On 14 Apr 2016, at 20:14, Jonathan Peakall wrote: > HI All, > > In a couple of weeks, I'm going to be helping my nephew to assemble a 3D > printer. One of the first projects I would like to use it for is to make some > B9012 Pixie tube sockets. > > I've never used a 3D printer, so it is all new to me. The data sheet I have > has a good mechanical drawing for a starting point. Does anyone know of an > off the shelf product I could use for the pin sockets? I am currently using > some pin sockets scrounged from common old sockets, I think from a 9 pin. > > And any other advice would be much appreciated. If I can make something that > works, I should be able to help out any other list members that might need > some. > > Jonathan
1] Get some pin sockets, scrounged as you describe above 2] Get cylinder from old adhesive tape tube 3] Put pin sockets on tube pins, to suit tube available 4] Centre/center tube and pins within cylinder (depending on whether you follow proper English or Noah Webster's artificial dialect of the aforementioned language) 4] Melt polymorph in cup of hot water and squidge it into the cylinder, around the pins - squidge is a technical term (ignore it for now, you don't need to know) 5] Pop the socket out of the cylinder when the polymorph has solidified 6] Buy much alcohol with the money you have saved from not buying a 3D printer, pour and enjoy the time you saved not making a 3D model Job done, John S -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/E45A51E1-9DFD-4DDB-8F82-2083765348D2%40jsdesign.co.uk. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
