OK, that works...

[revk@toot.me.uk]

OK, that works... Quite impressed with @jlc3dp

The PCB with LEDs to go inside is expected tomorrow.

Update: Someone asked me if this image was real, not AI, or proof of concept: FFS, it is a real photograph I took of a real 3D print!

And yes, I am mastodon only now, so bloody well boost thanks. Yes, thank you.

P.S. never expected "bloody well boost" to work. Extra cool. Thanks all.

#stargate #openscad #stl

[gadgetoid@fosstodon.org]

@revk @jlc3dp uh oh, bow you’ve got me wondering if a 3D printed chappa’ai could be made to rotate using the same technique as hubless clocks.

[gadgetoid@fosstodon.org]

@revk @jlc3dp apparently the answer is yes https://thestargateproject.com/making-the-stargate/

[revk@toot.me.uk]

@gadgetoid @jlc3dp Way better than my effort. Impressive stuff.

[gadgetoid@fosstodon.org]

@revk @jlc3dp it's quite a lot more advanced than anything I'd hoped to find! Which probably counts me out of finding the patience to build one.

[revk@toot.me.uk]

@jlc3dp OK, the one with LEDs will be nice.

This one is heavy 300g for ring and base. I have a ring in two parts to allow LED board.

I hope to do a video tomorrow, but already I have tweaked the design, thinner gate for a start.

I think I have it down to $50 for the 3D parts now (for one).

[ahnlak@kavlak.uk]

@gadgetoid @revk @jlc3dp admit it, you're already warming up the 3d printer aren't you?

[revk@toot.me.uk]

@gadgetoid @jlc3dp I am not ruling out selling.

The PCB with LEDs, definitely.

But the 3D model uses some designs with non-commercial licences, so they may be OK to sell "at cost" based on what @jlc3dp charge me - I hope that fits within the licence.

Obviously I also publish the STLs to allow printing one's self.

And then a simple LED controller which I already sell.

Let's see how it goes.

[gadgetoid@fosstodon.org]

@revk @jlc3dp oooh, I hadn't realised we were contemporaries in the selling-things-that-blink space (I'm not all there at the best of times). Though I had seen some of your other projects. It's a small world!

[gadgetoid@fosstodon.org]

@ahnlak @revk @jlc3dp I think my 3D printer has done 99.9% pull-copters for the kids, and 0.01% random little widgets for some purpose or another. It deserves better! (doesn't help that it's so small)

[warmsignull@mastodon.social]

@revk Would 3D printing legos end up cheaper than buying them? Would that infringe any licenses?

Looks amazing.

[theolodian@mastodon.social]

@revk that reminds me, I paid a creator for the files for something like that many years ago and never built it. 🧐

[revk@toot.me.uk]

@jlc3dp Well, I have the PCBs, now to tweak coding for new layout.

The 3D model needs a revision. The glass is too thick.

"This gate, ..., is LEDs"

[sldrant@mastodon.social]

@revk @nivrig this is amazing!
Did you say you're selling the pcb? I don't need this, but I do want it

[neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk]

@revk Very impressive!

[mmu_man@m.g3l.org]

@revk @jlc3dp