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WoW Brian. Thank you for all the information you share. As well as all the time you spend on photos and explanations. The innovative fixes you come up with for daily problems are just amazing. 

Thank you Sir. 

Gene 

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Thanks for sharing this. I am definitely interested in this if @Uwe (or someone in the US) is going to make them. Can one be made for a Riri #6 & #4?

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On 18/08/2018 at 11:16 PM, billybopp said:

That's a brilliant piece of design!   Kudos and thank you!   Now I know for sure that I need a 3D printer!

-Bill

Hi Bill, I saw this one recommended in another post last night which is pretty much plug and play $280 + free postage and they have another I would like that has a 300mm square platform as well. Very tempting....Shame its way over your side of the pond.https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=13860

 

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2 hours ago, thefanninator said:

Thanks for sharing this. I am definitely interested in this if @Uwe (or someone in the US) is going to make them. Can one be made for a Riri #6 & #4?

Good news UWE is going to see how they work on his printer and let us know. I don't have any Riri zippers to measure the teeth width and test but I am sure there would be no problem doing them at all. I will work on getting something for them asap.

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I just tried a search for that glue and nothing came up. I'm curious as it must be a fairly thin contact glue to work in that small nozzle?

Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500.

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1 minute ago, dikman said:

I just tried a search for that glue and nothing came up. I'm curious as it must be a fairly thin contact glue to work in that small nozzle?

Straight as we get it it works alright but we do buy drums of thinners as well and thin it to whatever the job requires. For spraying the glue we this it maybe 10%.

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Thanks mate. Some of those thinners are......nice.......wheeee.:)

Machines wot I have - Singer 51W59; Singer 331K4; Seiko STH-8BLD; Pfaff 335; CB4500.

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2 hours ago, RockyAussie said:

Hi Bill, I saw this one recommended in another post last night which is pretty much plug and play $280 + free postage and they have another I would like that has a 300mm square platform as well. Very tempting....Shame its way over your side of the pond.https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=13860

 

Brian, I looked at this printer and if it is as easy as it says, even I could probably use it!  You make the .stl files for the projects you post here.  Is it as simple as plugging the file into the printer and hitting print to make something or do you have to do something else with the files?

Gary

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37 minutes ago, garypl said:

Brian, I looked at this printer and if it is as easy as it says, even I could probably use it!  You make the .stl files for the projects you post here.  Is it as simple as plugging the file into the printer and hitting print to make something or do you have to do something else with the files?

Gary

Hi Garry, Not quite ...an stl file is just a file that any printer or I think cnc can get the raw information from. A program like I use Curra then converts it into a G code that then is able to tell the printer how you want it to print out. At the stage before you make the G code you can set how fast you want it to print, how many copies you want it to do, how much fill you want it to have. That means it might be 90% hollow if it does not require a lot of strength or fully solid if you wanted it to be a stamp.It can also be scaled higher or wider or longer or just wholly bigger or smaller etc. It also allows what temperature to set the heated nozzle for different type of filament. The filaments come in a wide variety and can be extra hard  down to soft and flexible. After the G code is set it is then pretty much plug it in and let it go. Its a little bit like having to learn how to set your tensions and thread paths and needle sizes and which needle brand works best etc but the huge range of things that you could apply this knowledge is almost infinite and already spare parts in cars etc are being replaced with this technology. They are even printing Robots now so learning how to design with it is at least one future that will be here for awhile.

Brian

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Thanks for the lesson Brian!  So if I had the stl file I would just have to use Acura to set parameters and then hit print.  I might be able to do that!

I am going to read up on this some more - maybe I can learn a new skill!

One last question - is the filament plastic expensive?  For example, how much plastic did you have to use for the bobbin  holder?  

Gary

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