do I need software also?
You’ll need Elegoo slicer which you can download from their site for free and I believe may even come on the supplied thumb drive or you can use a more generic slicer like Orca slicer which is also free to download and use.
If it’s your first foray into 3d printing I would I recommend starting with their slicer before you branch out into the more generic and feature full generic ones.
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Also Robert, If you want to start modeling your own parts, you’ll need CAD software to do the modeling. Fusion 360 has a fairly feature packed free version for hobby users, FreeCAD is a very full featured and complicated program that you can do almost any CAD work with but it isn’t for the faint of heart but like it’s name implies, is complety free. Another one is Onshape which I believe is cloud based and has a free plan available.
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I could if you really wanted, shipping is the biggest cost. Otherwise, there are like others have said places that can 3D print for you probably closer. I was offering to model up the little brush ring if someone needed. Below is a link to a hose adapter where you can input whatever measurements you want for all of the parameters to get you an adapter for hose sizes.
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i already have vetrics software can i use it for this?
Also right now I am tapped out so I can afford to pay for the part, but I do not want to pony up another 300 to 500 hundred just so I can make an adapter. Later when I start making saleable items, then I can try to wrap my poor tired brain around another learning curve.
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@Captain @HardtailSr I can make the handles “thinner” more to match what the SM boot comes with and I could make a gap in the ring so its not a solid circle. Otherwise this ring fits perfectly. The magnet holes are based on some 5mmx4mm ones I had which are the same diameter it seems that the original brush rings come with. The holes are sized for a tight and glue free friction fit.
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No, A 3d printer is additive manufacturing and your CNC is subtractive, two completely different processes. While 3D printers do use gcode like a CNC they use it differently.
The slicer program will take your model and cut it into layers and generate a tool path for each layer. So while a 3d printer builds a 3d part, it does it a single 2d layer at a time.
I don’t have Aspire but maybe if you can export models generated with it, that might be a possibility.
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Thanks for looking into it Calvin! Pretty cool to see that it works. I’d like to see if Onefinity will offer the whole assembly for sale, but if not, I’ll hit you up when mine gets hurt. Did you order a new brush? I’m guessing that if this shoe gets bumped off the machine, the brush will get damaged too.
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Hey Calvin I only need the hose adapter at the moment.
If this turns into something that folks actually want Ill probably order some of the brushes off McMaster Carr which should fit in that same slot. I have been working on making my own dust shoe entirely so I have some other brushes laying around for that.
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If you’re looking at any potential design enhancements, I think angling the brush outwards would be really nice. Not sure how the brush rail would handle any twist like that, but I’m seeing that on the longer brush, the bristles are starting to angle inwards at the bottom towards the bit due to the vacuum pressure. Not a huge deal but I’ve had a similar shoe before and once the bristles angle more inward, they start to clog up the intake area and can really obstruct flow. I think angling the brushes outward (maybe 15 to 20 degrees) would help quite a bit. There’s not much space between the back of the spindle and the z carriage, so there’s not much room to angle there though unfortunately.
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Thats very easy to do. I noticed with the brushes Onefinity sent if you install them one way they are straight down and if you flip them around it angles out naturally. Hard to explain but I would try pulling your brush out and whichever side was facing in make it face outward. As far as my ring I can make whatever changes folks want no biggie.
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I’m trying to print the 4" adaptor with clip but my printer maxes out at 8". Does anyone have the ability to trim off part to make it 8"?
Thanks in advance
Your slicer should have the ability to ‘cut’ the object and seperate it into multiple pieces or seperate it and delete the piece you do not want.
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I upgraded my software and I think I can get it to work. Waiting for a spool of filament. it’s a 12 hour print and I don’t want to run out mid-way.
Thanks,
Steve
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Hey @CraigsWorld . What printer did you print this with. On a Bambu Carbon X1, I am getting the following error. How did you orient it to print? Appreciate any help.
"Warning:It seems object Suckit SM 4 inch hose adapter NEW DESIGN w support bracket and band step has floating; regions. Please re-orient the object or enable support
generation.
A1 user here. Print it with the 4" side down and I used auto tree supports(slim, organic, hybrid all good) for the clip. I can send a pic it came out great.
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