To be honest most of the parts I print are called something like: "bracket" "holder" "mount" "adapter" "..." and I designed each of them for one very specific purpouse around my house.

@substratum3d

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Same here, I can't even remember the last time I printed something decorative...

@DATONALKY

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Haha so true...🤣

@stefanejegod8644

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This. I haven't printed anything not white or black for the last couple of years.

@peterrockell1527

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Same here like the clips that hold my camera tripod to my bag straps :-)

@gavinthomas214

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I'm in the same boat, almost all the prints I make at functional. My 3D printer has become my 'go to' solution for brackets, mounts, adapters, clips and holders. I love the process of designing for printing and the results have been very satisfying.

One of the strongest tools in 3D printing is the community. One of the friendliest and most helpful hobby group I’ve come across.

@purplemossclump5505

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Did you just call me a tool ?

@anon_y_mousse

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@@purplemossclump5505 Yeah, but he did say friendly. :P

@Henry_Swanson

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The best tool is the friends we made along the way. Who needs a benchie when we have a friendSHIP?

@xQKUg9S

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I guess you haven't visted Bambu's community

@sarahcase9872

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@@xQKUg9S Bambu community forums are wild

When measuring hole centres, you're better off measuring inside and outside dimensions with the inside and outside anvils of the calipers, adding them together and dividing by 2. This works even if the holes are different sizes! You can then check if it's made in the USA and see if that rounds to an inch fraction or metric size. If it's really close, use the rounded size because it's almost certainly going to be what the size is.

@MakersMuse

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Oh that's really handy!

@mrartistimo1530

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Thank you! Wasn’t aware of the USA tidbit!

@101rotarypower

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Does anyone have trouble Precisely locating holes, even when triangulating and being as patient and cautious as seems reasonable? Even double triangulate at times and still struggle to hit existing hole dimensions “Perfectly” when 3D printing. Are there any technics to improve that factor when Not doing orthogonally aligned or patterned existing holes? Struggle to hit those accurately no matter the effort expended it seems...then when you add the Z axis into the equation it’s exponentially more difficult to hit those accurately on the first try, and always find manually adjusting them, for me, is almost always required.

@Duraltia

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Mitutoyo makes dedicated Center Hole Measuring Calipers for almost Two Grand, just saying 😏

@nbase2652

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@@101rotarypower Well, you can always take a photo (or use a scanner bed), import the image into your CAD program on a plane and trace the geometry stuff on top. There are also some good tutorials how to create a part from a technical drawing (MangoJelly did a few about that on his KZread channel, e.g. the one where he designs an airplane from front + top + side view in FreeCAD)

It's always good to see 3D printing used for something other than fantasy models or skull heads! Modelling your own engineered parts is great fun and failure teaches you a lot about real-world problems.

I've modelled at least 100 fixtures, jigs, adapters etc and you've taught this old dog a new trick. Thanks from Colorado. Woof woof

Awesome! Often when I'm worried about hole placement like that, I'll print a

a really useful trick when measuring things is to try both metric and inches, to see if one of them is close to a round number. most products will have regular dimensions so it's likely that e.g. 76.21mm is actually 5 inches and the item was designed using imperial units. this can make figuring out dimensions a lot simpler (and of course you can convert all the units back to metric afterwards)

Brackets and electronic housing is basically what I use my printer for the most, it’s extremely useful and convenient. You could have used a 45° chamfer over the bolt holes instead of fillets to save the need to use support material.

The people that say that you can only print trinkets and such are the same people that have zero creativity. I use my 3D printer for all sorts of stuff. I made a new thumb pushbutton for my neighbors screen door, cup holders, microphone mounts. All sorts of things that just simply couldn't exist otherwise. Great project you have shown here. Thanks for another great video explanation. Cheers!

This is so true, the amount of joining things I have made, vacuum nozzle adaptors, GoPro attachments and all sorts of attachments.

A few years ago, my partner bought a Prusa and designated it as a gift for the family for Xmas (way to bypass permission from "significant other" I suspect!). We printed lots of little stuff amazed at what it could do. I then started watching a lot of your videos and realised I could actually make useful things and use different filaments. I play a musical instrument and decided one day to design a little tool to help me achieve some maintenance on it. Fast forward to today and that little tool I designed is now being sold in 7 different countries as there is no other little tool like it on the market! Family needs another 3D printer as a result 🤣 Keep up the great videos!

