I’ve mentioned fragments of this process in other threads but here it is in one place.
With some help, I decided on black and pink, and I used a scheme similar to Ryan’s except that I want the corner tops to be pink instead of black, and I made the feet pink to try to fit everything within 2 spools. With 4 perimeters and 0.3mm layer height I sliced each part individually to get an estimate of time and material:
I’ve also been weighing some of the parts and the actual weight is quite close to what the slicer predicts.
This is the steel tube that I bought. I think HTR/1120 is hot rolled and I like the thick wall.
Upgrade kit arrived in record time.
Recovered the hardware from the older machine.
Got new tubes.
I’ve got all the large pieces printed and just a few more small ones to go.
Nice. I haven’t been weighing mine. I’m doing a .28 layer height and 3 perimeters. My steel comes in today as well as my second color filament. You’ll probably have yours built by the time I’m through printing.
Dreading cutting down the tubes for legs, I think I’m going to build one of those fixtures to use an angle grinder as a chop saw.
In the meantime, thinking about what screws I want to use to secure the feet. And trying to do everything else that I can. Also seeing how much I can do without the instructions. Most of it is pretty intuitive and I have decent confidence that my guesses are right so far, but coming up is some assembly where I will need the instructions.
I took some wood and nailed it around some pipe to make a long U shape. Then I cut a groove in it square to the side using my table saw. I could then put my pipe in and have a kerf that I knew was straight and I cut it with a hacksaw, using the edge of the cut as a guide. If you want, I can probably find a picture.
I have one of the wooden mitre saw boxes, but cutting all that steel by hand makes my arm hurt just thinking about it. I’m actually considering buying a metal chop saw because of this project. I want to start metal working in the future and figure I’ll use it more later too.
Thanks for the ideas. I own a hacksaw, but one of my life goals is to never use it again. I also found an angle grinder to chop saw conversion on thingiverse but neither of the tool clamps happens to fit my angle grinder. So I have a choice to make but either way I should be able to get a good square cut with accurate length. It’s also stimulating other ideas so I have to stay focused to not take too much of a detour.
I was just pricing out some tubing because I might make the 25.4mm version rather than wait for the 23.5mm. Seems that you got a really good price on that; most of the tubing I’ve found online is significantly more expensive, and that’s not even including shipping.
Would you say that 1" DOM is recommended if I eventually want to cut some aluminum, or is EMT feasible if I already have it and wait for the 23.5mm files?
I havent gotten to that point yet. The tool mounts are different but there is an adapter/Burley compatible mount so tool holders made for Burley can be used on Primo.