Sorry you felt it was unduly negative. Written language is poor at transmitting nuance. If I had such a printer I might consider making a cover. But I don’t and I too live in a less populated area and the closest person I know who has a printer is in Arizona. I am long retired and soon will need to be moving out of my house. I have no professional reason to support the purchase of a 3D printer and before long I would be needing to get rid of it anyway. So for me the obvious choice is to buy a cover. And I prefer chrome anyway.
I think my question of why is legitimate and was answered satisfactorily by W0EB in a private email. I will admit that my comment on 3D printers may have seemed a bit harsh. However, I don’t see them as common as he does (it would be interesting to know what percentage of hams have one) and examining my own life, short of having a business that supports one, I find it hard to see the economic value for the average ham to have one. My lack of Ideas does not mean there are not compelling uses. In fact I would love to hear from other hams as to how they have found a 3D printer useful especially for problems for which no other solution is available. Again sorry if you felt offended. Peace 73 David K0LUM > On May 10, 2021, at 11:44 AM, KJ7SOY <kj7...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think that’s a bit of a negative viewpoint. Here’s another approach: > > I have a 3-D printer. I don’t need to justify the fact that I have it. I use > it daily, most often multiple times a day, both personally and > professionally. It’s always here and always available, I always have filament > for it, and it can produce a cap much faster than getting one shipped to me > since I live rurally and there’s nowhere local to buy one. Why shouldn’t I > simply print one since I already have the printer? > > 73 > -Adrian > KJ7SOY > > >> On May 10, 2021, at 9:31 AM, David Christ <radio...@mchsi.com> wrote: >> >> Why go to the trouble? Metal and plastic caps for SO-239 are available all >> over for a small price. >> >> The only reason I can see to 3D print it is because one wants to justify >> having the printer >> >> David K0LUM >> >>> On May 10, 2021, at 10:20 AM, Jim Sheldon <w...@cox.net> wrote: >>> >>> Just found a really nice looking SO-239 cover design for 3D printing on >>> Thingiverse.com. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4854560 It just so >>> happens to fit the threads on the 8 pin microphone jack used on the K3, and >>> many other radios. >>> >>> For those like myself who operate 99 percent CW and don't even keep a >>> microphone connected to their K2, K3, K3S, K4, etc, this is a useful item >>> to protect both the outer threads of the jack and keep crud from entering >>> the pin area. >>> >>> With the proliferation of 3D printers in many ham workshops these days, if >>> you don't have one, it should be relatively easy to find someone who has. >>> >>> Jim Sheldon, W0EB >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> Message delivered to radio...@mchsi.com >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to kj7...@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
