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DIY Bench Clamp Made On a 3D Printer

Chuck designed and made this very useful bench clamp on his 3d printer. It uses some M6 metal bolts and nuts but it can easily be converted to other sizes.

It goes through a hole in a workbench and holds objects safely in place so you can work on them.

Project page:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2444557

3D Printable Mortise and Tenon Jig for your Dremel

If you need a cheap DIY jig for mortise and tenon making for your woodworking projects here is a simple 3d printable version that uses a Dremel tool for cutting out the wood.
It was developed by Crafted3D since he needed a cheaper alternative for a 1000USD standard router.

There are a few non-printable parts like a metal clamp, but this is a great low-cost shop tool. You could also design different templates for the shape of your tenon/mortise parts.

Instructables page with all the files:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Flex-Shaft-Mortise-and-Tenon-Jig/

3D Printable Hand Saw Made from HTPLA Carbon Fiber Filament

Josh Hughes 3d printed a somewhat functional hand saw from carbon fiber filament. It is made from Protopasta HTPLA carbon fiber material and it can cut tough small pieces of soft wood but the laers separate due to cutting forces.
Josh notes that it could be prevented by applying a cyanoacrylate coating.

Josh has a currently small YouTube channel, but I think it will be worth following:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTzJuMQVJcEWoAwnt5dS5wQ

Steve Builds a DIY Enclosure for His Prusa i3

Steve published his build instructions for plywood and acrylic enclosure to encase his Folger Tech Prusa i3. The overall size is 19.5" wide x 22" tall x 23" deep.
Very useful DIY project for noise reduction and temperature control.

Here is the video of the construction process:

Instructables page:

https://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Printer-Enclosure-With-Lights/

Steve's homepage:

http://www.thecarmichaelworkshop.com/

Finished enclosure:

Hacking IKEA tables into 3d printer enclosure

If you want to get high quality prints you can use a printer enclosure to stabilize the temperature making it a protective isolating chamber. Stable and higher temperature can prevent warping and other heat related damage to your 3d printed object.

Here you can see how to make a simple DIY enclosure from two IKEA "Lack" tables and some acrylic panels. It makes internal temperature stable at around 40 degrees centigrade compared to 20 degrees centigrade of room temperature. It also features extractor fan for fast cooling.

Detailed build guide can be found at developed by Instructables user phatima:

http://www.instructables.com/id/3d-Printer-Enclosure-from-Upcycled-Furniture/

Do remember that you can also make a 3d printer form IKEA furniture:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2013/12/custom-delta-3d-printer-built-from-ikea.html

Two cool DIY 3d printer enclosure projects

Jason Powell has amazing home makerspace setup he made by himself. He has a really BIG enclosure with wide filament holder.

He published his designs for this spool holder at:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:290064

Here is the full build guide for it:

http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-Printer-Enclosure-Maker-Space/

I'm soooo jealous Jason!

Michael Teeuw made his enclosure from MDF with some LED stripes and documented his construction process.

Detailed build log:

http://michaelteeuw.nl/post/122180943147/building-my-3d-printer-enclosure

AKER open source DIY plant beds and other gardening equipment made by CNC from plywood

As I am getting more interested in CNCing wood I'll post more about various DIY CNC projects.

My retired father is now a beekeeper so I found Open Source Beehives. Since they don't have LR type of beehives we gave up on the idea of making them or buying a large CNC mill (we would need to do some saving on family level to afford it). Also it keeps my father occupied as he makes the beehives himself by hand from old wood pallets.

Now that team released AKER DIY plant beds you can produce with your CNC from a single sheet of 1200 x 2400 plywood sheet.

Here is the video presentation of the project:

It's an interesting idea and my wife is nagging me for ages that we should start to use some sort of raised beds in our large garden, so maybe I should start to save up to finally buy parts to make my own CNC.

AKER facebook page:

www.facebook.com/akerkits

On AKER homepage you will find plans and CNC files for this raised bed and other things like: worm hotel composter, GroWall wall planter, EcoHive top bar hive and EggHouse chicken coop. All files are open source and you can make it yourself if you own a CNC or get them done by someone else.

AKER homepage:

http://www.aker.me/

AKER DIY CNC cut raised bed

Chicken coop

Worm hotel composter

If you own 3d printer only, you can still make an open source hydroponics food growing system.

CNC is very wide field ... so many projects. Can anyone point me where to start with research on how to build CNC big enough to process standard plywood sheet?

