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3D printers and the things growers and stoners can make with them

2025 vertical germinator now available...single wall, 14 sites, improved flat bottom channels, water channel in the cover plate, and large foot at the base for stability.
Also slimmed down for faster print time.
1st prototype is almost finished printing and I'll test it out with some tomato seeds

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3D design single wall vg insert - Tinkercad

3D design single wall vg insert created by Bandit420 with Tinkercad
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3D design single wall VG cover plate - Tinkercad

3D design single wall VG cover plate created by Bandit420 with Tinkercad
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Bandit420 said:
2025 vertical germinator now available...single wall, 14 sites, improved flat bottom channels, water channel in the cover plate, and large foot at the base for stability.
Also slimmed down for faster print time.
1st prototype is almost finished printing and I'll test it out with some tomato seeds

www.tinkercad.com

3D design single wall vg insert - Tinkercad

3D design single wall vg insert created by Bandit420 with Tinkercad
www.tinkercad.com www.tinkercad.com

www.tinkercad.com

3D design single wall VG cover plate - Tinkercad

3D design single wall VG cover plate created by Bandit420 with Tinkercad
www.tinkercad.com www.tinkercad.com
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Looking good.

I’m still using the originals and still getting perfect results

These waffles will be easier to print for sure
 
Bandit420 said:
2025 vertical germinator now available...single wall, 14 sites, improved flat bottom channels, water channel in the cover plate, and large foot at the base for stability.
Also slimmed down for faster print time.
1st prototype is almost finished printing and I'll test it out with some tomato seeds

www.tinkercad.com

3D design single wall vg insert - Tinkercad

3D design single wall vg insert created by Bandit420 with Tinkercad
www.tinkercad.com www.tinkercad.com

www.tinkercad.com

3D design single wall VG cover plate - Tinkercad

3D design single wall VG cover plate created by Bandit420 with Tinkercad
www.tinkercad.com www.tinkercad.com
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Id better get in line
 
Bandit420 said:
2025 vertical germinator now available...single wall, 14 sites, improved flat bottom channels, water channel in the cover plate, and large foot at the base for stability.
Also slimmed down for faster print time.
1st prototype is almost finished printing and I'll test it out with some tomato seeds

www.tinkercad.com

3D design single wall vg insert - Tinkercad

3D design single wall vg insert created by Bandit420 with Tinkercad
www.tinkercad.com www.tinkercad.com

www.tinkercad.com

3D design single wall VG cover plate - Tinkercad

3D design single wall VG cover plate created by Bandit420 with Tinkercad
www.tinkercad.com www.tinkercad.com
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I don't know anything about 3D printing, but do appreciate the creativity, skill and time that must be invested in developing these designs. I also admire the generosity when sharing the design files. I can see the collaboration and sharing across the members here who have printers. Would it be unethical or inappropriate, for someone who doesn't have access to a printer, to reach out to a local printing service about to get a couple printed for personal use. If it's okay to do this, is there a way to make a monetary contribution to the owner of the files when you download them or any way to protect against a printing service offering your design as a their product available to purchase for printing?

Asking because I don't know the answers. It won't hurt my feelings to be told, "Don't do that, dumbass!" I'd actually be glad I asked, if that's the case.
 
BlueCollarBob said:
I don't know anything about 3D printing, but do appreciate the creativity, skill and time that must be invested in developing these designs. I also admire the generosity when sharing the design files. I can see the collaboration and sharing across the members here who have printers. Would it be unethical or inappropriate, for someone who doesn't have access to a printer, to reach out to a local printing service about to get a couple printed for personal use. If it's okay to do this, is there a way to make a monetary contribution to the owner of the files when you download them or any way to protect against a printing service offering your design as a their product available to purchase for printing?

Asking because I don't know the answers. It won't hurt my feelings to be told, "Don't do that, dumbass!" I'd actually be glad I asked, if that's the case.
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It really depends on which file site you download from as to what price if any there is to pay for a file.
Most of it is open source and 3D printer people just love sharing stuff.
The website Cults is pay to play and most files range from maybe 50 cents to $5 depending on what it is but that's just for things I've searched out.
Another website, Thingiverse, is free but you can tip the designer which I've done a couple times.

The only thing that really gets under my skin is Temu. Temu is a Chinese company who makes pure junk and are notorious for hijacking free 3D printer files, making the product, and charging for it.
Like Temu would be the scumbag who hijacks the VG file, makes 1000 of them, renames it, and tries to sell it for $20 when you can print it for free or for nothing more than a few cents of filament.
Another one was I made a war chain last year with the #5 on it and wore it to the NASCAR race. Nobody had anything like it and I got compliments and people asking where to get one. Fast forward this year, that war chain is being mass produced and sold for $65. Cost me less than $5 to make mine and IDK if it's coincidence or not but funny how that was the only driver war chain around and it looked exactly like the one I had made on a 3D printer a year earlier
 