In recent times I've made a soap holder, a towel rack (Did use a wood dowel for the roller though) and the most recent thing was a shower caddy for a shower chair (I'm disabled) For that I did 0 top and 0 bottom layers and let the infill show through to give me drainage holes. 3D printing and designing in CAD has been everything I dreamed of growing up. I always had ideas but, not the ability to make them a reality. Going back to music, I also designed a holder for the Boss WL-20 wireless unit. So, 3D printing has been an absolute blast once I dialed everything in. Channels like yours have been an absolutely invaluable tool in learning about printing and all the things related to it. I am extremely grateful for all these tips and guides you give. Thank you.

OMG is that a TEAC 2A mixer I spy on the top rail? I still have mine. It was the first bit of kit I ever bought back in 1983 and it still works to this day! Never seen another one till now.

Most of my designs and prints are practical. Toys and kitsch are fun and all, but practicality is what brings me to the yard.

I bought a 3d printer a couple of years back - and wouldn't be without one now. After the statutory benchy, calibration cube, octopus etc - I started to use it for fixing things solving problems by designing and printing things that you just cannot buy. I find it indispensable.

Very cool. This might be the only place you can get great information combined with enjoyable original music. Thanks!

Starting on paper and recording dimensions before jumping into CAD is a top tip.

Aside from clamps and brackets for whatever needs mounting, I also use it to replace broken plastic parts, like broken knobs, lids and covers. Repairing stuff like a drying rack that's falling apart with some handy clamps works too. And you know that weird little corner on the stairs that you can't get to when vacuuming? There's probably already a custom nozzle for it you can just download and print. Finally, custom boxes and drawer compartments specifically made to fit stuff make everything much cleaner looking.

As a person who's two primary hobbies are 3D printing and synthesizers, this feels like it was made just for me.

Angus, I have made Polaris snowmobile parts machinist ad tools and repaired my Mr Coffee espresso machine! My Ender 3 is maxed out I don't know how to Pi it but I am good with a Beagle. Thanks to you and others I have printed your castle and given it to kids and now they bug their parents for a 3d printer. Inspiring man really thanks for making the day.

Wow, that "triangulation of holes" trick was BRILLIANT! Thanks!

They call it functional print. And it's really the most fun I had with my 3D printer. Making a part from "nothing" to serve an actual purpose is quite nice. I even managed to help other people solve their problems.

Brackets and adapters! At least 80% of my 3d printing is devoted to making things that no one makes. Super useful.

Nicely done Angus, the hinge / locking mechanism is a beauty. Cheers, JAYTEE

The screw hole tip via triangulation was awesome.. Also kudos to anyone who listens to music that sounds like Tangerine Dream! Nicely done.

Angus, I've been watching and enjoying you videos for quite a while. This is an example of why I like 3D modeling & printing, the ability to design and and fabricate something that can't be purchased. There is so much satisfaction in the results!

GLORIOUS!!! You've saved me from dozens to hundreds of failed experiments!!! This was therapeutic!!!

I have used this exact set of guidelines to make a 3d printed prototype brake brackets. The usual ones I've done are calipers from one car fitted to another car, but the craziest one I've done includes calipers, hand brake system and parts from 3 different cars. Sent the cad file to a machinist and he made the prototype out of aluminium. Living in the future!!!

It is *really* useful to see how others approach a new design. This video is pure gold.

Wow, SUPER handy tip to just “triangulate” between holes! You probably just saved me hours and kilograms of filament! 👍👍👍

I just got done designing and printing brackets to mount a bunch stuff to the underside of my desk. Was a fun learning experience and my desk is much cleaner and easier to use now :)

What a fun way to present the design and print process from beginning to end. Great work as always Angus!

