DIY 3D Printed Reef Octopus Replacement Silencer and Venturi

[tgn225]

Hey guys, 

I usually don't post on here but I thought some of yall would like this. I recently moved to a different state and lost a few odds and ends for my Reef Octopus nwb 150 skimmer.

I was missing the silencer and the venturi inlet. Now I could've just bought them online and called it a day but I'm a cheap bastard and like to make my own things.  With a lot of help from Reef Octopus, I was able to get the exact dimensions of the parts that I needed and was able to start designing.

 

 

I used Fusion 360 to make my designs.

 

 

 

I decided to break the silencer into two parts for printability and also to insert cotton balls if it was too loud.

 

Here is the Print in process. I used a Printrbot Simple Metal with extended build plate. I printed at .2mm height @ 215c and 20% infill.

 

And here's  the finished product

Works perfectly!!!

 

I have the .stl files as well if any of you guys want to print some parts yourselves.

 

 

 

[TFish77]

1 hour ago, tgn225 said:

Hey guys, 

I usually don't post on here but I thought some of yall would like this. I recently moved to a different state and lost a few odds and ends for my Reef Octopus nwb 150 skimmer.

I was missing the silencer and the venturi inlet. Now I could've just bought them online and called it a day but I'm a cheap bastard and like to make my own things.  With a lot of help from Reef Octopus, I was able to get the exact dimensions of the parts that I needed and was able to start designing.

 

 

I used Fusion 360 to make my designs.

 

 

 

I decided to break the silencer into two parts for printability and also to insert cotton balls if it was too loud.

 

Here is the Print in process. I used a Printrbot Simple Metal with extended build plate. I printed at .2mm height @ 215c and 20% infill.

 

And here's  the finished product

Works perfectly!!!

 

I have the .stl files as well if any of you guys want to print some parts yourselves.

 

 

 

 

Wow very nice! Do you have a link to the .stl files anywhere? I've always wanted to create an online library of replacement parts for small things like this. 

[dorky08]

Wow tht is awesome!!! How does it perform?

[tgn225]

Perfectly, there isn't any performance loss.

I would've enhanced it if I could've but unfortunately I wasn't sure of how to improve their design.

The filament I used was PLA and its totally non-toxic and plant based. It actually smells like I'm baking cookies while I'm printing hah