Tesoro Toltec II

[Qiaozhi]

You've really got to grips with the 3D printing.
Well done.

How long did it take to print?

[dbanner]

Very nice! Ivconic, you are certainly dedicated to your craft, the box looks superb!

I saw this tesoro box on another forum. There are also some files associated with it. Maybe these pics are already here somewhere on the forum, I don't know.
I'm not sure if it was 3D printed or molded. Or if it is an original box, but it looks a little strange, is there a bandido 3 uMax?? No. I guess he got a little creative.

[ivconic]

You've really got to grips with the 3D printing.
Well done.

How long did it take to print?

~ 10 hours all 3 parts (enclosure, front panel and battery door).
It looks very nice... but i am not satisfied totally.
I couldn't managed to make 100% exact copy.
My 3D drawing skills are modest and also i am doing all in Tinkercad, which is online, sometimes lagging, sometimes slowing down, not very rich with options.
So i didn't know how to draw properly the angles for the back side. Starting from front side there is slight decaying angle up to the back side. Horror!
I am having original Bandido II uMax in front of me, looking at it all the time, measuring it... and it makes me crazy all the time.
After whole day spent on attempts; i was not able to make angled back side. Or simply there is no way to do that in Tinkercad, can't tell.
So if you pay attention on my photos; you will notice that back side is not angled but straight.
That's one problem and another problem is as i mentioned; melted plastic is tricky and jitters, so you can not completely rely on proper drawings and math.
Usually it takes few prints to "calibrate" computer math and dimensions which are properly done in software with reality. Usually in reality there is mismatching, sometimes for 0.2mm and more.
For example the battery door from photo. It perfectly matches in Tinkercad but when printed; there was unbelievable mismatch, so i took sharp blade and had to spend 20 minutes more to correct that part to fit and slide into enclosure "channels" easily.
Same story with front panel.
I am still learning through the work and lot of trial&errors.
That's because i am layman.
Educated and experienced mechanic engineers will know and tell you that each type of mechanical machining is having it's own rules and "secrets".
Each machined material is having own tricks and traps, in form of various jitters when processed.
But with metal and wood you can always rely on some standard reference in tolerance and calculate it in advance.
In melted plastic case; it is much more difficult and unpredictable to know tolerance in advance.
So it always ends up with several attempts and trial&error method.
I have Autodesk Fusion 360 and 123 Design too. But i am not skilled yet with those software. Whenever i have time; i follow online courses for those.
By now Tinkercad is all what i can work with.

[ivconic]

Very nice! Ivconic, you are certainly dedicated to your craft, the box looks superb!

I saw this tesoro box on another forum. There are also some files associated with it. Maybe these pics are already here somewhere on the forum, I don't know.
I'm not sure if it was 3D printed or molded. Or if it is an original box, but it looks a little strange, is there a bandido 3 uMax?? No. I guess he got a little creative.

That's splendid done enclosure! I really like it!
It doesn't look like 3D printed?
Before i even made first attempt; i tried to find any 3D files for Tesoro box over the internet. But i found nothing.

[ivconic]

This is what i am talking about; most tricky part:




That's what gave me most of the headache and i was pi..ed of whole last night, trying to make it like that.
I failed.
This enclosure is real piece of work. But you can realize that only if you try to replicate it.
Original designer of this enclosure (mad man probably) is now laughing hard, reading my post.
I will not be completely satisfied until i do it properly.

[ivconic]

It's not about only that angle... it is "multidimensional" angled shape!
And i can not make it in Tinkercad.
More photos:

[ivconic]

I was not intended to share in public something that i consider as "unfinished" thing, but since i talked too much here... kinda i owe you at least something.
If you are ready to use sharp blade and 20 minutes additional work on battery door and front panel edges; than this is alright for you to print it.
Also there is another simple but effective trick that i recall now; when loading STL in some slicer; you can scale it down to 99% or 101% ("male or female" part) and there is huge chance to fit it perfectly like that.
Enjoy!

[ivconic]

One treat more:





Of course this is scalable, if you want larger coil, providing that your printer is having larger printing area...
I purposely left a small tolerance between TX, RX and base dimensions.
Simple reason; you can not always perfectly balance these kind of coils with "feedback" coil, so i added an "option" to move a bit RX and TX to additionally affect the balance.
Tolerances are so small, can help a lot and can not spoil things a lot!


"Graphit 33" spray - perfect for shielding this one...

[SVEN1]

Excellent job!!!

[ivconic]

Very nice! Ivconic, you are certainly dedicated to your craft, the box looks superb!

I saw this tesoro box on another forum. There are also some files associated with it. Maybe these pics are already here somewhere on the forum, I don't know.
I'm not sure if it was 3D printed or molded. Or if it is an original box, but it looks a little strange, is there a bandido 3 uMax?? No. I guess he got a little creative.

Cute it is!
But on second look; i see also that "mad man angles" are not done there too!
Now i feel bit better, to see that i am not the only one struggling with those angles!

[ivconic]

Excellent job!!!

[dbanner]

Cute it is!
But on second look; i see also that "mad man angles" are not done there too!
Now i feel bit better, to see that i am not the only one struggling with those angles!

You're right!!!
He had same issue with the tapered angle from fore to aft. Ha ha!
I think that the tapered sides add to the intrinsic beauty of the tesoro box, it is a gorgeous box!! Hats off to the designer.


I'm sure there is other software which can handle those peculiarities.

[6666]

IVCONIC, what orientation did you print CC-RX stl ?
I dont think my ender3 can handle that over hang.

[ionut_mtb]

Thank you for this project, Ivconic! I?m novice in 3d printing and 3d drawing. First i?ve used Tinkercad same like you. It is very simple and easy. But after i?ve managed to install Solid works. It is great software and you only need few youtube tutorials to use it. Less time consuming than tinkercad.

[ivconic]

IVCONIC, what orientation did you print CC-RX stl ?
I dont think my ender3 can handle that over hang.

Yes it can.
Cura 3.6.0
Later when printed; just pull out supports.
Needle-nose pliers is the best tool for this.