help with editing a model

[Cyber-Mav]

anyone on here able to modify this stl so it goes from this:

to something like this:

this filament holder doesnt clear the filament feeder so need the extra distance.

STL file is here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4756703

trying this in fusion 360 but got no clue if it can be done.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Got this sorted in the end

 

[Vince]

looks like you are using tinker cad. I could teach you how to do this in tinker in probably sub 60 seconds. If you throw me the stl I could do you a little video ahh fusion, to be fair you can do this in any tool quite easily and i didnt see the bottom bit of txt. Ill grab the stl and do a little tutorial at some point over the next few days

 

[Cyber-Mav]

looks like you are using tinker cad. I could teach you how to do this in tinker in probably sub 60 seconds. If you throw me the stl I could do you a little video ahh fusion, to be fair you can do this in any tool quite easily and i didnt see the bottom bit of txt. Ill grab the stl and do a little tutorial at some point over the next few days

That would be excellent. Thanks for this vince i cant believe you can do it in sub 60 seconds lol.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

@Vince any update on this chap?

 

[Vince]

@Vince any update on this chap?

Ahh I totally forgot about this. I'll be sure to do it over weekend

 

[Vince]

Haven't done your one yet but this broken bracket was sent with a gg mod kit and the thing is broken... pair of callipers and 25 mins in tinker cad and we are away.

 

[Vince]

@Vince any update on this chap?

Ok so it took 3 mins with an explanation (sort of) of what I was doing.

Basically slap down ruler. use ruler.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

@Vince thanks for that vid, explained a lot to me, i was able to mod the design using your video and tinkercad seems to be excellent and simple to use thanks to how you explained it.

i made some mods however im thinking of modding the pole that sticks out to be able to stick some bearings onto it to allow much smoother movement of the filament roll. any ideas on how to go abouts it?

 

[Vince]

@Vince thanks for that vid, explained a lot to me, i was able to mod the design using your video and tinkercad seems to be excellent and simple to use thanks to how you explained it.

i made some mods however im thinking of modding the pole that sticks out to be able to stick some bearings onto it to allow much smoother movement of the filament roll. any ideas on how to go abouts it?

Ahh I made one with a bearing in before second I can look through my models

 

[Vince]

Ahh I made one with a bearing in before second I can look through my models

Cant find the one I made but its a modified version of this...

Creality (Ender 3) Filament holder 80mm spools by mjoaris

EDIT 10-12-2018: To be clear, you will need two 608ZZ bearings. EDIT 4-12-2018: As I found it difficult to print the roller in one piece without breaking the small pins on the outsides, I remixed Keleo's design "Roller with removable pin." to a 80mm spool version and printed that. I've included...

www.thingiverse.com

Just import that and mod it in the same way

 

[Cyber-Mav]

some good design ideas there. wondering if i should get an external filament box that also dry's filament?

 

[Vince]

some good design ideas there. wondering if i should get an external filament box that also dry's filament?

I've not got one, havent used my fdm in a while but will fire it up tomorrow for the GG brackets I need, i think they will be better in filament than resin

Tinkercad is perfect for the simpler designs and some of the more complex stuff as well, it's basically based entirely around booleans though so is somewhat limited . For the more complex stuff fusion and blender are generally my go to

You can do some complex bits in fusion and blender and then mash it all together in tinker cad and end up with something like this:

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Thats good stuff, your video shows me how to make holes too, use hollowing cylinder set size to 6mm and use it as a drill bit to get required depth and then group everything and it makes the hole.
Understanding this more now.

 

[Vince]

Thats good stuff, your video shows me how to make holes too, use hollowing cylinder set size to 6mm and use it as a drill bit to get required depth and then group everything and it makes the hole.
Understanding this more now.

That's good news! Tinker is easily the best tool for a noob Finished my gg bracket re-model.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Thats awsome. With some good measuring its possible to make a lot of fixes for stuff. Also very impressed with the strength of pla when its around 3mm thick

 

[Vince]

Thats awsome. With some good measuring its possible to make a lot of fixes for stuff. Also very impressed with the strength of pla when its around 3mm thick

I was so close to cracking out my FDM and then reverted to type and just smashed these out on the resin printer

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Ahh I made one with a bearing in before second I can look through my models

See the end of the spool holder, is it possible to slice that end stop off and make it a screw on type? That way i can alter its diameter and slap on a row of bearings and screw on the end stop to stop bearings falling out. Hehehe

 

[Vince]

See the end of the spool holder, is it possible to slice that end stop off and make it a screw on type? That way i can alter its diameter and slap on a row of bearings and screw on the end stop to stop bearings falling out. Hehehe

There is there is a screw modifier In thinker, you can use it to both make things that screw and things that get screwed.

 

[Cyber-Mav]

Ahh just noticed that thread insert sort of thing. Can it do metric sizes like m6 etc?