I’m ready now to donate my 3D printer to the Tech Shed, making it and my expertise available to members of the Tech Shed. At the next meeting I would like to agree a list of demonstration objects to be printed, such as personalised badges and keyrings.
It has been suggested that for demonstration purposes, it would be useful to 3D print attractive, personalised objects such as keyrings and badges bearing the owner’s name.
So I’d better get my name on a puzzle on a keyring!
Edit: some more things from the thingiverse which appeal to me:
Sadly, on Wednesday, I tripped carrying the printer from the Tech Shed to my workshop. It is broken, and I doubt that it can be repaired. So I have bought a replacement, which needs 2 hours to assemble, according to the supplier. I’ve looked at the instructions and It will take much longer. Anybody willing to help me ?
Glad to, once we have a working 3D printer again.
Requires someone to come up with one or more designs, then I and/or others can do the rest.
I can discuss the design tomorrow. Do we have a Frome Tech Shed Logo, preferred fonts etc. ?
PJ has repaired the 3D printer that I gave to the Tech Shed !
And he’s connected it to his MAC ! He’s looking after it over Christmas.
And Richard Whitehouse has donated a broken STARTT 3D printer. PJ and I are investigating repair/replacement of broken parts, Richard is helping.
So we’ve gone from 1 working printer via 3 non-working printers to 1 working, 1 awaiting construction, 1 to be repaired.
Given my talent for breaking 3D printers I’ll turn my attention to the design of membership cards for Frome Tech Shed.
Great result! I like the keyfob idea - most people have keys. A credit card size might be an alternative. Is there a way to make stickers for a phone case??
On the keyfob idea, I’d perhaps go back to an earlier idea, of tokens for sessions. I think we were thinking the size of a large coin (perhaps like a casino chip although I’ve never handled one of those) - perhaps with a bit of a cog wheel to it, perhaps with a shed and then inside the shed some circuitry kind of stuff. A picture is worth a thousand words here…