memory card/lens cap holder & flash diffuser & lens hood

For this project, I was able to make anything that expresses what I do. I had so many ideas I wanted to do but I picked a couple that would help me in my everyday life. I am a photographer so I thought I could make tools.

The first project I made was a flash diffuser. The flash diffuser is placed over the flash so it makes a harsh flash a bit softer.

RHINO FILE OF DIFFUSER

The first attempt of the print didn’t work out. The angle on the diffuser is so sharp that it wasn’t printing the way should. I had to slow down the printer speed to 45% and I had to remove all of the sides and the top off of the printer as well to keep the print cool. If the print was to hot, it might have curved and ruined the print. Four hours later the print was done and it was perfect.

FLASH DIFFUSER

The second project was a lens hood. The hood helps prevents lens flares. This is when the light hits the lens at an angle which creates the flares. But if there this a lens hood the light hits the lens hood instead of the lens. Again I found a file online but I had to modify the file.

RHINO FILE OF LENS HOOD

The first attempt of the print doesn't work because the chamber of the printer was too hot and the speed was too high. I reprint the same file but made the chamber coolers and turned down the speed. 

The print only took around 2 hours to print.

LENS HOOD

LENS HOOD

The final project was a memory card/ lens cap holder. I wanted to find an easier way to have both these items within reach so I wouldn't need to search through my camera bag to find them.

SKETCHES FOR HOLDER

For both lens cap and memory card holder, I print them in ABS. I was having a hard time getting these files to print. It took me about 3-4 print before getting the perfect print. I found file for both the memory card holders and lens cap holder. But once again, I had to edit them so it would work with my design. 

The memory card file didn’t print out the best the first time. I had to go back to my Makerbot file and look at my setting to see what I could fix to make my file print. I rotated my file so it would be laying flat on the bed of the printer. After looking over at my file and changing some setting, I restarted the print. This print only took about 45 minutes to print.

RHINO FILE OF MEMORY CARD HOLDER

   FINISH PRINTS OF MEMORY CARD HOLDER

The lens holder was the hardest to print out. It would never come out right, there was a lot of problems with the file, printer, and the filament. I had to keep my eye on this print so I could see where it would fail so I could try and figure out how to fix it or ask for me. After multiple tries and failures, I got the print to work a couple of times. 

RHINO FILE OF LENS CAP HOLDER

Once I got my prints printed out I was about to cut my wood to the size I needed it to be. I measure out the places that the prints needed to go so I could make a file on Rhino, so I could laser engrave out pockets to place my prints in and the clip. On the back of the holder, I had placed a clip and layer engraved my logo on the back.

RHINO FILE FOR LASER CUTTER

MAKE SURE PRINTS FIT IN ENGRAVED SPOTS

MEMORY CARD/ LENS CAP HOLDER

PROCESSES & TOOLS

Rhino and MakerBot were two programs that were used to complete this project. After using those programs, I was able to use a 3D printer to print out final pieces. I also used a bandsaw and grinding belt to shape the wood. Then a laser cutter to engrave into the wood.