Clock Radio

Build Jig

Mon Nov 15 2021 14:04

I think this is the thing I'll be using the 3D printer most for. Just building jigs and small tools to help out with assembly. This is just a stand to hold the board while I work on it. It's got cutouts for the testing stuff hanging off of it, which works for both orientations.

This was also an interesting experiment in build time vs material. I created an earlier version with triangular cutouts on the walls and board supports that only jutted out at the top. That does save about 20% on the material, but it also estimated to take 30% longer to print. The build supports for the floating supports also take a lot longer to print than just extending the rectangles all the way down to the bed.

Since I'd save maybe 10 cents of material, I just simplified it to what you see here. The quickest thing to print is just a shape that can be extruded vertically from the print bed.

It did totally lift on the corners but that's fine. This is a throwaway jig.