Update (16.3.2015.):

AKER is on Indiegogo now with their Print your Urban Farm campaign and it comes with Aker Map http://www.map.aker.me/ application for food sharing.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/aker-print-your-urban-farm--2#home

How to design and CNC cut wooden enclosure for your 3d printer

GuruBrew made an excellent tutorial video with step-by-step instructions on how to design and CNC cut wooden enclosure for your 3d printer. Video is very detailed and will guide you trough the entire process with valuable tips & tricks, software and tools used.

This is what the enclosure looks like:

The enclosure is made out of .25 an .5 inch MDF wood and acrylic (plexiglass) plastic. It was cut ona Techno CNC router. It is designed in Solid Works and CAM software was VCarve Pro and Mach3. It was made for Maker Farm Prusa i3, but the design could fit or be addapted to most machines.

Here is the video tutorial:

Here is a video of finishing the enclosure with Plexiglas panel windows:

GuruBrew has a great YouTube channel with many useful videos I'm subscribed to and would recommend you to follow him also ...

For other similar DIY wood enclosure projects check this post which features enclosure heated by scraped hair dryer heater:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2014/03/diy-3d-printer-enclosure-made-from-wood.html

This style would go great with wood frame 3d printer, which I like since wood has natural and warm feeling.

ATOM DIY low cost simple extruder made from plywood and ATOM 3d printer from Egypt

Atom is a very simple and low cost extruder developed in Egypt. It has few parts and it is cut from 3mm plywood. For heating block it uses scrap aluminum plate cut to 20mm x 20mm x 10mm and M6 brass bolt for nozzle.

Here are detailed instructions, files for cutting the plywood and BOM:

http://www.instructables.com/id/simple-low-cost-compact-open-source-extruder-ATOM-/

Parts of the extruder (usual elements such as NEMA 17 motor, fan, thermistor etc....):

This extruder is a part of broader ATOM 3d printer project to bring low cost 3d printing to Egypt and Arab world. The printer can be made for some 300 USD.

Update:

Atom has a new and improved advanced version of Atom plywood extruder with detailed build guide:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Print-with-advanced-filaments-DIY-simple-low-cost-/

Key design features are:

Simple and easy to build
Low cost
Compact design
Low weight
Small footprint
Wire management
Easy to mount
One active cooling fan for both heat sink and nozzle tip
Open source
Can print with various type of filaments
ABS & PLA
Advanced filament materials
Copper, Bronze, Wood, Glow filaments
Designed to print with flex materials

It is still very affordable but can print with advanced materials. Here is the video build guide:

Details can be found at:

https://www.facebook.com/Atom3d.egypt

Here is Atom3D machine in action:

DIY astronomy projects made with a 3d printer and CNC

Here are a few DIY projects for all you astronomy enthusiast out there which can be done with acces to 3d printer.

Ultrascope smartphone telescope

Ultrascope is a 3d printed telescope which uses Nokia Lumia 1020 smartphone with high resolution camera to get pictures and light curves from space objects. Project is developed by James Parr from Open Space Agency.

All the information about function and construction of the Ultrascope are available at:

http://www.openspaceagency.com/

PiKon, the 3d printed telescope attachment for Raspberry Pi camera

PiKon is a low cost project where a 3d printed mount is used to attach Raspberry Pi camera to Newtonian reflector telescope to get 5MP resolution astrophotogaphs. Project was developed by University of Sheffield in cooperation with Alternative Photonics.

PiKon photo of Moon surface

Learn more at: http://pikonic.com/

Printonian, the 3D printed DIY Dobsonian telescope

From Printonian project description:

This thing is a 3D printed Dobsonian telescope designed for an 8" primary mirror with a focal length of 48". The optical tube assembly consists of aluminum extrusions attached with 3D printed ribs designed for standard hardware and covered with cardboard tubing. The optical tube was mounted onto a base that was made from 3/4" baltic birch plywood cut on a CNC router. The bottom base plates are separated with plastic bearings to allow for control.

