Alt link: https://piped.video/watch?v=QI_R1EMU8yc
This video got posted today and is ideal for something I am working on right now.
The way this person posts is particularly useful for me. They are working on accessible isolated mechanisms that have many potential applications.
There are a lot of people making content where they show off some of their large projects like robots and radio controlled stuff, but I have never made any of these in practice. I don’t waste time on the printer social websites any more. It is almost always faster for me to design something properly, for 3D printing, where I control the clearances, eliminate the need for supports, and print it right the first time.
So, do you have any sources like this when it comes to mechanisms and inspiration where you’ve actually incorporated designs or concepts into your own designs?
Personally I lean on real-world designs, honestly I haven’t taken advantage of some of the things that additive manufacturing enables over traditional machining so pretty much anything I’ve done could be done on a mill + lathe as well. Do lean on reference material though, dusted off my machinery’s handbook for some gearing references recently and I don’t doubt that I’ll get use from some of my other textbooks from uni, dated as they are.
I went through prusa’s documentation on designing for 3d printing when I was getting setup again as it had been some time, that covered things like overhangs, horizontally oriented holes etc. With all that said, I’ve always been an iterative design person, sometimes that’s also iterating on existing work, really appreciate the open source mindset in the community for that.