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HI all,
We now have a 3d printer in the office at work. Does anyone would like to lend me some top down side covers as a mould?
Then I can look at making some for members much cheaper then OEM.
Its only £14 for 1kg of plastic so should be cost effective
We now have a 3d printer in the office at work. Does anyone would like to lend me some top down side covers as a mould?
Then I can look at making some for members much cheaper then OEM.
Its only £14 for 1kg of plastic so should be cost effective
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Interested.
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What is the max dimensions you can print?
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Couple of guys willing to sell so maybe prepared to lend to you first for a good cause!
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Also interested once available!
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I'd buy some. These will sell like hot cakes
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Seem to remember this being attempted before, and the problem being getting a printer big enough to do them in one piece?
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I thought about doing this as the company I'm doing some work for at the mo, Ultimaker, have given me a UM3 Extended to play with.
However, even with the extended build volume I calculated that it would take eons and using ABS would probably not yield fantastic results in terms of rigidity etc.
I have a few experimental print heads including one with ruby heads designed to use carbon-fill but I doubt it would last beyond two sets of covers.
The cat still loves it as a playhouse however
Good luck with the venture. Be interesting to see how your results turn out....
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zactly larDucklakeview wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2018 6:04 pmSeem to remember this being attempted before, and the problem being getting a printer big enough to do them in one piece?
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Also interested. I also wondered if we could get a Chinese company interested in a group buy? Might be a reasonably big worldwide market for these?
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Not sure our printers would print that size either. I'm sure ABS will be rigid enough, it would just take ages at the required res and thickness. Then it would need smoothing or covering in something like Alcantara.
I reckon the covers would vac form well. You could just print the fixtures. Or even 3D scan and print a single pair of custom moulds for vac forming lots of covers.
I reckon the covers would vac form well. You could just print the fixtures. Or even 3D scan and print a single pair of custom moulds for vac forming lots of covers.
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Think the idea would be to get a set scanned and then modify the B surface in CAD to rib and thicken them up to make them stronger. The external will look the same. Perhaps device a better fixing as well. Wouldn't take much to get a quote from a rapid proto house once you have a 3D CAD model, either as parts or a tool to make a batch. Thought about it myself, just haven't got a set to get scanned!
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Id be up for a pair if this gets off the ground.
Good luck with it.
Good luck with it.
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Maybe you should be asking for lots of photos and measurments from someone who has them, the printing isnt the difficult part there are lots of prototyping companies that produce things really cheaply these days once you have the detailed 3d files.
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