Nice work as usual Angus! One of my favorite 3d printing projects ever was designing custom pegboard mounts for all my tools and printing them. This reminds me of that process

I'm a metal worker by trade and I'm also a synth head with a home studio setup. Well I do use a lot of steel and wood wherever I can I've been using a 3D printer for years to make all sorts of strong lightweight parts to modify my setup and just optimize my workspace. Two things I always keep in mind is cost of material and weight. 3D printed parts over something I could have made out of steel but still come up with the same end result takes care of the cost factor as well as the weight factor. I also use my 3D printer to make custom knobs and volume faders across my entire setup. If you got a home studio and a little bit of engineered intuition a 3D printer is a must to have around.

Love the outro music! Just getting into 3D printing and finding all sorts of new channels. That outro music though, I need that vibe.

Nice design, and good tips! I work with a non-profit. In their building, one of their exhaust fans died. The unit was so old, there were no replacement parts for it. The problem was in the motor bushings, which had disintegrated over the years. So like you, I took measurements and then designed and 3D-printed replacements, saving the original fan and saving the group a few hundred bucks. The tech still amazes me.

My 3d printer has been the most useful organisational tool in my home, I've built do many hyper specific mounts for things like a wall mount for my Saturn v model or clips to hold sick bags. So useful

My number one use for 3D printing is custom enclosures. Instead of cramming my projects into an off-the-shelf project box now I can make something custom fit.

That's awesome! Thank you so much for taking some of your personal time to explain all the process. Greatly appreciated.

Nice synth collection! I'm not a musician by any means, but I appreciate the craft behind synths.

Thank you for sharing this, Angus. You are a very talented young man. It's been many years since I subscribed to your channel, and you never disappointed me. 😍

Awesome tutorial! I really loved the elephant's foot tip with chamfering the bottom edges, I'm currently in a great deal of pain dealing with my Ender 3 max over this issue. I've tried all the tips I could find, and I need some precise parts printed out soon.

Designing simple solutions to daily annoyances is, imho, one of the most approachable aspects of 3D printing. My first designed piece was a replacement button for a broken gamepad, and my most recent one is a much simpler (compared to the default and for my case way too bulky gooseneck) mount to attach the pop shield to my mic. Also, since this was a problem for me for the longest time: If you can't get accurate measurements (or your measurements lead to slightly over-/undersized objects), obviously you have to accommodate for the peculiarities of your printer, like elephant's foot compensation etc, but before you reprint the whole thing, don't forget you don't need 100% accuracy; paper/ cardboard shims or a layer or two of duct tape can compensate for oversized holes, and unless you're taking off a _lot_ of material, sanding or drilling out undersized ones is a perfectly viable "good enough" solution. Sure, it's not perfect, but is perfection worth reprinting that +12h doodad that's not even meant to look particularly good? There's no generally right answer, but just ask yourself that question, y'know ;)

Is the best solution ever. In my flat I have parts designed and printed specifically for what I need from a mirror holder up to a DIY CNC router. Is the best if you are creative and really cheap. NICE EVERYONE COULD DO IT.

I like your attachment method. I probably would have designed it with a print in place hinge but your approach looks like it would be stronger.

Adapting things has been my primary use of 3D CAD and 3D printers since 2014. Great video, right on point!

Just started designing a couple days ago. TinkerCad was super easy to learn, within a couple days of signing up, I fully designed a mount to hold my power-tool batteries. I corrected all issues after the first prototype as you mentioned. Then I began to trim the fat to make them cheaper/quicker to print(I'm new, and I underestimated the strength of PETG). Designing this has been the most fun part of 3D Printing since I got my printer.

Another excellent video, Angus. It's great to see you posting more regularly again. I always learn something new from your content.

I love the idea of the clamp. Simplicity.

For your bolts on the back, you could use a chamfer leading up to it instead of a fillet to 90 degree overhang and then you wouldn't need any support. It may not look as nice but you'd have a easier model to print in the end? Either way, good job!

Loved this video, fixing things or attaching things to another thing is the best thing about 3D printers.

Love the DX-7! Nice design info in the video, many people don't mention much about the things to watch out for.

You've given us a bunch of useful tips and some beautiful music, thankyou!

I have used 3D printing to make so much useful stuff. Lots of shop tools, car parts, etc. I often find it takes me a couple of versions to get where I need to be.

Great Job, love your confidence and willingness to share! Once I get my enter 3 pro settled and ready I will joyfully steal that interlocking joint! Thanks Mr Muse!