All the files, parts list and instructions can be found at:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:408184

DIY tripod smartphone adapter

Here is the full tutorial:

https://learn.adafruit.com/3d-printed-camera-tripod-adapter-for-telescope

There is also a DIY Dobsonian telescope that can be CNC cut from wood with files available together with detailed build guide:

http://makezine.com/projects/build-a-backyard-dobsonian-telescope/

There are many more DIY astronomy and telescope related projects that can be found on Thingiverse:

http://www.thingiverse.com/search/page:1?q=telescope&sa=

http://www.thingiverse.com/search/page:1?q=astronomy&sa=

DIY cheap and easy mobile workstations for your 3d printer

You need a workspace for your 3d printer and sometimes this space needs to be mobile. Here are two projects with detailed construction guides.

Oahu Makerspace documented construction guide for this "chuck box" or "field desk" type workstation. It is constructed from cut plywood.

Detailed construction guide, measures and Sketchup files. You can make it by hand or by CNC.

http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Ramen-Stand-A-Portable-Modular-Reconfigurable-/?ALLSTEPS

Dave Akkermans classroom 3d printer cart. Dave made it for his classroom bat you can use it in your home workshop. It is based on cheap cleaning car.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Printrbot-3d-Printer-Classroom-Car/?ALLSTEPS

DIY 3d printer enclosure made from wood with hair dryer heating element

The enclosure developed by repkid is a simple wooden box made from thin MDF sheets and wooden beams structure. It is insulated by double-ply cardboard glued to the inside of the box. To prevent ABS warping it is heated by simple household hair dryer.

Parts printed inside the heated enclosure on the left, and ABS part printed without heated chamber on the right with warping.

The enclosure with printer inside it

Lasercut thermal vents. They can be done with simple hand tools also

Heater made from simple hair dryer

More advanced version of the enclosure with fumes extractor

Heated chambers for 3d printing are patented by some corporation and I'm not sure what implications patent law has on projects like this one ...

Project on RepRap wiki with more details:

http://reprap.org/wiki/Heated_Build_Chamber

See other DIY 3d printer enclosures:

Enclosure made from PIR foam and 3d printable hinges:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2014/03/diy-3d-printer-enclosure-made-from-pir.html

Ultra simple enclosure made from plastic boxes:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2014/03/low-cost-simple-3d-printer-enclosure.html

From Kickstarter description:

Polymakr wants to change what you can 3D print with
The rapid growth of low-cost, desktop 3D printers in the past 5 years has really made 3D printing accessible to a great number of designers, engineers and DIYers. While the machines and software keep getting better, the materials available for printing have remained more or less unchanged. The low quality and limited choices of printing materials are increasingly becoming the limiting factor for the future expansion of desktop 3D printers.
As a group of materials scientists, engineers and designers who are very passionate about 3D printing, Polymakr wants to change this, by continuously developing the best the most innovative printing materials for the maker community.
Three entirely new materials for your desktop 3D printer
The goal of this KickStarter project is to bring to you 3 entirely new materials that are designed specifically for FDM/FFF based desktop 3D printers.

PolyMax PLA: Completely re-engineered PLA with superb mechanical strength

PolyMax PLA vs. Regular PLA
Poly(lactic acid) or PLA is probably the most widely used material for desktop 3D printers nowadays. However one of the largest disadvantages of PLA is its poor mechanical properties, especially the tendency to brittle fracture. This renders regular PLA limited applicability for functional parts that are used in mechanically demanding situations.
PolyMax PLA is an entirely new PLA that is designed to solve this problem. The material exhibits over 8 times better impact strength and toughness than regular PLA. PolyMax PLA is compatible with almost all FDM-based desktop 3D printers, including many “ABS-only” printers such as MakerBot Replicator 2X (yes you are not mistaken!). It prints under identical conditions as regular PLA – so you can simply “swap and go”.

PolyFlex: soft and flexible filament with uncompromised printing quality

Excellent Printer Compatibility
Yes, there are already a few flexible filaments out there. However one thing we notice about those materials is their poor compatibility with different 3D printers. Many of them only work on one specific printer model or extruder type – and you have to bet on your luck that it works on the one you have. Some of them only work on 3 mm printers – to our knowledge there has not been a flexible filament that works consistently on 1.75 mm 3D printers.

Therefore we had a clear goal in mind: to develop a soft and flexible filament that is compatible with most desktop 3D printers - a material that everyone can use. That goal was achieved by carefully designing and optimizing the melt-flow properties of the material, and thoroughly testing the material on a large variety of printers. We are proud to announce that our PolyFlex is available in both 1.75 and 3 mm, and is compatible with most (if not all) desktop FDM/FFF 3D printers, including: MakerBot Replicator 2, Replicator 2X, Ultimaker (and several of its variations), RepRap Prusa Mendel, MakerGear M2, Afinia / Up! Plus , and many more as we can’t list everything here.

