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After months of furstration things going wrong projects just not getting the right out comes and dayjob im going to gridfinity my work shop as i have been churning tools and junk i have acumlated over the last 5 years as i want a space i an work in with out issues.

as i want to connect multible base plates i found this project that cought my eye so time to mesure and genorate some bits. https://gridfinitygenerator.com/

so worked out i need 8 x 5×5 plates then another 4 x 3 x 5 plates

so easy to generate.

now for a long print each plate is around 3hrs 30 mins so a fair few hrs later and we have now all the big panels and connectors also brought some self tapping counder sunk screws to hold it to the wooden shelf. started late last night knocked 2 out betweeen work and playing with my son.

day 2

another 2 down desided to start pining them together so printed 50 connectors now on to plate five that should be done by 1 am think i will get back on it in the morning day 3 is done.

day 3

should get second row done today as working from home tommorw so can clear the bed and get straight back on it. Then 4 more smaller plates

Then the fun can begin.now that i have it all connected and screwed in 4 corners and a few places inbetween.

Day 4

I am going to need to make dump bins tool cutouts etc think i will add labled lids if i can then could also have a board on top if doing project that require more space.

Time to look in to what i am going to need as the cave looks like a bombs gone off in it again. so many connectors to find homes for bits of wires and battery electirical moduals the life of a maker. 79 joining clips later and all joined up.

Day 5

we are golden 8 m3 x 10mm self tappers to hold it in place i now have 13 x 20 grid to fill so going to need some planning and looking on makers world for the bits i know i need for the build.

time to build a plan for the grid so have start with might move some nuts and bolts out of the draws to make it more of a parts bin and keep tools in the draws i have.

fisrt up have printed a 3×5 tool basket

next up i have printed a 3 by 2 wiring basket for some lose power wiring i have.

realsing i am going to need some more black filiment so looking at sunlu or esun to get best rate as aslo have some projects for my wifes craft studio coming up.

Design time so after exporting a 4 x 4 cutout form the project i imported it in to fusion converted the stl mesh and then added a cuircle of 77mm to the bace then exstruded it in fusion added some a beveled edge and exported ready for 2 x 1kg resin storage. going to test print in a colour i dont like to make sure it does work.

only 1hr 40 mins to print let see if it works

so what to print next will come back tothat later as im just going to get on with next project will add a new post showing more as i fill it.

this was a fun quick project as i remixed some one else’s dc plug holder to accommodate 9 plugs for the centre boss of my work shop i had to do this due to the wiring harness i had made kept sparking on the metal boss plate. so i started off with the idea to make my own.

so the quick sketch i put together started with 130mm circual disk to this was going to extrude to accommodate the plugs. so i started to look for a step file to trace. but found this single or dual plug design on printables.com for DC Power Jack Mount by GcodeGearHead

so with that i fired up fusion 360 and imported the stl file as a mesh i then converted it and simplified the imported mesh after that i did a circular array for 9 of the original plug on the axis of 130 mill circle after that i extruded the circle so i could embed the holders.

i then created walls and filled in the gaps for to make it a puck

i then sealed the space in between to make it a solid circle

then put over the the printer and 1hr 43 mins later we had a working prototype that works so well i didn’t need to make any further adjustments.

i then added a lid that i made out of 3mm thick 130mm disc.

ready for gluing.

I then left it to dry next up i attached double sided m3 tape and stuck it to the celling I then connected the main feed to the female connector and the link for the segment to the male connector.

i will be adding a dimmer switch later for the segments the tool lights are on there own feed.

need to clean the cobwebs as been its in need of a spring clean have been removing cabling hence the staples all part of the deep clean.

more coming soon

works been getting in the way of my side projects so i thought i better give an update. the man cave pc died so have no way of running my machines. also the networking isn’t working as well so i will be running a dedicated 2 par ethernet cables down there. will make a project of that once i have figured the best way to this.

Back on with the organisation of the man cave

Another 2 months printing bits for the house and the cave removing rubbish offcuts and bits i no longer need. I turned on re doing the walls behind the monitors i have researching best type of peg bords to used i have gone for Ikea Skadis as there’s a lot of bits i can print to aid my tool screws and nick knacks. So after several trips to ikea. approx. 10kg of matt Pla later i have done 3 walls of bits and started on the new lighting.

so have a wall of nuts and bolts connectors and misc parts. behind the monitors i have wire and soldiering parts. and opposite side is all my airbrush paint thinners brush cleaning and airbrushes. next wall is all my tools.

also been moving 3D printers around a have ripped out my octoprint farm as both raspberry pi 3 have died and i am going to upgrade ultraviolet to the latest variation of Prusa mk4s well if funds allow. I think i will donate the orange Prusa mk3s to my sons school.

As always busy been finding this quite therapeutic as looking forward to a uncluttered work space

next up need to build a hub for the lighting so i can expand it will document my design process.

also sneak peek in the centre of the desk of modular shop vacuum system i am building. and will also be fitting compressed air system as well. but thats future projects. still need to remove the junk behind the camera.

I am hoping it wont be such a long break between next post but off to Japan in 4 weeks see what fun things i pick up.

Cannot believe its been a year nearly since i posted last. life’s been a little hectic with a 6 and 7 now year old and my free time has gone out of the window.

So what gone down since i last posted got a new printer bamboo labs carbon x1 with 2 x AMS multi material.

still not cleared the man cave up or hard wired it to the network as that’s going to be next year i think.

been working on my arcade machine now have some life but need to wire all up and configure every thing in to retrocera so i can get it all working this is going to be time consuming but worth it.

i will also need to learn LED splicer to get the cab flashing right. so i will start on that

still trying to launch gaming junkies but haven’t had much time to develop it. hoping the new creative space we have been working on upstairs will be up and running soon.

so will be back to designing and creating soon as me no make stuff makes josh a dull boy.

The right server moved completely back with a bigger better server also 2 new websites coming just need time to develop them one about gaming ones about selling my crafting work. more information. there will be some crossover from the 2 to hear as well.

going to attempt to fix my switch as it’s been deaf for a few years.

filled my 1tb in my steam deck so I have ordered a 2tb internal will document this from start to finish.

will do some more on my Retroid 3+

Been playing with enclosure designs for the Jsaux mod case.

been also teaching myself more about 3d designing. as managed to snap my alarm fob so had an idea will share this and more over the next few months

Life has been getting in the way again and we just moved the server there might be some glitches. Working on it all atm.

Right back in the cave after a cold snap Has ground things to a halt for a month.

new year so time to have a cleanout will be migrating some equipment out of the cave once working. the custom cr-10 build I am going to finish it and then will ship it to wales with some more tools as lack being able to create it when I am away.

so why am I losing a printer well fiber laser will be coming soon so I can start doing some fun streams still working on setting up and I need to raise the connection speed to the shed as speeds are still capping out below stream minimums.

also going to clean out the projects that failed completely as I need to make some space and add additional extraction for the fiber laser. also going to fire up my CNC machine again.

will add more in the next week or so.

sorry, not a lot has been going on have had a bit of a day job work overload going on and will be going on holiday for some RNR hoping for 9 days off when I get back more stuff coming up.

see you on the other side of the holidays.