I was given an Ender 3 Pro last week and after a few bumps managed to successfully CAD, slice and print a booster seat for my phone. The caddy as it was would grab the volume down button on my phone, this little wedge solves the issue!
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Thanks, I ended up using a photo to get the profile into FreeCAD. It's not a friction fit but with the phone in place it'll never move.
I highly recommend investing in some calipers, even a cheap <$10 set to start.
I have an old set of vernier calipers that got me all of the non-curved measurements.
It's been years and I still hasn't even crossed my mind that I should upgrade from my $7 calipers.
I upgraded from my cheapo set for 10 micron precision, since I'm reaching that scale with some of my fabrications.
Any recs?
Not specifically. I spent $30 on a metal one on Amazon that seemed to have good real reviews.
That's awesome!! What are you fabricating with that you need that precision? Also what are you making?
Parts for a thing. Don't want to spoil the surprise just yet.
DM me when you have a project post so I don't miss it!!
Great work. This is how you really unlock the potential of your printer!
Can you expand on this? You can import a photo into freeCAD?
You can import an image to an image plane using the Image Workbench then scale it. After that it can be shown or hidden like any other part of your design so you can just trace over it.
Interesting. I'll look into that. Learning CAD has been a real barrier to getting good use out of my printer.
FreeCAD has a steep learning curve, I've only just started with it, but it seems to cover every possible use case. Good luck!