Im going to try some pegboard and shelf pins. Not only is it cheap, but its also indexable with a few pins dropped into the wasteboard and a few longer pins to create a corner making framing during production much quicker.
You are supposed to use the bottom of the terra cotta tile. Non reflective reddish looking side. It also has raised grids for the mortor (which we would not use mortor) ,So flip that glazed tile over and start engraving!
I've just been considering using a pegboard as a base and inserting metal pegs to hold up my work. The pegboard could also be used to keep flat things such as boards in place and make it easier to repeat the location by placing pegs at the corners once it's in place and framed.
I picked up a 600 x 400mm honeycomb bed for just £39. It's made of steel so you can use strong magnets to hold down warped 3mm plywood. Yes, I've gone the DIY route before, including using thumbtacks glued to a board which was actually OK, but it wasn't the full size of the available cutting area. A full size honeycomb is the best option and a good investment for the modest outlay.
You know, your video gave me an idea. What about simple staples glued in a row? a strip of wood would allow equal spacing wile gluing. Has anyone tried it? Thanks for your video.
Somehow found your channel. Like what you do. Might be completely wrong but it sounds like you are from South Africa? Anyway. Good job. Also looking at different ideas for a laser bed for cutting.
The wire needs to be tensioned and wrapped over a former at the edges to make a nice flat surface. It does take quite a lot of playing about with. I like the 3D printed bed though, that looks easy to replace when it wears out
Thanks for nice comparison. Can you share stl or even source files of the 3d printed bed. Alternatively you may give the parameters of the grid so that I can design it myself. i.e. height, thickness of the slab etc. Thanks in advance and great work
Thanks, I just created a basic 100mm x 100mm x 10mm block in Fusion 360 and in Cura set the top and bottom layers to 0 with infill of 20% and pattern of grid. The filament is white PLA. Hope this helps, I cant find the file at the moment.
@@makerz4247 Ahhh I still resist :-) Mainly not for financial reasons only thing I would hate to learn does complicated 3D programs. I think most of the bought 3D printers do nothing else than printing internet dowloaded models like BabyYoda, head of Lenin etc... for that nooo way if you really want to use it you have to invest time and energy into it... both I lack :-)))
@@bacsijancsi Although I have been using 3D and cad software for over 25 years, there is a very easy to use 3d app that is free and I bet you would be building all kinds of things very quickly, look up Autodesk TinkerCAD. Its a free online 3d app that is very easy to use and works very well with exporting 3d models to *.stl files for printing, even my son picked it up pretty quickly when he was 14. If I want to crank out something quick and simple to print I usually find myself turning to TinkerCAD as it is quick and easy to build all kinds of things. Also if you want to modify a model downloaded say from Thingiverse, it is easy to import the stl files from that in to a TinkerCAD scene, modify it, export it once you are done and load it up in your favourite slicer software to print. BTW Im in no way affiliated with Autodesk and just looking to help :)
@@ph0t0dave Thanks for the suggestion... I will I promise. I am really interested just have 12-16 hours a day of work...sooo hard... I also have. I got Blender installed on my Mac (very windows-ish interface :-( I also tried Strata 3D for a time last year but simply found it to be too complicated and honestly nor very well written...
@@bacsijancsi I hear you there, Im usually at my desk around 6am and take a couple hours off for supper and family and then back to my desk till midnight-ish lol. For simple 3d models for printing, TinkerCAD is pretty cool. But for any more serious work, then you are better off with a proper 3D or CAD program. I haven't tried Blender but it is on my list of apps to try. Normally I use Solidworks and 3dsmax...
