3d Printed a shopvac hood for my metal lathe

[NT_2112]

Found the original plan on Thingverse and modified it.

I think it came out pretty decent.

I ordered magnets and will post a picture when I have installed them and mounted it on the metal lathe.

 

[RangeRat]

I'll be interested to see how it works out. I just ordered an Ender 3 Pro this morning with the intent to make some connections for my shop vac among other things.

 

[magpens]

Gorgeous !!!!

What finish did you put on that ?????

 

[NT_2112]

No finish.

I used Blue PLA filament. The printer takes a 1.75mm strand and extrudes in .2mm layers from bottom to top.
The spool looks something like this:

Here is the time lapse.

 

[TonyL]

Wow...neat!

 

[lorbay]

Holy crap. How long did that take ??
Lin

 

[NT_2112]

That print was about 8 hours. But it runs all by itself, so it's pretty low effort.

 

[Holzchief]

That's cool. We've been thinking about a 3d printer for pen forms, but that's a great idea. My primary lathe is 70 years old, can't just order a hood from Rockler or Woodcraft.

 

[NT_2112]

It's looking pretty good so far. Will probably add a few more magnets to make it stick on a little stronger.