Approximately 3 Years ago, I had a 3D printer. At that time the pot for our coffee machine broke a plastic part in the lid. I created a new one using OpenSCAD and printed it and the pot worked again. At that time i also made some videos and wrote about it. One problem at that time was to use ABS for the part, because the part has to handle up to 100 deg. C.
It has actually worked problem free for years - until now. And now I do not have a 3D printer but a CNC mill. The 3D printed thing had broken and could not be easily fixed.
I could choose to buy a new coffee machine or I could try fix it again. To fix or not to fix, that’s the choice. I choose fix anytime…
So - I looked in my files and actually found the STL file I used for 3D printing it then. I imported it and created vectors of its outline, and made a CNC toolpath instead. I looked around for some plastic with the same thickness, and was lucky to have small piece just big enough.
Some 90 minutes after the lid broke, I had a new working spare part.
You can see in the still photo that the broken ting is actually 3D printed.
I’m sorry for the poor video quality. I had the phone fixed to the spindle, which isn’t such a good idea.
