First off, sorry for the slow replies (below). I have been traveling and have not had a chance/energy to get to this.
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Originally Posted by BigDave
I'm digging through the links on this post, but can't find it... Where's the links for the skimmer stuff?
I have a chunk of clear PVC sitting in my garage and if it's the right size, I might start printing the parts.
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Here are links:
Skimmer model in SketchUp
Zip archive with properly scaled STLs for all the parts
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Originally Posted by itri4ever
First of all...just pure awesome, that's all I have to say. I have the pc, and actually made my own skimmer by molding different pieces in the oven before I got a 3d printer. I now want to print yours. My question is this. When I import your design into skeychup it bring it in as a roughly 6' diameter pipe and not 6". What am I too g wrong?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Thanks. Glad you like it, and happy to help.
All the parts are modeled 10x. SketchUp does not do well with complex geometry when parts are small; lots of holes in surfaces. Modeling at 10x (or greater) helps greatly with this. You simply need to scale the parts by 0.1 before exporting them.
Normally I rescale before posting parts, but left these large in case others wanted to modify them. I have updated the notes in the model to reflect the scaling.
I also added some notes on the length and sizing of the acrylic tube I used to build the skimmer (OD, wall thickness and lengths).