Just got a pretty big payday $$$$ from using modeling & design skills + LR4 + 3D printers + CO2 laser + HP Designjet T120

I recently made a short video about one of the signs, but there was more signage plus four sets of “slime dispenser” machines + stands for the dispenser machines.

First sign:

First sign installed at local business:

Second set of signage installed in new “Slime Co” room at the business — everything you see at the top, above the shelves and across between them:

Slime Co — Slime Dispenser — in-use on site!


The “Slime Lab” — at Flufferella’s Slime Co, inside Ella’s Playtown:

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Everything looks great Doug. Congratulations on the big payday $$$$.

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That’s great Doug, congratulations.

The signs look really good, very professional.

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VERY pro! Nice work man!

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Those look fantastic. I love the multi layers of the sign design.

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That is beyond awesome!!

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Doug that looks amazing!

What did you use for spacers between the upper front part of the sign and the lower back part?

Did you build the dispenser box as well?

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Thanks, everyone for the kind words!

Those are actually 3D printed columns that I designed. They are made to interface with M5 screws, and one of the columns is unique in that it has a second tunnel in it that is not for a screw, but rather is for running electrical wiring.

Yes, I designed and made the dispensers, as well as the stands that hold them. The stand was made of half inch sanded plywood that comes pre-primed. Little bit of extra money on the outlay saves a lot of work on the job. They are assembled with mostly glue /clamps and some screws. It is a mixture of plywood and 3-D printed parts.

The dispenser bins themselves were off-the-shelf acrylic bins, modified with laser cut holes in the base and the lid, and the auger is an off-the-shelf steel auger made for using with a drill for digging holes in a garden.

The auger goes into a 3D printed axial housing that guides the auger through two stacked 608 bearings, and I ground grooves in the auger so that I could attach circlips to it, and the whole crank system is mostly 3D printed with some steel hardware, such as all-thread inside a steel capillary tube in the crank handle.

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