I was fiddling around with sawhorses and made a 3d printed jig. I offered to sell copies. I wasn’t sure anyone would care. Apparently I was wrong!
A handful of people were interested. How awesome is that?
I didn’t plan ahead for that. Give me a little bit of time to sort through details. I need to go to the post office and figure out how much it costs to ship a jig (or many in the same box).
Then I’ll order some filament and post a price here on my blog. The good news is I’m way ahead of the curve. I plan to print and ship with plenty of time before Christmas. Hint hint… they’re the perfect stocking stuffer for the kind of guy who knows what a miter saw is and uses sawhorses.
In case you don’t know what I’m talking about, photos of the jig are copied below (or just scroll backwards on my blog).
Here’s the jig (it’ll be a little nicer because I’ll use more infill, the photos are of a haphazard “prototype” I made for my own use). I picked the colors at random but I like how they came out. For now, I’ll plan on yellow PLA with black PLA.
Here’s the sawhorse you make with the jig. All you need is three studs and some screws. It’s a bargain compared to buying a sawhorse.
One more note, you don’t need the jig if you don’t want it. (Though it does make things much easier.) You can make the same sawhorse by following along with this video. That’s what I did at first.
Also, the video is a pleasant watch and I recommend it. The guys in it seem pretty chill. I hope it doesn’t freak ’em out that some rando (me) is making a jig. I intend to send them a free jig if there’s an address available. I haven’t done anything yet but I will. I don’t want to make a bad impression.
A.C.
P.S. If anybody wants a different color jig, that’s do-able. I think translucent blue PETG looks cool. Or you might want pink to annoy someone with a flaky color. (The pumpkin spice of colors.) Funky colors will cost a little more but I can do it. If that’s something you’d like shoot me a request in comments (or privately at ac@adaptivecurmudgeon.com).
P.S.2. I was leading up to my next level 3d printed design in “text free communication” about the sawhorse. I had a print failure so I can’t post that just yet. Still, it’ll be cool when it’s done. I’ll post as soon as it’s ready.
P.S.3. Once I get a price, I can take payment via credit card on PayPal. If you want to order, please tell me you’re interested but wait on the payment until I set a price. OK fine, if you’re nuts and want to pay like $100, just pay now. That’s crazy but I’m not going to stop anyone from burying me in cash! 🙂
P.S.4. I’ll check U.S.P.S. box dimensions but I think I can put several jigs in the same box. Buying more than one will probably cost nothing extra for shipping!
P.S.5. If you’re in a rush, I might possibly get a few jigs out by Thanksgiving. But that’s a stretch. Filament takes a week or more to deliver. I can only print “rush jobs” with “filament I’ve got on hand”. I might run out of yellow.