I know I’ve said it multiple times already, but I will say it again: getting a decent 3D printer and spending ~10h learning Fusion360 were the best moves I made to ease my hobbyist/maker life (beyond getting a Shapeoko, of course!)
Today I needed a bracket thing to attach my JTech laser to my spindle, spent 30min in Fusion this morning,
Let the printer work and got this,
And that MOMENT when you install it and it snaps in place perfectly…that feels good.
Jtech laser all ready to move up and down now.
In case anyone has an 80mm spindle and Beaver mount, and wants to design some similar “claw-like” thing, here’s the Fusion360 file as a reference: