3d printer junk and parts
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Hia,
Over the 3-4 years of my in time 3d printing, I have accumilated over £4000s worth of junk. This is not limited to the following:fans both 12v and 24v, of the 4040,3030,2020(Sizes) thermistors(no name) heater cartridges(both 12v, 24v, 90degree angle ones, at various wattage) hex/allen keys loose 3d printed brackets and parts wires of varying awg bolts nuts of varying sizes Tnuts mostly m5 Slide in Tnuts bearings dc connectors dupont wires hotends including a cloned mosquito, and e3d heatsinks Plenty of e3d Nozzles Plenty of non ratchet spanners drill bits wood screws sensors i.e. the pinda style probes both 5vs and standard and of varying sizes so the 8mm 12mm and 18mm. Bltouch type clones Vslot extrusions of varying sizesYou probably get the idea, and its badly organised, with no luck in digging in nicely to find what is need...
Your opinion is need to help me organise this space, as I am planning to buy the IKEA Kitchen Cabinet
The compartment where the microwave goes, will be used to enclose the externals i.e. power supply, Duet, din rail wiring system, SSR, and various other components; for the for hotswappable DIY 3d Printer of 400x400x315 size
The DIY printer is a ender 5 style clone, in the body of a Layerfused x301.
The other compartment will include my Ender 3 clone, which I am not too bothered enclosing, but would after buying this kitchen cabinet, like the idea of a all in one station/ on stop location for my 3d printers.
I will just to be safe be extending the cables for the Ender 3 with a long loom of 20AWG, to have the electronics and power supply(DC wiring will be using 16AWG), be attached within the same space as the rest of the wiring and electronics of the other printer.
The cover to the microwave section/enclosure would be an old laptop dedicated to the Duet web Control and Cura. So I would be using Opera as the web browser due to how solid the connection is with DWC. Using a very light linux distro etc.
So long story short, other than the filament itself which will be held in one of the shelves.
Whats necessities do I need, or should I atleast replace the spanners and hex/allens with a ratchet spanner set in a hard case and hex/allen key in a hard.
How often after PID tuning has the heater cartidge and thermistor needed changing.
How often and frequent should fans be changed, is it worth having spares, when my hotend is consistently an E3d with copper(heat block), titanium(heat break), and a hardend nozzle, as well as the Microswiss hotend.
Might consider the upgrade to the afterburner style extruder/hotend for the DIY printer but this is the afterburner with the voron Bondtech LGX extruder.
Should spare wiring be kept or purchased as needed.
So essentially, I am looking for a massive overhall, of my setup in order to organise and declutter the junk, most importantly should I purchase the spares as of when something breaks down.
You can probably tell, that I've become an addict to this hobby, and am not slowing down any time soon.
My journey started with the Anet A8 which was overwhelming and exciting to see its first moves, i then broke my ABL holder which resulted in me taking the first step to purchase a hot glue gun, to hold it together, and start of my upgrades the first upgrade was the Duet, and have since purchased 2 boards one of them burnt and now more recently have purchased the Fly E3 RFF edition.
What a journey, and will defenitelly be excited for your assistance in this massive overhual ....
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@npm1 After 67 years of being on this planet, there is one thing I have learned regarding hobbies and that is to never, ever throw anything away, unless it's broken beyond repair and can't be re-purposed - especially tools. You can keep stuff for years but I guarantee that soon after you throw something out, you'll need need it. It's true that half the stuff you collect is junk and the other half is worth keeping. The problem is that you never know which half is which (until you throw something out).
A couple of years ago, I had to get rid of "stuff" to make room in my garage for a lathe and milling machine. I've been steadily buying "stuff" that I used to have ever since. Apart from the cost, the most frustrating thing is having to wait around for days for the replacement of something that you used to own, to be delivered.
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Nice to hear that among us here are some true horders myself included. 71 in a few weeks so a lot of nice to have in my storage
CNC for the last 20 or so years with lathe - mill - WEDM and now even 3D printing.
Cheers
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@deckingman You are guaranteed if you need a specialised tool to finish your job, you will never find it until you buy a new one to replace it.
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@peter247 said in 3d printer junk and parts:
@deckingman You are guaranteed if you need a specialised tool to finish your job, you will never find it until you buy a new one to replace it.
That's very true. The same applies to fixings. If you want say an M5 x 10mm button head bolt, you'll find M4 x 10, M6 x10, M5 x 8 and M5 x 12 but no M5 x 10 - that is until you order some, then they'll turn up.
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@deckingman said in 3d printer junk and parts:
@peter247 said in 3d printer junk and parts:
@deckingman You are guaranteed if you need a specialised tool to finish your job, you will never find it until you buy a new one to replace it.
That's very true. The same applies to fixings. If you want say an M5 x 10mm button head bolt, you'll find M4 x 10, M6 x10, M5 x 8 and M5 x 12 but no M5 x 10 - that is until you order some, then they'll turn up.
You forgot about the bit where the M5 x 10 do not show up until the newly ordered bolts actually arrive at your door step. This is especially true for items coming from China with a 3 week shipping time!
