Custom 3D Printed MIDI Controller Knobs

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Post by iansmith9876 » Mon, Jun 15, 2020, 7:14 AM UTC

Custom 3D Printed MIDI Controller Knobs
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Re: Custom 3D Printed MIDI Controller Knobs

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Post by salamanderman » Mon, Jun 15, 2020, 2:31 PM UTC

That's a lovely little end to end tutorial of all the steps of producing a custom part with a 3d printer! ... I've worked in 3d printing technologies for close to a decade so I've read a lot of blogs and articles.

Re: Custom 3D Printed MIDI Controller Knobs

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Post by iansmith9876 » Mon, Jun 15, 2020, 3:26 PM UTC

salamanderman wrote: post #2

That's a lovely little end to end tutorial of all the steps of producing a custom part with a 3d printer! ... I've worked in 3d printing technologies for close to a decade so I've read a lot of blogs and articles.

Thanks a lot! I’m fairly new to it so I’m glad you enjoyed it.

Re: Custom 3D Printed MIDI Controller Knobs

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Post by buffet_overflow » Mon, Jun 15, 2020, 4:06 PM UTC

If you get tired of painting, you could insert a layer change filament swap (M600 gcode, or manual option in Slic3r) to swap from black to white as you reach the notch cutout, and back to black once you clear it. You should then be able to see the white color from the front.

Re: Custom 3D Printed MIDI Controller Knobs

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Post by iansmith9876 » Mon, Jun 15, 2020, 4:17 PM UTC

buffet_overflow wrote: post #4

If you get tired of painting, you could insert a layer change filament swap (M600 gcode, or manual option in Slic3r) to swap from black to white as you reach the notch cutout, and back to black once you clear it. You should then be able to see the white color from the front.

Cool idea! I haven’t tried any filament swaps yet but it sounds like it would work well for this. I’ll look into it for a second version.

Re: Custom 3D Printed MIDI Controller Knobs

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Post by dannylmathews » Mon, Jun 15, 2020, 4:35 PM UTC

Fun . And appreciate you sharing the file.