Attaching things to other things is my favourite part about 3D printing, I have both my interface and a little breakout box for my VR headset both mounted under my desk, so clean!

MOI is my favorite 3D printer design software (moment of inspiration). So flippin easy and not expensive.

That center hole measuring tip just blew my mind. I have *always* struggled a little with that

100% this. 3D printing excels in one-off brackets and enclosures for mismatched parts. For example, I'm currently designing a holder for a Zigbee button to control a shop vacuum on a Zigbee outlet. The button will velcro onto the holder (so that it can move between holders mounted on tools), and the holder will be clamped onto the vacuum hose by velcro straps. This makes it really easy to turn on /off the vacuum while using my handheld CNC and sander. I'll also superglue a holder to my table saw. This combination of parts is wholly unique to my setup, and finding a commercial solution would be impossible. It's why I love being able to design and print my own parts

Really informative video about CAD and design attitudes and thinking. Brilliant.

A realy great video. Explains in a short time real usages of 3D printers, kudoes!

I've been really using my 3d printer to mount my VR system in a rented place using existing holes and bars to avoid drilling holes to skip repair payments when we move to a different place. First things I 3d printed were not benchys and calibration cubes but rather adapters for my vr headset and charging station for my vr controllers. I've made my own curtain holders for my chroma key cloth to fit existing bar too. 3d printer is a great tool for me. Despite I didn't learn any CAD, I was able to get "good enough" results in blender to share them and even get some likes. 3d printer for me is a tool of the same level as screwdriver or a hammer. Very handy when I need something done around the house. Only after 2 years of owning one I started printing decorative stuff and dnd minis

Very well explained Angus. Dovetail design, also chamfers detents etc. well done. You do have great content which I always enjoy.

After this very useful tip, with calipers, I’ll buy your e-book Thanks!

This is a great video!! From start to finish. Including your music! Thanks for all the great tips and great track.

Perfect timing for bringing the kick into the mix 🙂

Great walk-through of the process 👍 Thanks for sharing your experience with All of us 👍😃

You don't need to turn the cut line into a surface. You can just select the line itself when using the split body tool.. Just make sure the "extend splitting tool" is checked (it is by default). It saves a step and makes it easier to adjust the setout of the split as you don't need to make sure any changes you make to the sketch are mirrored in the face you've created. Also, one less item under "bodies", one less item in the timeline and faster processing times.

You've outlined the exact reason I recently purchased a 3D printer - to make functional parts. Now I'm just trying to learn Fusion 360. I njoy and learn a lot from your content!

I love making custom mounts for stuff, most of my recent printing has been making custom mounts for stuff to hang on my french cleat system or attach audio devices to my desk. Its super satisfying when everything has a well fitting place to go.

Thanks for all the awesome content Angus! Your channel really did empower my sons creativity! With your family friendly content and the yellow created cockatoo videos, he's given a interest in 3D printing and is imagination has latched onto that. You're one of the best things to happen to the consumer 3D printing corner of the world! Thank you, best wishes mate!

Nice a 3D printer and synths can be mixed together 👍🏻 Love the final product.

Thank you for sharing this video! I found it incredibly useful, funny, and interesting to watch. It's great to come across content that can both entertain and educate. Keep up the great work!

That clamp is brilliant.

Loved the demo of your synth at the end!

Great video, as always. There's a slightly easier way to get the dimensions right in Fusion 360. Take a picture of the part, with a caliper or ruler in the picture. Insert the picture into Fusion as a Canvas. Calibrate the canvas (I think it's on the right-click menu). It'll ask you to select two points in the image and then tell Fusion how far they are apart in physical units. Since you wisely included a ruler in the picture, you can just pick two points on the ruler. It'll scale the canvas accordingly. Then, you can easily build your sketch to match the part in the image with physically correct dimensions.

I have attached a large part of a grand piano to my synth rig, and a new musical instrument called the NovaKordo, which I have attached to my body. Totally agree with the joys of being able to attach anything to anything else

Thank you so much for making this video. I look forward to reading your book!

Exactly what I use my printers for, and I'm pretty good at designing the parts in CAD (F360). Thanks mostly to your videos over the years.

probably my fave vid ive seen from you!!! love the moog music!!!

