Intermediate 3D Printer Suggestions

I’ve been posting it as I go over in my thread here: My first DIY modules - starting a Kosmo format build - #77 by juggle

That post includes a photo of my current panels. I’ve been doing a new one every couple of days. Almost have my process down well enough to do a screen cast of designing one.

I was a bit nervous about whether they would be strong enough or not. But 3mm thick with 5mm tall ribs on the sides seems to make them actually stiffer than PCB panels. I just built a Mikrokosmos and it flexes more than the printed panels do when I plug/unplug patch cords.

I’ve also been experimenting with printing knobs on my resin printers and just made some major progress on that today with a 2 part approach using flexible resin to grip the pot shaft and stiff resin on top of it to encapsulate it and give a nice finished knob. (Still refining the outer knob shells to get the look I want and then need to print them out of black resin instead of grey…but they’re functional at least.)

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