Bob needed some walker skis. I had printed some many times as the abrasiveness of the pavement and friction wear them out. I dug up the file and printed some that I had many times before.
This design was printed to fit some rubber boots that slipped over the walker leg pipes. The unit was held on by a screw, nut and washers.
Bob took these home only to realize that his system was slightly different. The pipe ends were a molded cup with a screw holding an insert for the internal diameter of the pipe. My first thought was to print some boots in Nylon that would adapt the the skis. I started that design project in Onshape sketching and revolving the shape without detailed dimensions. I called the file, BobBoot. When finished I thought, “why not just print the whole thing and use his inserts?” Here’s the result. Hidden is the fancy boss on the bottom of the cup that locks the insert from rotating and accepts a screw to hold it in place.
I added detailed dimensions and developed the boss to receive the insert. When finished I thought, “might as well add the ski!” With a quick rectangle and ski profile I swept the ski attached to the boot. Now the device is called the “BobBootSki.”
Parts were printed in ABS on Cat’sPaw (FF Creator).
Having an effective dust collection system for a CNC router keeps the area clean and chips don’t get a change to foul up the cutting. Pipe and snout pieces were designed in SolidWorks and printed in ABS. The primary nozzle has a T-slot where a flexible brush can be inserted. The system keeps the work surface tremendously clean. Parts were printed on FlashForge Creator and Creator Pro.
Biki is a tweaked design based on O.T. Vinta’s Rubiks Cube solving robot. All constructed of 3D printed ABS minus some fasteners and motors. A significant change from the original was to make the legs in 3 pieces with print orientations to maximize the strength of the various parts. The carrying handle was also not part of the original design. The embossed embellishments were created in SolidWorks. Simplify3D was used to drive various build files for the FlashForge Creator and Rostock Max.
Bob the woodworker has a special flexible brush for spreading glue but it couldn’t reach in the crack of a biscuit slot. We developed a two filament print using Tough Ink filament for the bristles and ABS for the handle. The bristles are about 1/8 inch wide and fit easily in the biscuit groove.The design was done using SolidWorks and Simplify3D makes the work flow of two headed printing streamlined. The part was printed on the FlashForge Creator.
A friend was interested in a Dinosaur bank. We found a Brontosaurus on Thingiverse. The body was hollowed out in Meshmixer and a coin slot was added. The unit was scaled and sliced with Simplify3D. This was a two tone version just to add some variety. The part was printed on the FlashForge Creator in ABS.
