Is it a bit tragic that I view this as a genuinely exciting discovery?...

[Sam Inglis]

Someone with a 3D printer is recreating the plastic bits for old AKG mic clips! You know, the ones that are always broken...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304173081201

[Matt Houghton]

Dunno about 'exciting'. But I was similarly pleased to find printed mounts for the MD421...

[Hugh Robjohns]

I share your excitement... but yes, my wife tells me it is very sad!

Always hated those SA18 clips, though, and not least because of the non-obvious need to rotate the mic in the clip before removing it. A little known secret to most (including me for many years! !).

[Music Wolf]

I think that it's fair to say that we don't get out much

[Albatross]

What's really sad is watching it through the glass while it prints.

[BJG145]

Sheesh. Really?

[Forum Admin]

Someone with a 3D printer is recreating the plastic bits for old AKG mic clips!

Funny you should bring this up, but a certain Technical Editor recently reviewed a JM Acoustic ORTF Microphone Clip, which is 3D-printed, and the review is appearing in the forthcoming November 2021 editions.

There are some inventive types out there in cyberspace making use of 3D printers to create such things as control surface or sequencer stands at precisely the angle you really want.

[shufflebeat]

AKG seem to have a mixed record on clips. I have an SA30 in my toolbox which I've been attempting to disassemble for about three years with a selection of tools. It began as a repurposing project but once I'd destroyed it beyond serviceable, albeit still intact, it has become a battle of wit and will which so far I've been losing.



Internet sample pic.

[The Elf]

Dunno about 'exciting'. But I was similarly pleased to find printed mounts for the MD421...

Ooh! I never thought of 3D printing for that! Gotta now take a look for 421 and 441 clips!!!

[Mike Stranks]

Someone with a 3D printer is recreating the plastic bits for old AKG mic clips!

Funny you should bring this up, but a certain Technical Editor recently reviewed a JM Acoustic ORTF Microphone Clip, which is 3D-printed, and the review is appearing in the forthcoming November 2021 editions.

There are some inventive types out there in cyberspace making use of 3D printers to create such things as control surface or sequencer stands at precisely the angle you really want.

I have a couple of these... see https://www.shapeways.com/shops/jm-acoustic?li=pb

I always used to like those AKG clear plastic clips that had a rubber friction wheel in the clip...

[Matt Houghton]

Dunno about 'exciting'. But I was similarly pleased to find printed mounts for the MD421...

Ooh! I never thought of 3D printing for that! Gotta now take a look for 421 and 441 clips!!!

If you know anyone with a suitable 3D printer lots of these files can also be found in the Thingiverse.

[Forum Admin]

If you know anyone with a suitable 3D printer...

I recently sent one to the local 'rubbish tip' that had been languishing in our garage for years, missing a vital part. It came from the DeAgostini magazine "Build Your Own 3D Printer" part-work series where you pay your subscription and every week they mailed me a new part to build it myself. (Well, this was when my children were at school and we lived in hope these DIY projects would spur interest in building it - alas, not.)

So it went off to the great recycling plant in the sky.

[The Elf]

So it went off to the great recycling plant in the sky.

I've not had the courage to buy a 3D printer as yet. Some people say 'dive in , the water's lovely' and others say 'here be dragons'.

Unfortunately I also don't know anyone here with a printer, but as I understand it Thingiverse includes contacts for people who will undertake the printing for you - at a price, of course.

[FrankF]

As an experiment, someone should get a 3D printer to print one of its own internal components, just to see if it develops a paranoid personality.

[Hugh Robjohns]

Can a 3D printer become self-replicating?

[Forum Admin]

Unfortunately I also don't know anyone here with a printer, but as I understand it Thingiverse includes contacts for people who will undertake the printing for you - at a price, of course.

They tend to be found in University labs, so if you can find a student able to, ahem, indulge in his 'project' you might be on to a winner.

[James Perrett]

Can a 3D printer become self-replicating?

Fairly sure there was a 3D printer design a few years ago made almost entirely out of 3D printed parts (or at least that's what a work colleague who knows about these things told me).

Here's one that I found

https://www.sculpteo.com/en/3d-learning ... d-printer/

[FrankF]

Can a 3D printer become self-replicating?

Aah, would that be the famous Narcissus 6, where the replicated parts come out shinier, sexier, and more colourful than the originals?

Talking of PKD, in his "Pay for the Printer" (1956), 3D printers are known as Biltongs, and they're dying out:

In a war-ravaged future, humanity has come to depend on an alien species known as the Biltongs, possessed of the ability to replicate items identically – although the copies only last for a short time. When the Biltongs become decrepit, the humans are forced to rediscover the skill of building. (Wiki)

[Forum Admin]

Talking of PKD, in his "Pay for the Printer" (1956), 3D printers are known as Biltongs

Biltong is being advertised on UK TV with two young actors doing South African accents, badly.

"Biltong" is an abbreviation of "bull tongue" and it looks disgusting! Who wants to eat that as a snack?

https://yoursouthafricanshop.co.uk/collections/biltong

[Drew Stephenson]

I actually really like it. But it is an acquired taste.

[Luke W]

Can a 3D printer become self-replicating?

Fairly sure there was a 3D printer design a few years ago made almost entirely out of 3D printed parts (or at least that's what a work colleague who knows about these things told me).

The beginning of the end...

Everything I've ever learnt from Sci-Fi tells me this is a terrible idea.

[Mixedup]

Unfortunately I also don't know anyone here with a printer, but as I understand it Thingiverse includes contacts for people who will undertake the printing for you - at a price, of course.

My Dad has one... and he's actually not too far from you. But I've not persuaded him to print me anything yet (he's 'learning' by printing a huge working clock, as you do!).

[The Elf]

Unfortunately I also don't know anyone here with a printer, but as I understand it Thingiverse includes contacts for people who will undertake the printing for you - at a price, of course.

My Dad has one... and he's actually not too far from you. But I've not persuaded him to print me anything yet (he's 'learning' by printing a huge working clock, as you do!).

[Sam Spoons]

My Dad has one...

....he's 'learning' by printing a huge working clock, as you do!

He'll be taking his time then?

Is that my coat?

[Forum Admin]

He'll be taking his time then?

Classic!

[Airfix]

Self replication is easy peasy lemon squeezy - However -- it requires biological assembly bots

[Airfix]

i nearly bought a 3d printer many times - it must be the lego guy in me - you need an outdoor place as they stink and they are noxous - - i might yet relent and get one for fun - lego mindstorms crazy - great for bots

[Mixedup]

My Dad has one...

....he's 'learning' by printing a huge working clock, as you do!

He'll be taking his time then?

Is that my coat?

Yeah. He needs a hand...