What do you guys always need for your vintage computing projects?
(I know VCF East 2024 *just* ended and I'm not asking about plans for next year, don't worry!) I'm thinking of being a vendor at next year's VCF East or the year after that. I'm getting into 3d printing and I'm going to buy a few more printers. If I 3D printed brackets and adapters and more and sold them, what do you guys always seem to need for your projects? Hard drive sleds? SCSI2SD adapters for old Macintosh computers? Floppy EMU cases? My 3d modeling skills are 0/10 so these things need to exist on Thingiverse or yeggi.com (3d print search engine) But I'll download Fusion 360 and try and figure out something, so if you guys have any ideas for useful things I could make, let me know! Sincerely, Charlie
Commodore 1701/1702 front door (adjustment knob cover/door) :) -Chris Gioconda On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 7:13 AM Charlie's Computers via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
(I know VCF East 2024 *just* ended and I'm not asking about plans for next year, don't worry!)
I'm thinking of being a vendor at next year's VCF East or the year after that. I'm getting into 3d printing and I'm going to buy a few more printers.
If I 3D printed brackets and adapters and more and sold them, what do you guys always seem to need for your projects? Hard drive sleds? SCSI2SD adapters for old Macintosh computers? Floppy EMU cases?
My 3d modeling skills are 0/10 so these things need to exist on Thingiverse or yeggi.com (3d print search engine)
But I'll download Fusion 360 and try and figure out something, so if you guys have any ideas for useful things I could make, let me know!
Sincerely, Charlie
There are other CAD programs out there that you might find more approachable if you're just starting out. TinkerCAD is one that comes to mind though I've never used it. I personally use Fusion360 but it can be daunting at first & their pricing tiers are weird & get expensive really fast if you're doing anything non-personal. There are some restrictions on the free version too from a functionality perspective. Just beware & know you have options if you're not already married to Fusion360. On the BlueSCSI Discord the maker of the PotatoFi PiSCSI case just recently opened up his license to be a bit more free (I think) & he has a number of really great models for various BlueSCSI/PiSCSI projects that you should check out. https://www.printables.com/model/72451-piscsi-slim-case - Just make sure you're honoring people's licenses & giving credit when/where appropriate (It's ALWAYS good to give credit to the original designer IMO). Other drive sleds are popular too. Expansion slot filler blanks or port mounts for things like joystick ports etc. come to mind as well for the Macs & Apple IIs. Probably lots of other things I'm not thinking of right now. Good luck! On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 7:12 AM Charlie's Computers via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
(I know VCF East 2024 *just* ended and I'm not asking about plans for next year, don't worry!)
I'm thinking of being a vendor at next year's VCF East or the year after that. I'm getting into 3d printing and I'm going to buy a few more printers.
If I 3D printed brackets and adapters and more and sold them, what do you guys always seem to need for your projects? Hard drive sleds? SCSI2SD adapters for old Macintosh computers? Floppy EMU cases?
My 3d modeling skills are 0/10 so these things need to exist on Thingiverse or yeggi.com (3d print search engine)
But I'll download Fusion 360 and try and figure out something, so if you guys have any ideas for useful things I could make, let me know!
Sincerely, Charlie
-- - Benjamin Krein
Awesome, thanks for the info everyone! On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 7:43 AM Benjamin Krein <superbenk@gmail.com> wrote:
There are other CAD programs out there that you might find more approachable if you're just starting out. TinkerCAD is one that comes to mind though I've never used it. I personally use Fusion360 but it can be daunting at first & their pricing tiers are weird & get expensive really fast if you're doing anything non-personal. There are some restrictions on the free version too from a functionality perspective. Just beware & know you have options if you're not already married to Fusion360.
On the BlueSCSI Discord the maker of the PotatoFi PiSCSI case just recently opened up his license to be a bit more free (I think) & he has a number of really great models for various BlueSCSI/PiSCSI projects that you should check out. https://www.printables.com/model/72451-piscsi-slim-case - Just make sure you're honoring people's licenses & giving credit when/where appropriate (It's ALWAYS good to give credit to the original designer IMO).
Other drive sleds are popular too. Expansion slot filler blanks or port mounts for things like joystick ports etc. come to mind as well for the Macs & Apple IIs. Probably lots of other things I'm not thinking of right now.
Good luck!
On Mon, Apr 15, 2024 at 7:12 AM Charlie's Computers via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
(I know VCF East 2024 *just* ended and I'm not asking about plans for next year, don't worry!)
I'm thinking of being a vendor at next year's VCF East or the year after that. I'm getting into 3d printing and I'm going to buy a few more printers.
If I 3D printed brackets and adapters and more and sold them, what do you guys always seem to need for your projects? Hard drive sleds? SCSI2SD adapters for old Macintosh computers? Floppy EMU cases?
My 3d modeling skills are 0/10 so these things need to exist on Thingiverse or yeggi.com (3d print search engine)
But I'll download Fusion 360 and try and figure out something, so if you guys have any ideas for useful things I could make, let me know!
Sincerely, Charlie
-- - Benjamin Krein
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