It’s fits surprisingly well. The lips at the bottom work perfectly and I can shake it by the top and it doesn’t slide out. In fact it’s hard to remove but it slid on very easily that I thought it was too loose. Perfect! Also the iron holders fit in the grooves well to where I don’t even need to bother with glue. I’m very happy.
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why not make a dome for the metal sponge ?
kinda like those
that way if you stab it it won’t come with the pen, or catch the small balls of solder instead of it flying
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Started soldering realised a dome is better. I could just put doubled sided tape at bottom. Anyways dome would be harder to print. I could spend some time and make a lid that fits on but tape is not a big deal so its not worth the time
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depends on the capabilities of your printer and how steep the print angle would end up be at the last couple layers
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Here are the files for my ksger soldering station. Dual tips is the base with those two tubes on the side to hold two extra tips. Hold 1,2 are the push in rings to hold the iron. You could shorten the half ring to make the angle steeper.
hold2.stl (44.0 KB) hold1.stl (51.1 KB) ksger cover_dual_tips.stl (267.9 KB) ksger cover.stl (227.7 KB)
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has anyone made Idea motor mounts belt cover and/or bash/crash bars ?
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I made these a while back. Though not sure if anything on newer mounts changed.
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should of precised his newer simpler mounts
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Just posted this in the other thread, thought I’d crosspost for good measure
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I should receive shorter belts today I’ll finally be able to test the pulley’s I designed and printed. Thinking about redesign to add small holes so I can heat insert some m2 screws for better snap resistance
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Has anyone been experimenting with a 3D printed solution to wheel balancing? I’ve been using adhesive 5g counter-weights but there are a few problems with them. First, 5g is a bit too much for accurate balancing. Second, if I change tyres and need to re-balance I have to replace the weights. They can’t be easily re-used.
I was thinking of a 3D printed counter-weight holder that would somehow attach to the spokes. Then maybe use bolts and/or nuts as weights. I have some ideas but don’t want to reinvent the wheel.
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That’s an awesome idea!
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On the topic of balancing… what is the process of doing so? is there a thread?
It’s not a rocket science. Just flip your board around and spin the wheel freely and very slowly. As it’s about to end spinning and you get the pendulum effect, it’s not well balanced and you’ll want to add some counterweight.
Edit: I made this vid long ago…
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ok, so this makes sense, but hard to do with gears. I guess taking them off and putting on stand a lone pole to do the pendulum effect. Also, once you find that heavy side, where and how do you attach the counter weights.
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Opposite of the heavy side
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