 3D printer?.. assuming by the size of the work produced, it`s fairly large
It's a Dimension 1200 by Stratasys.
It's 6.0" in diameter and 1.0" tall. I could email you the file. I don't have a Thingaverse account. If that's too big for your machine's work envelope, I'd gladly modify it so it would work you. I don't know how big of a piece the Makerbot can make. I do wish I owned one though!
That is pretty cool! My mind works in 2D. My experience with acrylics and other plastic is that acetone works if you stick it in a acetone safe airbrush tank and gently airbrush away marks. It is a hard technique to learn though. Most people end up sandblasting with the airbrush/acetone. I have also had success with natural bristle brushes, you just have to keep the surface wet to avoid bristle marks. My fav is always going to be good ole wet dry sandpaper. Down to 8000 grit depending on the plastic if you want a mirror finish. Also following it up with spray paint also melts the surface slightly and makes it smoother.
Little hint, some acetone based fingernail polish remover on yellowed headlights works wonders. Before anyone does this, message me, theres a technique to it.
Little hint, some acetone based fingernail polish remover on yellowed headlights works wonders. Before anyone does this, message me, theres a technique to it.
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Version 2.0!
Holds my eVic along with five Protank Minis and five Protank IIs.
Arrgghh. Why can't I get to work on this site? Does anyone else see the image here?
Link to pic: [url]https://www.dropbox.com/s/xvfm2iignhkhf75/IMG_20140211_191927.jpg[/url]
Version 2.0!
Holds my eVic along with five Protank Minis and five Protank IIs.
Arrgghh. Why can't I get to work on this site? Does anyone else see the image here?
Link to pic: [url]https://www.dropbox.com/s/xvfm2iignhkhf75/IMG_20140211_191927.jpg[/url]
This is awesome!!!!! great first thread and congrats on not smoking!!! I am sad to tell you that you are in for an endless pursuit of "wow, this jooze is the best" 
once you find it, you vape it for a while and then............ back on the hunt! 
once you find it, you vape it for a while and then............ back on the hunt!
I just wanted to let anyone know who cares that these files are available for free download from Thinigverse.
Here are the links. I believe you need to be registered in order to download.
Version 1
Version 2
Here are the links. I believe you need to be registered in order to download.
Version 1
Version 2
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