#Plasbeams photo box update: yeah, this didn't work quite as hoped. At over 2.5kg, this thing has a will of its own, and enough weight to pull the bearing hinge assemblies apart and turn the whole thing into an uncooperative plastic octopus.
I think with anchors that slide over the hinges at full extension, and a careful order of operations, this can still be assembled; more likely I will need to swap the hinges for static brackets, and find another method for breakdown and storage. #3DPrinting
Taking a short side quest away from the photo box project to build some workshop infrastructure with my #plasbeams. Any guesses as to what this set of parts will become?
Speaking of documenting failures in the process, I'd been working on this concept for a few weeks now, and my first attempt was this straight replication of a traditional heat-set press, with a carriage that runs up and down a vertical beam. It took time to internalise the spirit of #plasbeams, which is to embrace new ways of thinking about old problems.
This was functional, and I'm proud of the design, but it was pretty wobbly and didn't do the job particularly well. #3DPrinting@3dprinting
From #fakerbeams to #Plasbeams! This is ten metres of fully #3DPrinting construction beams, plus some brackets and hinges to join them together.
You're looking at the skeleton of a huge, collapsible photo tent - the four 90cm beams are the uprights, while the pairs of 40cm beams will hinge in the middle and at the ends to allow the whole thing to fold up. Half a kilo of nuts, bolts and threaded inserts will arrive next week, and then I can start assembling this beast!