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Post by oregon on Mar 31, 2016 15:33:02 GMT -5
My Lot-O came without a cap. Yeah, you can buy a replacement for a couple bucks, but what's the fun of that. Designed & printed a nice lime green cap and added some rubber band holds... I can upload the file if anyone wants to print one. Lot-O seems like light speed compared to the rotary, liking it a lot.
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Intheswamp
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Post by Intheswamp on Mar 31, 2016 15:51:28 GMT -5
A 3D printer.....COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice lid, too!
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Post by Garage Rocker on Mar 31, 2016 16:22:35 GMT -5
The Lot O is a bad machine! Wish the rotary was half as efficient. Really like your improvement.
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quartz
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Post by quartz on Mar 31, 2016 23:03:52 GMT -5
I think the 3-D printer is just starting to be the solution to lots of parts replacements, nice job on that. Like your choice of color too.
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Post by oregon on Apr 1, 2016 15:57:40 GMT -5
yes, Imagine all those plastic broken parts that cause you to throw out things. Call the manufacturer and they send you a file to print a new part... Of course that assumes their real motivation isn't to build things to fail so you have to buy a new one. 3D printing is really fun, but just makes you want a CNC as well. If you haven't ever wandered around thingiverse.com take a look. The amount of creativity out there is amazing.
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zarguy
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Post by zarguy on Apr 1, 2016 16:43:16 GMT -5
I use a peanut butter jar lid for my Lot-O. Not sure if it's Jiff or Skippy, but it's the red one. Lynn
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NDK
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Post by NDK on Apr 2, 2016 9:21:00 GMT -5
Thats awesome. How long did it take to print the lid?
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Post by oregon on Apr 2, 2016 22:51:24 GMT -5
Thats awesome. How long did it take to print the lid? think that took ~ an hour to print.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 23:25:04 GMT -5
yes, Imagine all those plastic broken parts that cause you to throw out things. Call the manufacturer and they send you a file to print a new part... Of course that assumes their real motivation isn't to build things to fail so you have to buy a new one. 3D printing is really fun, but just makes you want a CNC as well. If you haven't ever wandered around thingiverse.com take a look. The amount of creativity out there is amazing. There are some nice desktop CNC now! For the price of 3d printers 5 years ago.
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Post by oregon on Aug 11, 2017 10:37:40 GMT -5
There are some nice desktop CNC now! For the price of 3d printers 5 years ago. I was surprised when first working with a 3D printer that, they are based of G-code as well, brought back my old (minimal) cnc days. If James could find us a diamond bit that didn't wear, we could problaby build a cnc sphere grinder...
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Old Hickory
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Post by Old Hickory on Aug 11, 2017 19:03:49 GMT -5
The Lot-o lids are sold by Caplugs. If you go to this link www.caplugs.com/series/Tapered_Caps_and_Plugs/1252.html and scroll down the sku number T-500, that is the lot-o cap. The caps that come with the tumbler are marked CAPLUGS 500. The T in the SKU indicates a tapered plug or cap. Now if you search the caplug webpage WWW.Caplugs.com you will find that they offer free samples. Fill out the form with proper information and they will send you samples of the cap/plug that you are interested in. It took a few weeks for mine to arrive but I think that they sent me 4 or 5 T-500 caps. Just a note - (they fit fine.)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2017 11:34:48 GMT -5
The Lot-o lids are sold by Caplugs. If you go to this link www.caplugs.com/series/Tapered_Caps_and_Plugs/1252.html and scroll down the sku number T-500, that is the lot-o cap. The caps that come with the tumbler are marked CAPLUGS 500. The T in the SKU indicates a tapered plug or cap. Now if you search the caplug webpage WWW.Caplugs.com you will find that they offer free samples. Fill out the form with proper information and they will send you samples of the cap/plug that you are interested in. It took a few weeks for mine to arrive but I think that they sent me 4 or 5 T-500 caps. Just a note - (they fit fine.) Well done! Thanks! I think I'll buy 100 and have them as gifts... ETA $62/C
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