Fast Printing Speed
The biggest challenge with soft filaments is that they often lead to problems with feeding, as the material can be too soft to generate enough pressure. One compromise one often times has to make is slowing down the printing speed significantly. However this is almost not necessary for PolyFlex – for example our normal printing speed is in the range of 60 – 90 mm/min. Furthermore, PolyFlex requires no heated build plate and has very little tendency to warp (better than PLA and ABS).
The soft and flexible nature of PolyFlex offers a new dimension of what one can do with desktop 3D printers. We showed a couple examples in our video, but you can do much more with PolyFlex: toys, seals, prosthetics, shoes, belts…the possibilities are really limitless. PolyFlex also features very high printing quality and gives great details. We wish you will start making with PolyFlex soon!

PolyWood: wood-like printing material with no actual wood

Wood-like appearance from its pre-foamed structure
PolyWood is a wood-mimic printing material that contains no actual wood. So, how does PolyWood acquire this wood-like appearance? Unlike any other 3D printing filament, PolyWood has a porous microstructure, similar to natural wood. Prints made with PolyWood feature a rough surface that both looks and feels much like raw, carved wood.
As you probably are aware, there are a few commercially available wood-powder based filaments, but we think our approach is better for the following reasons:
Wood powder (often present in large amounts) tends mess up the flow properties of the polymer melt, resulting in poor printing quality. You can check out the comparison in the photo below – the difference is quite dramatic!
What’s worse, poorly dispersed wood powder can even jam the extruder on your printer, which will never happen for PolyWood.
The first 3D-printable foam
As mentioned above, PolyWood has a porous structure. In other words it is a foam. In fact it is the first 3D printable foam that has ever been developed to our knowledge. We used a unique foaming technology that stabilizes the air bubbles inside the material (imagine tiny micro-balloons) – so you can maintain the porous structure during and after the printing. Besides making stuff that looks like wood carvings, you can also think about applications that utilizes its intrinsic foamy structure – heat insulation, sound insulation, anti-vibration, just to name a few.

http://www.polymakr.com/web/about.html

They have a Kickstarter campaign:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1981875718/polymakr-entirely-new-materials-for-desktop-3d-pri

BYQ 3d printer and extruder made from plywood by Pawel Dobrowolski

Pawel Dobrowolski is working on extruder made from plywood. He made first progress by making plywood gears.
Pawel later commented on this post that this extruder is based on yruds/yegah design which is popular in Poland and it is a part of bigger open source project called BYQ 3d printer made fully in plywood .

Here is video of the extruder made fully from 8mm plywood in action:

BYQ plywood 3d printer has no 3d printed parts:

Here is the GitHub for the BYQ with all the files to cut plywood parts:

https://github.com/syntetyczny/BYQ

BYQ page in Polish where you can buy pre-cut kits:

http://www.byq3d.eu/index.php?id_product=16&controller=product&id_lang=7

3D printing with wood filament on Robo 3D printer by Barnacules Nerdgasm (summary: it is like real wood)

I like Barnacules.

From video description:

What's up Nerdgasm fans! Today I'm doing something brand new I've never done before. I am using my Robo 3D printer to actually print something in Wood. I didn't even think this was possible a few weeks ago but someone genius figured out how to make wood Filament by mixing wood and PLA and the results are fantastic. It looks like wood, smells like wood, feels like wood but does not taste like wood! :P

Printer Settings:
50mm/sec
70c bed
210c hot end
0.2mm layer height
100% infill

Prep after print:
Light sanding to remove blob and lip at base (sands just like wood!)
I hope you guys enjoy this video where I print a round box with sliding top that can be used to store memory card or pills, etc in 100% wood. The results are amazing and it even looks like it was carved out of plywood. I am going to attempt to stain it when I have some time since the wood does appear to be porous just like real wood and seem to absorb moisture. I'm really impressed with this material and I'm looking forward to using it in many future prints!

DIY 3d printers made from wood

Wood is very cheap. Wood is easy to obtain. Wood is easy to work with and many shaping technologies are available. It comes in many forms with different properties from flexibility to strength. It is renewable resource. It can be easily recycled.
There were entire generations of printers like Ultimaker based on laser cut plywood, but full wood was never in fashion. probably because it is not high-tech and not self-replicating.
I would like to see more projects with wooden parts. I like the texture and natural aesthetics of wood contrasted to technology.

