Sheet stock

With such a simple design, any reason you didn't just cut it out of sheet Evergreen styrene?

With such a simple design,

If you are learning how to do 3D design wouldn't you start with something simple as well? I think he did a beautiful job!

Training exercise

A good exercise, too. 

Thanks, It was fun a major

Thanks, It was fun a major reason I am 3d printing it is that it is what is avaliable to me at no cost. Being 14 with no hobby budget much of my models will be lasercut or 3d printed at school. The next project is a lasercut turntable I have an idea of a auto reverse with the pit rail (cut in half with each one a different polarity so will always be correct.

Starting out in 3D

I agree that this is a good simple project to start. There are a few steps to master in order to begin printing in 3D so the object itself is not particularly important if it casts nothing.

If you are like me and use Shapeways, upload the file to find issues, modify the object and upload again (also looking to optimize the printing volume as a single model), and print in a couple materials hoping the lesser expensive material will work AND THEN wait for 10 days to get the part, it can be appreciated when the fail doesn't cost so much. 

My first prints were of fruit shipping crates - simple but not. Good luck Keagan! Looks great. 

Will pay off down the road.

I just started with the learning curve in SketchUp and a Mini 3D printer, thankfully had two really great teachers in school that insisted on learning how to think in perspective and create on paper before cutting material. Never to late to learn just a little more difficult. Knowledge is worth way more than a budget.

Have fun keep us posted on your projects.

RJ

I am using inventor 2017 so

I am using inventor 2017 so the most high end really and the school has the 3d printers so I can get them and fix pretty much immediately.

Ahh

I remember my first 3-d design and print in the 9th grade. I made a crude banjo crossing signal with working light, banjo piece, and cross gate. I still have it but regret not putting an LED in it, because it gets very hot.

@trainmaster247 This is outstanding!

Very nice work! Please let us know as you make more designs.

Will do, I really have no

Will do, I really have no idea what I will do next...