New toy

[+Ibbo]

I have printed a few bits form Thingiverse but now want to try my hand at doing my own things.

 

Does anybody have a suggestion of which CAD sowftware would be suitable for a beginnerlike me and remeber I'm from Yorkshire so cheap or free would be great.

 

 

 

[+Graham]

How good are your CAD skills Steve.

This is a good free one 

https://www.freecadweb.org/

 

[+Ibbo]

Thanks Graham

 

I have no idea till I start 🤣

My last dealings with that sort of thing were in double Tech Drawing on a Friday afternoon when I was at school.

 

I will give it a go.

Edited November 1, 2021 by Ibbo

[+Derbyshire Dave]

Looks good Steve,. Good luck with the learning curve, I think you should keep us posted. Rabbits first ... let's see what comes next!

[+Ibbo]

4 minutes ago, Derbyshire Dave said:

Looks good Steve,. Good luck with the learning curve, I think you should keep us posted. Rabbits first ... let's see what comes next!

I don't know about rabbits but I could be going down a rabbit warren here Dave

[+Graham]

11 minutes ago, Ibbo said:

Thanks Graham

 

I have no idea till I start 🤣

My last dealings with that sort of thing were in double Tech Drawing on a Friday afternoon when I was at school.

 

I will give it a go.

 

Bloody hell Steve you are in for one hell of a learning curve.

Plenty of online tutorials

[+Ibbo]

1 minute ago, Graham said:

 

Bloody hell Steve you are in for one hell of a learning curve.

Plenty of online tutorials

I thought so

[+RonC]

I can see brackets and attachments for all sorts of astro stuff in the future!

Good luck Steve!! 👍

[+Derbyshire Dave]

Tankard holders for your mount? Guaranteed to keep that beer nice and cool!

[+Ibbo]

Just now, Derbyshire Dave said:

Tankard holders for your mount? Guaranteed to keep that beer nice and cool!

Now that would scare me doing a meridian flip

[Brady]

Autodesk Tinkercad, Autodesk Fusion 360 and Ultimaker Cura to slice it, they are the ones i use Steve.

[+Ibbo]

3 minutes ago, Brady said:

Autodesk Tinkercad, Autodesk Fusion 360 and Ultimaker Cura to slice it, they are the ones i use Steve.

Cheers Wayne

Somebody else suggested Tinkercad.

[Brady]

Web based Steve so you just log into it, so easy once you get your head around it, i was the same mate totaly blinded by it but give it a try and you will soon pick it up..

[+Ibbo]

The putting together went great the first few prints would not stck to the plate so I gave it a coat of Pritt and thats that problem cured.

Still on the included PLA and messing with settings.

[Brady]

I used the supplied Steadytech 1.75mm PLA that came with mine and never looked back, prints great, 20 quid a spool mind, twice as much as the cheapest i could find at the time but the term buy cheap buy twice definitely applied to the tenner one so had to return it, it was totaly the opposite printing wise, i heard Amazons own isnt bad either although i havnt tried it.. 

[philjay]

Do I detect "Ibbo Enterprises" on the horizon 😁 

[+Ibbo]

1 hour ago, philjay said:

Do I detect "Ibbo Enterprises" on the horizon 😁 

Not sure about that .

certainly there will be swearing involved.

[BAZ]

Straight in the deep end without ya wellies eh Steve! 😁

[Tweedledee]

Looking forward to seeing what you make with this 👍. I've also been thinking of taking the plunge and getting one. I have previously had things printed via 3dHubs or other online services. If you can master the design and understand the methods, the results can be superb 👍.

[+bryand]

My thanks to Ibbo for re-awakening an interest in 3D printing.  Last time I looked (2014) I concluded that I could easily spend £2K and end up with nothing. 

Things have changed a lot since then.  Most of my stuff is designs downloaded from Thingiverse etc, but on the odd occasion I have had to use Tinkercad to make a part of a particular size/shape it has been a very rewarding experience.

Some stuff's toys and some is more useful...

 

 

Edited March 18, 2022 by bryand
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