Here are some designs that use wooden parts, some are fully functional, some are under development:

Wood frame Mendel90

Mendel90 is great design and it is often built with wooden frame. One of the great success stories with wooden parts. Design is custimizable based on your input and generates paper printable cutting and drilling guides for the frame.

Adapto 3d printer

It can have aluminum beams and low cost wood frame.

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2013/11/adapto-diy-3d-printer.html

Ikea RepRap

While surfing around I found this reprap with wooden / particleboard frame (maybe made from Ikea furniture). Further information is unavailable. Let me know if you have any additional information about this printer.

http://aeons.phrenzy.org/~berserk/reprap/printer/

Gunstrap

Source: RepRap wiki

The Gunstrap is a plywood repstrap that is based on the Mantis CNC design. It has a build area of 200x200x100mm (comparable to the Mendel) and is employs a heated build platform and a heated build chamber. Unlike other wood based repstrap's, no ball bearings are required for its construction, excluding the extruder and all parts can be obtained from scrapped printers and scanners. In addition, its build chamber can be heated up to 100 degrees Celsius as most stepper motors are contained out side of the build chamber and no thermoplastic is used in its construction. The only stepper motor within the build chamber is the extruder stepper motor which is actively cooled using a peltier.

Advantages

Has a very low build cost (around $50USD), excluding the cost of the electronics.
Does not require any bearings apart from the extruder.
Can be constructed with only a hack saw, drill, screwdriver and epoxy resin adhesive.
Has a larger build area as compared to the Mantis 9.1
Due to its fold open construction it is easy to access for cleaning and changing tool heads.
Uses a heated build chamber which has been seen to improve the quality of prints for large objects.

Disadvantages

Requires active thermal management in order to keep the extruder stepper motor at a safe operating temperature as its located in the heated build chamber.
Due to the use of stainless steel sleeves instead of ball bearings, this design will ware slightly with time.
Due to the design of the zaxis the gunstrap may not be able to achieve the same resolution as a Mendel.
This design requires more parts to be fabricated than the original [[Mantis 9.1] in order to accommodated the heated build chamber.
Requires the procurement of stainless steel shafts, stepper motors, belts, ect from old printers and scanners.
Can not currently print any of its own parts.

http://reprap.org/wiki/Gunstrap

WoodRap

http://reprap.org/wiki/WoodRap

http://repraprock.blogspot.com/

RepStrap

Many bootstraped RepStraps are made from wood:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2013/10/repstrap-bootstrapped-3d-printer.html

There is well documented Wolfstrap from Germany.

http://reprap.org/wiki/WolfStrap

There are several other designs at:

http://reprap.org/wiki/Category:Wood

World needs YOU to use more wood in 3d printing!

Update:

Links to other DIY 3d printer projects made from wood:

Open source DIY beehives with enviroment sensors

You can download the design files and cut the beehives on a CNC machine.

From project webpage:

The Open Source Beehives project is a collaborative response to the threat faced by bee populations in industrialized nations around the world. The project proposes to design hives that can support bee colonies in a sustainable way, to monitor and track the health and behaviour of a colony as it develops.

Each hive contains an open source sensory kit, The Smart Citizen Kit (SCK), which can transmit to an open data platform: Smartcitizen.me. These sensor enhanced hive designs are open and freely available online, the data collected from each hive is published together with geolocations allowing for a further comparison and analysis of the hives.

Project webpage:

http://www.opensourcebeehives.net/

Download the files at:

https://github.com/opensourcebeehives

Update (11.3.2014.):

They started an Indiegogo campaign, ant cooperate with Smart Citizen platform:

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/open-source-beehives

Update:

The team has devekoped open source AKER gardening tools and equipment:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2015/02/aker-open-source-diy-plant-beds-and.html

Full feature overview video of WASP Evo 3d printer

New update video from WASP team on their multifunctional 3d printer which shows full overview of various features including wood, PCB and aluminium milling.

http://www.wasproject.it/

Off Topic: SunEngraver

Burn and engrave stuff with this beautiful solar powered DIY wooden machine, the "SunBun" ...

SunEngraver from Georg Egli on Vimeo.

https://sites.google.com/a/hyperwerk.ch/sunbun/

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:145489

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