The DIY mission

[Keenan1561]

Hey everyone I've started a crazy plan in motion and wanted to take you along for the ride.
I first want to say thank you to PSomeone, who sent me here.
So with that out if the way here's the mission: 1. To have the ability to make high quality steps, platforms, climbing sticks, and other gear.
2. To build a custom full body harness. I'm looking to put one together that will help make sitting comfortable (I have two hip replacements)
3. To build a hunting database of location based on wind direction, time if day, etc.

I made the biggest step today with the purchase of a 3D printer.
I bought an Anet A8 plus. https://shop.anet3d.com/products/anet-a8-plus
After doing some research I chose this model because of its cost and after being setup you are able to print out upgrade parts easily.
Many of the plans I am going to try and print out are on the site Thingverse (Thanks to PSomeone).
I'll be posting updates as things get moving. Check out some of the stuff on the Thingverse site!

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[bj139]

Wow. Building these things from scratch? They have to be strong enough to support your weight. Can you 3-D print in aluminum?

 

[Keenan1561]

Wow. Building these things from scratch? They have to be strong enough to support your weight. Can you 3-D print in aluminum?

I'll be printing the molded plastic pieces for the sticks and platforms. The aluminum will be square tubes mostly. I'll be using printing filament that has the strength to hold my weight and much more.

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[skell]

I'm not much help on #1. But here are a couple of threads that may turn out useful for #2 and #3

Sewing Resources and Information

With the discussions on sewing (or thread injecting if you prefer), I think it may be beneficial to those interested if we had a single resource thread for sewing information. I know a number of the little things I’ve picked up along the way are scattered throughout the forum. Please, if you...

saddlehunter.com

Deer Hunting Log

Anyone have a template they use for a deer hunting log to record every hunt, weather etc.? I kept one when I was a serious waterfowl hunter before I jumped into archery deer and found it to be very helpful for knowing where to hunt when certain weather conditions etc occurred. Want to see if...

saddlehunter.com

 

[ricky racer]

As far as steps go, it would be hard to beat these: https://www.treehopperllc.com/shop/strap-on-steps/

 

[Keenan1561]

Update
Thanks for the links. I'm going to check them out.

I put together the 3d printer. There are some great videos on how to put it together. I'm waiting to calebrate the printer until I get a couple more add on that will help make leveling the bed and separate power and mosfet's for the heated bed and extruder. After the printer is calebrated I'll add and extruder and hotend printing nozzel that will print polycarbon fiber (bullet proof glass) to use for steps and platforms.

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[CptFrank]

For #3:

I have a hunt log built in an excel table with the following column headers:

Date, Time, Location, Moon Phase, daily low temp, daily high temp, Cloud cover, wind speed, forecasted wind direction, observed wind direction, air pressure, observed thermal action, has the stand been hunted before?, has the area been hunted before?, tactics used, Sign observed, bucks seen, does seen, in range?, killed?, and notes.

obviously you could add or take away from these columns as you think pertains to you but i tried to go for a surplus of info so that i could filter the data by all the different conditions to try to determine any patterns in deer movement. I also have different sheets for scouting, kills, prevailing wind by month, and even bow tuning & arrow building to track my progress.

FYI if you dont have Excel, google sheets is free online and almost as good imo.

 

[EricS]

I think that’s awesome. I do however feel like I could do more with a CNC or even a mig welder with a spool gun for aluminum than I could a printer. At least for climbing and platforms. The cool thing about the printer is you can make things useful in most aspects of life.
As far as a database I just go off of memory. I would tell you how that’s working for me but I can’t remember. I think it’s definitely worth the time and effort involved even if you have to go old school like @DaveT1963 and his binders. Good luck.

 

[Keenan1561]

I think that’s awesome. I do however feel like I could do more with a CNC or even a mig welder with a spool gun for aluminum than I could a printer. At least for climbing and platforms. The cool thing about the printer is you can make things useful in most aspects of life.
As far as a database I just go off of memory. I would tell you how that’s working for me but I can’t remember. I think it’s definitely worth the time and effort involved even if you have to go old school like @DaveT1963 and his binders. Good luck.

I'm hopping to add a mig welder and spool gun to the mix down the road. I've also looked at using the printer to make a small CNC machine, but that's even further down the road. Haha

The design work has been done and the print downloads are available for free on a site called Thingverse. The designs incorporate aluminum as supports for sticks and saddles. The printed pieces will be the parts the marry the sticks and saddles together. If that makes sense. There's a link below to the saddle hunting section. Lots of interesting stuff.

Thingiverse - Digital Designs for Physical Objects

Download files and build them with your 3D printer, laser cutter, or CNC.

www.thingiverse.com

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