This is what I use 3d printer for also; brackets, holders and adapters. Thanks for the triangulation tip, that part always drive me nuts. What I usually do for complex parts is take a reference picture and import it as a scaled canvas. But the caliper trick will come in very handy for smaller parts!

Awesome music! Great video, this is what I enjoy most about 3d printing too!

great solution to mounting on that rack, well done!

Cool that you show the full process, valuable lesson :)

Exactly. Because of these kind of special use cases, I've been trying my hand at CAD software to make custom solutions. Since they are mostly static objects with no moving parts, it's been a real accessible entry into design and CAD.

As an industrial design engineer I quickly learned that most of my time would be spent designing fixtures to attach one thing to another thing. SERIOUSLY, the vast majority of the projects I worked on comprised this exactly. I would suggest you add a Pocket Optical Comparator set to your measuring tools.

Yes! This is what draws me to 3D printing. 497 folders (projects) in my 3D Design repository. Some were downloads but most are my own designs to join something to something else. TIP: buy a good quality ABSOLUTE caliper to avoid having to tediously re-zero.

Apart from the good informational video, the end sound is awesome!

I’ve seen all your keyboards in the background and not once did it click that you were a musician 🤣 I loved that beat at the end!

Funny that this comes out now. I just finished a similar endeavor. I has a small web cam and a mini tripod for a go pro. The camera was not a go pro and its mount was just a bracket with a flat bottom and four holes for mounting screws. I was able to design and print an adaptor that attached to the camera bracket and fit into the mount on the tripod. One thing that I find useful is to use a spreadsheet for all of your measurements. You can then derive other measurements from those as needed for the model. If you are using a CAD program that has a built-in spreadsheet like Freecad, use that.

Those calipers are a fav of mine! I picked one up after I saw one on the counter of a local McMaster-Carr order desk. What sold me on that particular one were the three measuring options available. millimeter, inch and fractions. Since I work mostly imperial, the fraction option was a winner. There's a tiny screw on the back to change the battery. Don't try to pry off the cap like I did. 😂

This is most of what I use my printer for and why I got one, it's very convenient and cost effective just being able to print up a fixture or enclosure when you need one. Even little consumable things that are usually made from nylon and come in bags of 100 like nail washers for holding down carpet and adhesive backed square wire tie anchors work really well printed in PETG, and only use a few cents worth of filament.

Just perfect !! Like yourself I have a studio and always want my synths and other equipment set up in a way I find more organic to use …sounds easy huh ? 😂 This was just what I needed ! Thanks for the vids you always have something that catches my attention 💕

Hi, personally when I'm making something that has to fit something else I print a 1mm thick test print to make sure all the holes etc line up properly(ie checking I've measured properly). That way if there is a mistake you only waste a small amount of print time and materials. Nothing worse than printing something for hours only to find it doesn't fit.

@markcrane6959

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Nice tip I do the same has saved me many times and wasted material.

With everything these days made as disposable, 3D printing printing is a major money and environmental saver. Broken release tab on vacuum, $40 from manufacturer, $0.50 to print in minutes. I can't keep track of the number of toys that I have repaired that would have otherwise gone into a landfill. Sure designing in CAD software is out of the range of many people, but the 3D models communities are huge and it's amazing what parts are already designed by the community, even for what you would think is obscure items.

WOWOWO sooo good! much to learn from this! I always stuck to tinkercad, but with this guide I might finally try the step to F360! ... thank you!

A deburring tool is very effective at eliminating "elephants foot" or for when you use brims for better adhesion.

This is most of my prints too, it's so useful to just mock up a quick bracket or clip that's a perfect size and send it to the printer. I mount so many things on the underside of tables or cabinets it's a great use of usually wasted space

Nicely presented. Great video!

That's, to me, what 3D printing is meant for : solving everyday's hardware issues. I mean, like making brackets, adapters, things like that, and all other (sometimes farfetched) projects my dad submits me. Coming to music, I'm working on new buttons for my AN1x synth (these may have glowing-in-the-dark parts) and enhanced my guitar floorboard with custom markers and footswitch toppers (glowing in the dark too). A friend of mine uses his 3DP the same way, making templates for his luthier hobby activity.