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Marchrider
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Yep Fusion is one massively steep learning curve, when I first started with it I thought it was the stupidist thing I had ever encountered, a sort of anti-logic where nothing worked in the way I thought it should
But then it clicked and its brilliant
have recently started trying to get my head round the manufacturing utility within Fusion (I have access to a cnc router) and that is even more mental y taxing, and unlike the design for 3d printing, there is little in the way of support on youTube
Katana
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Katana
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I think I have got it now thanks…shows how inept I am with technology😂
I'm a complete amateur re Fusion. I've got my first 3D printer last year. Then I started trying to design a bracket. Took me hours of playing on fusion to get there. Each time I use it I learn a little bit more. My problem is I'm not consistent, so I need a bit of re learning
Final piece, spacer bracket for tank sensor. The sensor wasn't working, I guessed the slight angle on the tank was upsetting the reflected signal reception. An angled spacer was needed. I used packers to get the sensor perpendicular in both planes, then measured the gap at the widest point. From there its only a matter of figuring on how to make a wedge shape on a circle/hoop. Eventually figured it out with a little bit of simple angle calc-I actually drew the shape to dimensions and the Fusion told me the necessary angle to rotate the object. Voila
A circular wedge 15mins later printed, works a treat
A circular wedge 15mins later printed, works a treat
Marchrider
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Fusion and 3D printers give a range of possibilities I could once of never imagined
I have an interesting little project at the moment helping someone create a missing part from an ancient machine he is restoring (or at least the part had broken into 3 or 4 bits and he only has a couple of them
With fusion I can keep 3D printing the part in plastic until I get all the dimensions correct, when I am happy I have it correct I will then be able to make one out of bright steel or (hopefully gun metal) on the mill. Making the metal one will be a days work, 3d printing them, or at least altering some dimensions may just take 5 or 10 minutes (without the fusion and 3d I would not attempt making this)
here's the plastic bit that still does not fit well, another couple of goes might get it right
and when I get it right I can then have the exact dimension to use for the milling
I have an interesting little project at the moment helping someone create a missing part from an ancient machine he is restoring (or at least the part had broken into 3 or 4 bits and he only has a couple of them
With fusion I can keep 3D printing the part in plastic until I get all the dimensions correct, when I am happy I have it correct I will then be able to make one out of bright steel or (hopefully gun metal) on the mill. Making the metal one will be a days work, 3d printing them, or at least altering some dimensions may just take 5 or 10 minutes (without the fusion and 3d I would not attempt making this)
here's the plastic bit that still does not fit well, another couple of goes might get it right
and when I get it right I can then have the exact dimension to use for the milling
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Marchrider
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could be an arise to print that out with supports - what filiment are you using ?
Trying out PETG Tough it's supposedly UV stable
I used supports, which is a bane to clean up afterwards
I tried fitting this morning, version 2 is required. That's the fun of it.
