my kid got himself an inexpensive 3D printer. He just about broke it on the first night. We've since gotten it roughly dialed in, and he's printing like a madman. It's really fun to work on it with him. I'll post some pics at some point. Happy Wednesday Ya'll
If he runs out of stuff to do, print me a couple of these. #11 blade holders that actually protect the blade apparently don't exist. I literally almost bought a $800 3D printer to print some of these up. Tell him he gets a ride in a Porsche.
SEE HOW TRICKY THEY ARE? read the comments: X-Acto came out with this knife so that they could sell you proprietary blades. The #11s that you buy $5 for 100 don't fit in the damn things. They never do.1) It is important to note that I get the blades that I can order from my suppliers, granted they are never X-acto brand but... MANY manufactures of no.11 blades don't fit in the holder. There is a small part of the blade that goes outside of the width of the "tang" of the blade (part that goes in the holder.) The opening on the knife is ONLY the width of the tang, so any bigger and you cant close it without forcing it, which damages it.
if you're serious about wanting/needing these, I'll get started on it. I'll need to verify the sizes to make sure his printer is big enough to handle the pieces (I think it can do 120mm x120mm x120mm). It would also have to come in bright green or glow in the dark at the moment, because those are the only colors of PLA we've got. The ABS is proving a bit tricky (which we have in black or orange). EDIT: and no ride in a Porsche required...
I'll keep you posted. I just stepped over to the home machine and checked the sizes - they should fit TOTALLY fine. Right now you're in line behind some D&D miniatures that he's pretty excited about (they're printing now while he's at school) and a few replacement parts that previous owners have recommending printing (kind of a cool concept to print parts before they break). Anyway - I'll give it a shot tonight. If it works well, I'll print up a few for you and for Dala!