Anyone on here have a 3d Printer? Lets see em! And what have you printed for your jeep? Any functional little accessories?
I just got my first one, still figuring it out before I do anything too big with it.
View attachment 229384The placement is temporary, but that’s the most action my treadmill has gotten in a while.
That's a great printer!! If you need help or have a question feel free to PM me!! Here are my two babies. My delta was my first printer a couple years ago, took a while to build and calibrate. Just bought this new ultimaker 2 which is upgraded up the wazooo. (Not sure why the delta picture is blurry)I just got my first one, still figuring it out before I do anything too big with it.
View attachment 229384The placement is temporary, but that’s the most action my treadmill has gotten in a while.
That's a great printer!! If you need help or have a question feel free to PM me!! Here are my two babies. My delta was my first printer a couple years ago, took a while to build and calibrate. Just bought this new ultimaker 2 which is upgraded up the wazooo. (Not sure why the delta picture is blurry)View attachment 229387View attachment 229388
I've got a question for you printer nerds! I have a very simple plastic switch cover I need to duplicate for my '75 Oldsmoboat. It's very delicate and crumbly. A printer would have no problem making it, but is there a way to "scan" it in?
Could you post a picture of the switch cover?I've got a question for you printer nerds! I have a very simple plastic switch cover I need to duplicate for my '75 Oldsmoboat. It's very delicate and crumbly. A printer would have no problem making it, but is there a way to "scan" it in?
I had a 3D scanning app on my smartphone a few years back but never did anything serious with it. In the iOS store, it's called 123D. I don't know if Android has it or any equivalent. You could get a rough scanned model with that and use that to make a clean 3D model for printing.I've got a question for you printer nerds! I have a very simple plastic switch cover I need to duplicate for my '75 Oldsmoboat. It's very delicate and crumbly. A printer would have no problem making it, but is there a way to "scan" it in?
Yes it can definitely make a duplicate no problem!!! you can either go to place that does 3d scanning and that will scan the model for printing, or it can be done manually through CAD simply by measuring the dimensions. I may be able to help you out further if you would like.I've got a question for you printer nerds! I have a very simple plastic switch cover I need to duplicate for my '75 Oldsmoboat. It's very delicate and crumbly. A printer would have no problem making it, but is there a way to "scan" it in?
Check out this other thread where I made a digital clinometer for my jeep, and 3d printed a screen mount for it.Nice! I figured I would start with something priced for beginners since I know very little. So far I have mostly printed some cable management things for my desk and the classic torture test. No designing on my end yet, learning that now.
Have you done anything for the Jeep worth sharing?
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Thats sweet!!!! 3d Printing technology truly is groundbreaking and is just going to get better and better! Tinkering with them is also a great way to learn electronics and how they work to their core!!!!I don't have one personally, but I've been using various industrial models for the last five years or so. I printed myself a copy of the nth degree control arm bracket re drill jig. I also have some 3d printed speaker pods for my front speakers. I bought those, tho.
I mostly do boring work stuff with them... Fixtures, machine loading pallets, prototypes, etc.
I ready an article recently where they took 3d printer technology and super sized it to run a concrete pumper on a gantry system. They can now 3d print a house!Thats sweet!!!! 3d Printing technology truly is groundbreaking and is just going to get better and better! Tinkering with them is also a great way to learn electronics and how they work to their core!!!!
Currently in college performing my thesis on 3D Printed Ground Planes for antennas!
Yes!!!! It truly is amazing!! There are even bio-3d printers now that can print biological material for different parts of the body!! Teeth and even 3d printed heart valves!! There are 3D printers that can create medication on demand (dosage, size, mixing medications).I ready an article recently where they took 3d printer technology and super sized it to run a concrete pumper on a gantry system. They can now 3d print a house!
There's a team in my company called "additive manufacturing". They print anything out of anything, to include metal. We had a damaged aircraft a few years back that required getting access to eddie bolts which were never designed to be accessible. They flew out, we showed them the shape of the fixture we thought we would need (a long set of wrenches bent at different angles along the handle), spent a day taking our dimensions, & flew back. A couple of days later we had a set of strange looking wrenches made out of metal that they 3D printed for us.I don't have one personally, but I've been using various industrial models for the last five years or so. I printed myself a copy of the nth degree control arm bracket re drill jig. I also have some 3d printed speaker pods for my front speakers. I bought those, tho.
I mostly do boring work stuff with them... Fixtures, machine loading pallets, prototypes, etc.
U have an article in one of my concrete magazines about 3D printing the foundation of a building. Pretty cool stuff.I ready an article recently where they took 3d printer technology and super sized it to run a concrete pumper on a gantry system. They can now 3d print a house!
Ok, that's more complex that what I thought you meant by switch cover. But it isn't impossible to recreate in CAD, just time consuming. Definitely easier if you start with a scan though. There are several companies that you can get to do both scan and CAD model to have that recreated relatively easily, it will just come with a cost that might be more than buying a used one. But if this is very rare then it would be a good solution.