Bandit420 said:
The only thing that really gets under my skin is Temu. Temu is a Chinese company who makes pure junk and are notorious for hijacking free 3D printer files, making the product, and charging for it.
Like Temu would be the scumbag who hijacks the VG file, makes 1000 of them, renames it, and tries to sell it for $20 when you can print it for free or for nothing more than a few cents of filament.
Another one was I made a war chain last year with the #5 on it and wore it to the NASCAR race. Nobody had anything like it and I got compliments and people asking where to get one. Fast forward this year, that war chain is being mass produced and sold for $65. Cost me less than $5 to make mine and IDK if it's coincidence or not but funny how that was the only driver war chain around and it looked exactly like the one I had made on a 3D printer a year earlier
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This is the kind of thing I don't want to enable. I'm asking if there is an ethical and responsible way to approach sourcing a shop to print from a file shared by you or someone else on Bud Builders. I've poked around looking at printers, but that's not in my immediate future. It's cool as sh_t of you guys to share your work. I'd like to have a shop print a VG or two for personal use, but don't want to do anything to mess things up.
 
BlueCollarBob said:
This is the kind of thing I don't want to enable. I'm asking if there is an ethical and responsible way to approach sourcing a shop to print from a file shared by you or someone else on Bud Builders. I've poked around looking at printers, but that's not in my immediate future. It's cool as sh_t of you guys to share your work. I'd like to have a shop print a VG or two for personal use, but don't want to do anything to mess things up.
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Ya know, I can print all these anyone wants. My biggest issue is I can never find time to ship stuff. that part of it is a PITA.

If someone can make it easy on me to do that part, I'll print them for free.
 
i luv my war chains!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that 5 is a Bandit OG!!!!!! fuckin priceless if ya ask me!!!!!

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Bandit, with a little lighting we could pimp em out better than mr.H could ever dream of!!! chaser lights all around the chain and then the icon doing donuts!!!! wear it while ripping a peak pro!!! ;roc
 
moe.red said:
Ya know, I can print all these anyone wants. My biggest issue is I can never find time to ship stuff. that part of it is a PITA.

If someone can make it easy on me to do that part, I'll print them for free.
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You guys are great. I'm really not making a pitch to find someone on here to print it. I know how valuable time is (that value is constantly increasing). Just wondering if there's a way for me to use a third party printer that respects and protects the creator's efforts.
 
BlueCollarBob said:
You guys are great. I'm really not making a pitch to find someone on here to print it. I know how valuable time is (that value is constantly increasing). Just wondering if there's a way for me to use a third party printer that respects and protects the creator's efforts.
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Well the creator is bandit. He has shared freely for personal or bb gift use.

Cool for you to ask.
 
I saw some pics from a 3D printing convention.
Anybody ever hear of a pellet fed printer? Yeah that's a thing now but this pic gave me a 3D printed boner....

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Also looked up the Spanish company doing this 3D printing with metal. They're all kinds of baddass but I think I need Jeff Bezos kinda money to buy one of these rigs.

 
Just looking at that vid with the 3 d headers..these wouldn’t have the strength or the smoothness for the gasses to flow smoothly specially at the radius where air (gases) takes the shortest route .it would b bumpy.blows my mind though what can b do….
 
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Bandit420 said:
I saw some pics from a 3D printing convention.
Anybody ever hear of a pellet fed printer? Yeah that's a thing now but this pic gave me a 3D printed boner....

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Also looked up the Spanish company doing this 3D printing with metal. They're all kinds of baddass but I think I need Jeff Bezos kinda money to buy one of these rigs.

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At Fidelity they had printers that took blocks of wax like material. Each colour a different shape, like a kids toy. It was so good they locked two of them up where you need to have the clearance to use them and cameras watched everything.

When IT had them in the setup area one guy tried printing a 50. It looked perfect. Only did the one side but man it looked good.

Most printers are designed not to copy money properly but this was a new type in around 2006.
 
Max said:
Just looking at that vid with the 3 d headers..these wouldn’t have the strength or the smoothness for the gasses to flow smoothly specially at the radius where air (gases) takes the shortest route .it would b bumpy.blows my mind though what can b do….
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plus way to many seams in the material, would probably blow apart from the shakes and pressure. still a really cool idea though!! i'm sure it has all kinds of good applications.

Zen_seeker said:
At Fidelity they had printers that took blocks of wax like material. Each colour a different shape, like a kids toy. It was so good they locked two of them up where you need to have the clearance to use them and cameras watched everything.

When IT had them in the setup area one guy tried printing a 50. It looked perfect. Only did the one side but man it looked good.

Most printers are designed not to copy money properly but this was a new type in around 2006.
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in clean rooms they use a special type of paper that doesn't allow particles to fall off. if you copy money on cleanroom paper it feels extremely similar to real money!!!!!
 
