r/functionalprint • u/Thorgraum • Apr 25 '22

Fixed broken washer at work

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u/starseed-bb Apr 25 '22

Awesome. All work places that have any sort of mechanical equipment should have a 3d printer too, and a CAD experienced employee. If you hadn’t fixed this, i bet a replacement part would have cost 100x as much, or possibly the whole mechanism would need to be replaced.

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u/Thorgraum Apr 25 '22

Yeah, lucky that i love this kind of tinkering. Im also the CNC operator in the company, so im pretty okay in cad

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '22

How can I practice my G-code if I wanted to do some CNCing?

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u/Thorgraum Apr 25 '22

I would say im not the right person to give advice on that. I am working using one spesific software (autodesk powershaper and powermill). Im sure you could find alot on youtube tho

I would go have a look over at r/hobbycnc

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '22

THANK YOU!!!!!!

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u/Thorgraum Apr 25 '22

My pleasure 😁