What did you 3D print today?

[RAZRBAKK]

Sorting out some print quality issues and also getting some print tolerance testing in.

My Zrod was looser than ideal so I'm hoping tightening that will solve the bulging layer issue.

[Jackson]

I've probably got about about $350-400 into it. You could buy an equivalent telescope for less. I made some changes to the design to the design to increase usability/durability/etc that added cost.

The tripod is from my childhood shitty 80mm refractor telescope. It's pretty bad actually. There are tight spots in the axes that make moving it difficult. I need to upgrade that.

[pghp8ntballer]

Awesome! Not including the cost of filament, what was the build cost? Or did you already have the optics and hardware on hand? Is that a standard camera tripod that was modified or is it a universal telescope tripod?

[RAZRBAKK]

Wow, that is awesome.

[Jackson]

Got the telescope mostly together. Still a number of items on the list, but together enough to start looking at the sky. Grabbed a really crappy picture of Jupiter and its moons with my phone. It was way clearer by eye. You could see red bands on Jupiter.

[pghp8ntballer]

Cool. I grew up in Shaler but I live in the Plum/lower Burrell area now

[Alexndl]

Brass work was done by Jordan from a PMI 1 and a PGP.
3d printed the pump handle, both bolt and the double cram and jam

[Spider!]

Lol, I thought I recognized the parts, just couldn't remember.

[Jackson]

Wexford. I've got one more big +6 hour print left and a number of smaller items.

[pghp8ntballer]

Very cool. I’d love to see the finished telescope! So uh, where abouts in Pittsburgh do you live?

[Jackson]

Some pieces I've been printing over the past week.

[superman]

[Brokeass_baller]

Gotcha. That's what I thought, but I thought I should verify. Lol

[RAZRBAKK]

Brokeass_baller I believe he means pulling it Into the breech. The barrel is sized to stop the freak moving forward in the barrel.

[Brokeass_baller]

The way I understand things is there's enough room in front of the bolt with A5 threads that's it's not an issue. But for 98 threads, it'll catch if there isn't a gap.

Edit: wait, do you mean pull out the front of the barrel? Or get stuck in the bolt o-ring and pull out the back and into the breach?