Wayne Potgieter Posted February 16 Posted February 16 Going on a bit of a bikepacking adventure. Have been exploring combining 3D printing with this. Here is a protype using some old white PLA for a fork mount. (Nalgene bottle for scale) Sprockets, Zebra, Kom and 2 others 5
Wayne Potgieter Posted February 16 Posted February 16 Also have this running in the printer as we speak https://www.printables.com/model/418962-bikepacking-front-rack
Kom Posted February 19 Posted February 19 On 2/16/2024 at 2:13 AM, Wayne Potgieter said: Also have this running in the printer as we speak https://www.printables.com/model/418962-bikepacking-front-rack why not run the moonbag directly off the bars? or do you want the frame to create space? id run 100% infill on that design, those clamps will be working hard. FWIW i honestly dont get the point of the moonbags over a top tube bag or front triangle bags which you can access during the ride.
Kom Posted February 19 Posted February 19 On 2/12/2024 at 3:15 PM, Kom said: https://www.canyon.com/en-gb/gear/accessories/bike-tech/cockpit-and-handlebar-mounts/forward-am-i-canyon-3d-print-mount/9102036.html Interesting that Canyon are selling 3D printed computer mounts now too ... Someone has already published this on Thingiverse for anyone wanting to try it out/remix for their own purposes. I can vouch that this design is extremly strong (even in PLA). ive probably printed this design a dozen times already - i kept getting stuck with too many tree supports and a k*k finish under the mount. i stumbled on Cheps youtube channel and discovered custom supports as a marketplace plugin for cura - what a discovery! Cheps custom profiles for cura are excellent too - my ender 3 has a new lease on life! Jono and Sprockets 1 1
Kom Posted February 24 Posted February 24 (edited) Use 100% infill folks 🫣 also: don't Eddie Mercx your designs too much 🤐 Edited February 24 by Kom NotSoBigBen 1
NotSoBigBen Posted February 24 Posted February 24 52 minutes ago, Kom said: Use 100% infill folks 🫣 also: don't Eddie Mercx your designs too much 🤐 Too true, I have come to the conclusion that anything I'm mounting on my bike 100% infill every time! Kom 1
Jono Posted February 27 Posted February 27 On 2/19/2024 at 4:24 PM, Kom said: ive probably printed this design a dozen times already - i kept getting stuck with too many tree supports and a k*k finish under the mount. i stumbled on Cheps youtube channel and discovered custom supports as a marketplace plugin for cura - what a discovery! Cheps custom profiles for cura are excellent too - my ender 3 has a new lease on life! very cool, thanks for sharing this,
Jono Posted February 27 Posted February 27 On 2/24/2024 at 12:39 PM, Kom said: Use 100% infill folks 🫣 also: don't Eddie Mercx your designs too much 🤐 you might enjoy this cantilever test... Underachiever 1
Kom Posted February 27 Posted February 27 11 minutes ago, Jono said: you might enjoy this cantilever test... excellent - but didnt realise the jump from 90 to 100% infill was so geometric - strength to weight and overall breaking point almost double!
Jono Posted February 27 Posted February 27 4 minutes ago, Kom said: excellent - but didnt realise the jump from 90 to 100% infill was so geometric - strength to weight and overall breaking point almost double! yeah that's quite surprising
ChrisF Posted February 27 Posted February 27 With STEEL the strength is in the outer layers - when subjected to bending stress. Thus the use of "I" beams. The thin web between the two outer flanges does very little. Would be interesting to see these experiments repeated with part infill in the "middle", but full infill on the outer layers .... Kom 1
Wayne Potgieter Posted February 27 Posted February 27 I am keen top print a monitor shelf for my home office setup. I can find heaps of brackets and stands, but all of them require some form of wooden shelf to be inserted. (see this for the general idea - Not my file, just sharing for information purposes - all credit to original author) https://www.printables.com/model/56729-honeycomb-monitor-stand/comments Now, This got me wondering about whether it is possible to print the actual shelf using PLA and have it modular? So lets say a shelf that has some form of interconnector puzzle like ends so you can attach two or three shelf pieces together to increase the length and glue them. Would that even be strong enough to hold up a wide monitor?
dave303e Posted February 28 Posted February 28 (edited) 8 hours ago, Wayne Potgieter said: I am keen top print a monitor shelf for my home office setup. I can find heaps of brackets and stands, but all of them require some form of wooden shelf to be inserted. (see this for the general idea - Not my file, just sharing for information purposes - all credit to original author) https://www.printables.com/model/56729-honeycomb-monitor-stand/comments Now, This got me wondering about whether it is possible to print the actual shelf using PLA and have it modular? So lets say a shelf that has some form of interconnector puzzle like ends so you can attach two or three shelf pieces together to increase the length and glue them. Would that even be strong enough to hold up a wide monitor? I have seen a setup with a conveyor belt for printing bed. Means you can then increment with the 4th axis and print long long parts on a small bed. That way you could print a long honeycomb structure. https://www.hackster.io/news/learn-how-to-add-a-conveyor-belt-to-your-3d-printer-2f9bd2c2b960 My 2c though is to get a proper monitor bracket like a North Bayou, clears up rout desk, gets the monitors up where your neck hurts less ad tidies up cables. Edited February 28 by dave303e added link Wayne Potgieter 1
Kom Posted February 28 Posted February 28 11 hours ago, Wayne Potgieter said: I am keen top print a monitor shelf for my home office setup. I can find heaps of brackets and stands, but all of them require some form of wooden shelf to be inserted. (see this for the general idea - Not my file, just sharing for information purposes - all credit to original author) https://www.printables.com/model/56729-honeycomb-monitor-stand/comments Now, This got me wondering about whether it is possible to print the actual shelf using PLA and have it modular? So lets say a shelf that has some form of interconnector puzzle like ends so you can attach two or three shelf pieces together to increase the length and glue them. Would that even be strong enough to hold up a wide monitor? Im the first one to dive into these exact types of projects where there is a much better product available for delivery to your door from takealot. not about the money, not about knowing you designed and solved the problem yourself, but sometimes aesthetic needs to win the argument. My end result in the pics LBKloppers 1
dave303e Posted February 28 Posted February 28 The only reason I recommend the monitor mount bracket is because it changed my work from home set up in a bid way. I also run 1 landscape and 1 portrait monitor for map and then code/table/word data and it allowed for a normal matching monitor to mount in portrait view. Aesthetically it is just a beam up the back of the desk, I actually have a wooden shelf as well, but just to hold my desk holster and store random stuff like axs battery charger. But that shelf of yours looks good Kom 1
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