3D printed detector

[Tibuck19]

nice job. hope mine will turn out as good, just waiting for printer to turn up, have used blender to make every thing up, just need the printer to turn up.

Thank you , Surprisingly enough the 3D printed detectors held out very well , The back surf pi, was one of my first and it been used a lot and banged around on rocks in fast moving waters and still all in one piece and working, it even went to Spain and back. IF it can survive flight baggage handlers, it can survive anything hahaha , the MMP has been pack and un-packed in a bag daily all summer long and looks the same today as it did when I made it! I only used ABS for 95% of the parts, and PETG for arm rest parts. If you plan your parts out right you ll be able to have something looking good and working at a fraction of the price, the only thing to keep in mind is, because it plastics, you will have to line the inside of the case with Aluminum foils and or Copper tape and ground to the board too prevent EMI interference. Good luck and share what you come up with and if you need any help or advice Just ask and ill be happy to share my thoughts.

[Tibuck19]

Very nice design. I like your MD Enclosure.

Will save them.

If you like to print a MMP/ Cuda ones out, I would happily share the files with you.

[BKY1337]

Yes im interested , but i think i will not use it now because i have ordered aluminium enclosures.
You should upload your work at thingiverse.

[6666]

If you like to print a MMP/ Cuda ones out, I would happily share the files with you.

hi i still dont know which printer to buy, what print area is required to print your parts ?

[kosacid]

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2582962

[BKY1337]

I have an Anet A8 Printer and i guess i can print all of his parts with it.
Printing Area is 220x220mm. But its a cheap printer.

Maybe a bigger Printing Area would be better for MD Coil enclosures.

[kosacid]

I have the same printer updated to marlin to center it stock firmware won't cut it

[Chiv]

Smart surf set up Kosacid, did you shield inside the housing at all? I spent hours browsing that things site last night lol, some really good items to have a crack at when nothing better to do, thanks for the share.

[Chiv]

just found this. K - Camel Carbon Fiber 3D Printer Filament 1.75mm, be good for housing of pcb high conductivity it says on site

[Tibuck19]

Yes im interested , but i think i will not use it now because i have ordered aluminium enclosures.
You should upload your work at thingiverse.

If the Aluminium case doesn't work out for you ,PC me you email. And no, I will not share those files on thingiverse, I do share on there,( https://www.thingiverse.com/tibuck/about ) but not MD stuff.

I have designed all the files to be printed on a standard 200mmx200mm bed which 95% of the printers out there can do.

[Tibuck19]

just found this. K - Camel Carbon Fiber 3D Printer Filament 1.75mm, be good for housing of pcb high conductivity it says on site

I bought a few rolls of Proto pasta Carbon fiber and the conductive pla, none of them do anything for EMI or anything metal detector related, In the end they are very much PLA just with added fiber powder and a weak blend at best. I have not tried the Camel one you speak of, nonetheless I would assume their all kind of the same blends.

[Chiv]

thank for info about carbon fiber I shall stick with the known method of shielding then

[kosacid]

geotech barracuda boxbarra.zip

[6666]

thanks to KT315 check this out
http://md-arena.com/samodelnyj-metal...vitelnye-foto/

[Tibuck19]

thanks to KT315 check this out
http://md-arena.com/samodelnyj-metal...vitelnye-foto/

I've seen it before and very cool, however I don't read Russian and have no clue what or where we could get the board, here another one like it http://www.de-si-gn.com/3Dmodel_mK.html, One thing I can say with certainty, unless the shafts are printed out of Nylons or something like it , they will break from the inertia for the coils weight swing back and forth, I faced a similar problem with the hand grips on my MD's , I solved the problem with placing a stainless steel Chicago bolt throw the printed part and shaft.

I also had to change my coil designs to have a empty cavity on the part where the coil connects to the shaft, and filled the void with fiberglass resins to prevent breakage over time, my first coil had to be fixed many times till I did this.