Stoneyluv said:
plus way to many seams in the material, would probably blow apart from the shakes and pressure. still a really cool idea though!! i'm sure it has all kinds of good applications.



in clean rooms they use a special type of paper that doesn't allow particles to fall off. if you copy money on cleanroom paper it feels extremely similar to real money!!!!!
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When I worked at Ministry of Transportation I had to get the special paper with the background images and watermarks. They would only sign me out one sheet at a time. I was setup up the machine and program that printed on it. Had to do it in the right places. Think I still have one or two sheets in a file. Haven’t been used now for over a decade, probably two.
 
Zen_seeker said:
When I worked at Ministry of Transportation I had to get the special paper with the background images and watermarks. They would only sign me out one sheet at a time. I was setup up the machine and program that printed on it. Had to do it in the right places. Think I still have one or two sheets in a file. Haven’t been used now for over a decade, probably two.
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i keep some nostalgia around as well.. i still have some wafers from the semi conductor days..
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Zen_seeker said:
That’s cool. Frame one. I have a CPU collection framed on my office wall. Sadly only intel.
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intel's the best anyway!! i have a few things hanging on the wall but nothing in frames.. honestly never really thought that clever!! haha

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Oh wow

That's neat
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thats a blast from my past... they're silicon wafers that get images burned on them then put into machines that dip them in different tanks of acids and bases that etch the silicon wafer like that. these etchings then become electron paths and resistors and things that make up computer chips.

the wafers are then stacked on top of each other, bonded together. then cut and sliced into squares and rectangles that become computer chips. they then solder on the legs. the machine that does that s freakin awesome!!!

i built and worked on the machines that dip the wafers in the acids and bases.. chems like sulfuric, nitric, HF.. some real nasty heavy hitters. some would simply be DI water and safe as can be.. some tanks had megasonics in them to agitate the wafers. some were just a quick dump rinse depending on what the recipe called for depending on what they were looking to produce.

i know you didn't ask, but i love talking about it!! haha

those machines taught me a little of everything.. automation, software, plumbing, electrical, pneumatics, robotics.

made a machine once for Motorola that cleaned a large meter x meter mask used to make flexible screens that was a really cool cleanroom in dresden germany.

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yeah, thats me in a bunny suit!! haha

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now i wash cars and fix dryers and such... funny how life leads us..
 
Stoneyluv said:
intel's the best anyway!! i have a few things hanging on the wall but nothing in frames.. honestly never really thought that clever!! haha



thats a blast from my past... they're silicon wafers that get images burned on them then put into machines that dip them in different tanks of acids and bases that etch the silicon wafer like that. these etchings then become electron paths and resistors and things that make up computer chips.

the wafers are then stacked on top of each other, bonded together. then cut and sliced into squares and rectangles that become computer chips. they then solder on the legs. the machine that does that s freakin awesome!!!

i built and worked on the machines that dip the wafers in the acids and bases.. chems like sulfuric, nitric, HF.. some real nasty heavy hitters. some would simply be DI water and safe as can be.. some tanks had megasonics in them to agitate the wafers. some were just a quick dump rinse depending on what the recipe called for depending on what they were looking to produce.

i know you didn't ask, but i love talking about it!! haha

those machines taught me a little of everything.. automation, software, plumbing, electrical, pneumatics, robotics.

made a machine once for Motorola that cleaned a large meter x meter mask used to make flexible screens that was a really cool cleanroom in dresden germany.
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Sounds like some $$$
Stoneyluv said:
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yeah, thats me in a bunny suit!! haha

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now i wash cars and fix dryers and such... funny how life leads us..
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thats actually pretty cool

i dont know much about it, but ive watched a few videos on EUV lithography and how chips are made.

and AMD is better now, sir

haha
 
Stoneyluv said:
intel's the best anyway!! i have a few things hanging on the wall but nothing in frames.. honestly never really thought that clever!! haha



thats a blast from my past... they're silicon wafers that get images burned on them then put into machines that dip them in different tanks of acids and bases that etch the silicon wafer like that. these etchings then become electron paths and resistors and things that make up computer chips.

the wafers are then stacked on top of each other, bonded together. then cut and sliced into squares and rectangles that become computer chips. they then solder on the legs. the machine that does that s freakin awesome!!!

i built and worked on the machines that dip the wafers in the acids and bases.. chems like sulfuric, nitric, HF.. some real nasty heavy hitters. some would simply be DI water and safe as can be.. some tanks had megasonics in them to agitate the wafers. some were just a quick dump rinse depending on what the recipe called for depending on what they were looking to produce.

i know you didn't ask, but i love talking about it!! haha

those machines taught me a little of everything.. automation, software, plumbing, electrical, pneumatics, robotics.

made a machine once for Motorola that cleaned a large meter x meter mask used to make flexible screens that was a really cool cleanroom in dresden germany.

View attachment 96779View attachment 96780

yeah, thats me in a bunny suit!! haha

.

now i wash cars and fix dryers and such... funny how life leads us..
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Yeah, many is the times at parties or family gatherings I get pulled aside by someone with a question only to have me geek out for a while. 🤣
 
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