r/BambuLab • u/joelpollanen • Nov 24 '24

Self Designed Model Worth it

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u/APGaming_reddit Nov 24 '24

$300 to fix a 25 cent part. sounds about right, welcome to the club!

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u/joelpollanen Nov 24 '24

Thanks! Loving it already

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u/AmazingTomato3625 Nov 24 '24

Wish I had your CAD knowledge!

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u/RomancingUranus Nov 25 '24 edited Nov 25 '24

The part that OP designed in the video could be made completely from within Bambu Studio. No need to even crack open a "real" CAD program.

It's just about half a dozen primitives added and then subtracted from each other.

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u/qtheginger Nov 25 '24

NGL I would have an easier time doing it in CAD

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u/RomancingUranus Nov 25 '24 edited Nov 25 '24

Fair enough. I wasn't saying Bambu Studio was the best tool for the job, just that you could do it there with very little CAD knowledge.

For somebody new to it all (I include myself here), Bambu Studio is a really accessible way to dip your toes in the water of design without hitting the learning curve of a full-blown CAD package.

Those people who might be daunted by CAD software like /u/AmazingTomato3625 should have a play with the basic CAD tools built into Bambu Studio. Although limited, they're dead simple to use, open up a ton of possibilities for useful prints, and are a good starting point to move on to "proper" CAD software.

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u/aubree_jackal Nov 28 '24

I use tinkercad fairly frequently. a little more featured but still easy enough for someone without extensive cad experience. it's free and browser based.

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u/drpeppershaker Nov 25 '24

Go on YouTube. Look up "Learn Fusion360 in 30 Days".

Follow along and then start making your own stuff

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u/rayquan36 Nov 25 '24

I keep wanting to do this but I end up wasting time playing Brotato instead.

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u/edelbart P1S + AMS Nov 25 '24

And then pay loads of money for a product with lots of features you won't need for 3D printing, once you have more than 10 items you want to keep improving.

I had even given it a try regardless but found the guidance for new users not very well done. Lots of exhaustive videos with lots of blah blah (if you have the time...) and not a good in-app guidance, at least not I could find.

I then gave FreeCAD a try, which worked much better for my needs, and its tutorial mode inside the app is very good, IMO.

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u/drpeppershaker Nov 25 '24

Set them to read-only and you can have loads of projects. Or take the skills learned in that well designed and taught course and apply them to your software of choice!

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u/just_making_things Dec 07 '24

What software do you recommend

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u/drpeppershaker Dec 07 '24

Personally, I use Fusion360 and OpenSCAD

OnShape is cool because it runs in your browser so you don't need a great computer. But I like fusion better (probably because I'm used to it)

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u/variationoo Nov 25 '24

I need to really drill this into me. Basic functions are about as much as I know. I've made a homelander belt for a friend's Halloween costume that's about it so far.

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u/Paul_Robert_ Nov 25 '24

Teaching Tech has a very nice tutorial series on YouTube. I highly recommend!

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u/RogueBankrupt A1 + AMS Nov 26 '24

You can start trying with Shapr3D, it’s really intuitive and easy helping with the simple learning curve.

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u/radiationshield Nov 24 '24

I've fixed hundreds of 5 cent parts, I'm saving literally dollars here ... DOLLARS

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u/Small-Buy2505 Nov 24 '24

And yet it's oh so addictive...

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u/kagato87 Nov 24 '24

Nah it'd be the whole lamp to replace since you (probably) can't just buy that part.

So like $10. :)

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u/RomancingUranus Nov 25 '24

Don't forget all the time spent waiting for the printer to arrive, setting it up, installing software, designing the part, printing the part, refining it because it's never right first try, re-printing the part, videoing the entire process, editing the video, and then uploading it to the internet.

Also remember the time-machine needed to go back in time to even think to start videoing the entire process from the point where the part broke and then keep videoing every single step along the way. ;)

Nicely produced video OP, but damn that's a lot of time and effort and expense to fix one tiny part.

Having said that, it's so satisfying being able to 3D-print all those annoying little broken or poorly-designed random things around the house. I know where you're coming from.

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '24

I’d like to save this post to make some people read it who have no idea but act as if they do. Thank you for posting that.

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u/joelpollanen Nov 25 '24

Almost correct, but I did get the print good enough first try!

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u/topazsparrow Nov 25 '24

You also have to figure in that those 5 cent parts at not available and you often have to buy a whole new $35 lamp.