Quote from: pe2dave on April 02, 2024, 09:43:07 PM...snip...
Noted Rich: TTS-100 on order. Cost of my board? Nil. Cost of a 3D printer? No contest.
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One does not have to buy and learn to operate a 3D printer to have 3D printed stuff. There are companies that offer 3D printing services, such as Shapeways. I used them for printing a small tool/accessory for holding bamboo on a milling machine for making bamboo fly rods. I had a quantity made, but the price was the same per unit for 1 or 10.
My original machined holddown.
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3D printed holddown.
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Wandering a bit off topic: I went with 3D printed (in steel) because the machining, as I had done with my original ones, was too complex and the CNC shop that I've used for other tools declined to give me a bid/price, saying it would be prohibitively expensive. This was a couple years ago. I have redesigned this tool and am in the process of making jigs to simplify the production process and think I'll be able to machine them myself. The two on the right are the two pictured above. Those grouped on the left are in process - not completed/finished - still working on the jigs but the process will be greatly simplified and much faster. And, I actually use my T8 for finish grinding on the the end facets (Posted on this back when working on this earlier, where I used the DBS-22 on a belt grinder. Not doing that now, rather the side of diamond wheels for the flat grind, using the jig on the left).
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Rick