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by BorisSpencer
Wed Feb 03, 2021 2:50 pm
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: Thingiverse WARNING
Replies: 30
Views: 9006

Re: Thingiverse WARNING

Easiest way to look for things on ThingiVerse is to actually use google's search with a site clause:

Site:Thingiverse.com <search>

e.g Site:Thingiverse.com 16mm wheel
by BorisSpencer
Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:54 am
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: A new cheapo printer
Replies: 9
Views: 3647

Re: A new cheapo printer

From what you've described the bed levelling on the Select is completely different from the bed levelling on the Delta. On the Delta the bed is fixed and the hot end 'Probes' it's position in various places, the correction then all takes place in the software. This means the process takes place befo...
by BorisSpencer
Sat Jan 30, 2021 11:01 am
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: A new cheapo printer
Replies: 9
Views: 3647

Re: A new cheapo printer

Sorry to hear about your experience, I have the MonoPrice mini Delta, and I have to say it has been flawless. It's not that quiet, but I can stand to be working in the same room while it's running. It's also very portable, even having a carry handle on the top! I suppose you've given up now, but I f...
by BorisSpencer
Thu Jan 28, 2021 11:01 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
Replies: 57
Views: 18897

Re: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)

I think a lot of the appeal to me is using a limited toolset in ever more creative and imaginative ways.
Hence my comment about Rik's riveting, seeing the result and having to work backwards to determine a method.
by BorisSpencer
Thu Jan 28, 2021 4:22 pm
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: Using TinkerCAD to produce drawings for 3-D Printing
Replies: 29
Views: 21032

Re: Using TinkerCAD to produce drawings for 3-D Printing

Not only can you import STL files into TinkerCad, but also SVG files. SVG files are Scaleable Vector Graphic files, 2 dimensional drawings (but not bitmaps). There are various free tools available to produce drawings in this format the easiest I've found is a web based product - https://boxy-svg.com...
by BorisSpencer
Thu Jan 28, 2021 4:10 pm
Forum: Projects
Topic: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)
Replies: 57
Views: 18897

Re: Lyn >> Schull & Skibbereen Erin(ish)

I'm impressed, even more so to have produced that level of detail in tinkercad. I've worked out how you've done the rivets (duplicate tool combined with a rotation and duplicate again, do an opposite pair so they rotate about the centrepoint). However I am intrigued by the flare at the bottom of the...
by BorisSpencer
Mon Jan 25, 2021 11:41 am
Forum: Videos
Topic: Peckforton Light Railway - Video Library
Replies: 473
Views: 178047

Re: Peckforton Light Railway - Video Library

Looks like that would make a rather interesting prototype.
Not sure how successful it will be with the cylinders outside the frames and the drivers inside, I don't think the marketing department spoke to the technical department when creating the artwork.
by BorisSpencer
Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:24 am
Forum: Videos
Topic: Peckforton Light Railway - Video Library
Replies: 473
Views: 178047

Re: Peckforton Light Railway - Video Library

Peter Butler wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 4:49 pm I'm a Peckforton-oholic too, and thankfully there is no cure!
Careful, Rik's getting you hooked, next thing you'll be having to buy special edition DVDs with bonus footage and directors cuts!
by BorisSpencer
Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:21 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: The secret artists creating miniature buildings for street mice
Replies: 3
Views: 1747

Re: The secret artists creating miniature buildings for street mice

philipy wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 7:16 am ... but what a waste.
I think that comment may be justified if somebody did it in this country.
by BorisSpencer
Sun Jan 10, 2021 3:45 pm
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: Using TinkerCAD to produce drawings for 3-D Printing
Replies: 29
Views: 21032

Re: Using TinkerCAD to produce drawings for 3-D Printing

Another "tip" is to save components as your own shape, and build your own library of commonly used objects like bolt heads, lengths of strapping etc.

You'll find it under the shapes menu at the bottom, and is pretty intuitive to use.
by BorisSpencer
Sat Jan 09, 2021 1:00 pm
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: Factory window print
Replies: 4
Views: 2064

Re: Factory window print

The little spot is not relevant, I'd forgotten it was there. It forces my slicer to position the window slightly further up the print bed so that it fits inside the cylindrical volume of my Delta printer.

Btw How did the push-bike turn out?
by BorisSpencer
Thu Jan 07, 2021 9:28 am
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: Bike
Replies: 8
Views: 2789

Re: Bike

Unless you want to edit it you don't need to put it through TinkerCad, just load the STL straight into your slicer (Cura maybe) and scale it up.

Roughly 400% but more precisely 457%.
by BorisSpencer
Thu Jan 07, 2021 9:18 am
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: Bike
Replies: 8
Views: 2789

Re: Bike

Hi Rod,
It says it's 1:87 (HO scale), can you just scale it up 400% in your slicer?
by BorisSpencer
Thu Jan 07, 2021 1:33 am
Forum: General Garden Railways
Topic: Converting large postman pat train& carriges
Replies: 4
Views: 3561

Re: Converting large postman pat train& carriges

Tony also puts a lot of videos of said conversions up on YouTube, all under his name, again worth a quick search.
by BorisSpencer
Thu Jan 07, 2021 12:29 am
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: Where to build a railway, I know, dining room table!
Replies: 21
Views: 7147

Re: Where to build a railway, I know, dining room table!

Just catching up on this, and it looks very interesting - I'm finding myself tempted to get stuck into some sort of quirky micro-tramway, with tiny 4-wheeled trams... Lovely loco, by the way Steve. Andrew. I don't know if you follow the Facebook 16mm group, but John Rogers is currently building a m...
by BorisSpencer
Wed Jan 06, 2021 1:45 am
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: Where to build a railway, I know, dining room table!
Replies: 21
Views: 7147

Re: Where to build a railway, I know, dining room table!

Has anyone determined the smallest footprint for a balloon loop, and wether it's possible with the available curves?
I'm trying to plan a continuous run micro layout, but as mentioned in my previous thread I can't yet print the track pieces.
by BorisSpencer
Sun Jan 03, 2021 9:15 pm
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: MonoPrice Delta and no PC or Laptop.
Replies: 6
Views: 2543

Re: MonoPrice Delta and no PC or Laptop.

I should add that at the same time they bought my Delta, my son also bought a second hand Ender 4, which he's still trying to get to grips with. Once he's perfected its use, it means I will have access to a larger printer only half an hour away (I've already put in an order for some LocoRemote track...
by BorisSpencer
Sun Jan 03, 2021 12:05 pm
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: MonoPrice Delta and no PC or Laptop.
Replies: 6
Views: 2543

MonoPrice Delta and no PC or Laptop.

Well I've finally joined the club! My son and daughter bought me a MonoPrice Delta for Christmas. Although this is quite an unusual machine with a couple of limitations it seems to me to be an interesting introduction to this burgeoning extension to our hobby. Positives: Comes fully assembled and re...
by BorisSpencer
Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:35 am
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: Lego Wagon
Replies: 23
Views: 12235

Re: Lego Wagon

Wouldn't a match truck suffice, with a swivelling coupling at one end to couple to the Tesco stock, and a fixed coupling at the other end to attach to your Lego stock?
by BorisSpencer
Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:11 pm
Forum: 3D Printing
Topic: 3 D Printing 16mm models
Replies: 345
Views: 95444

Re: 3 D Printing 16mm models

Thanks for all the replies. I had forgotten entirely about the slicing stage :oops: I am having a look at AutoPrint, there are very few purely online slicers available. Next step will be to pass a gcode file to a friend of my son and see what comes back. Based on this I will be able to decide whethe...