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Posted 3/14/2018 7:24:17 PM


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Hi Everyone,

As most of you know I posted up the 3D (STL) files for the side mechanics a while back so that you could print out a set for yourselves. Of course plastic 3D printing can be expensive.... but I kinda put 2 & 2 together today when I was looking at different Pepakura tutorials

For those who don't know what Pepakura is you can check out this good introductory video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAJl3ty-gVg

I was thinking someone could likely follow the tutorial posted in the above link and create a really nice set of side mechanics this way! Then just add some resin hardener to finish them off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJmB0yw3sOY

It just came to me today so I thought I would post up the idea to see if someone wanted to give it a try

Cheers,

Tim



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Posted 3/15/2018 3:48:53 PM
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Cool idea Tim! And I love reading through your build log.
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Posted 3/21/2018 11:15:00 PM
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Neat idea and I'd love to see a finished set. Gotta say, though, your 3D set looks amazing.
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Posted 3/24/2018 7:05:04 PM
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I was just telling my wife that the side mechanics would be a simple way to start my build while we finish house renovations. And I had only started researching getting a set printed here in Australia and then read your post - cheers!
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Posted 5/21/2018 1:03:20 PM
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Thank you posting these files. Getting a quote for prints. Has anyone had them printed yet and do they know how much it ran?



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Posted 6/7/2018 12:50:30 PM


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I had est. of $700 +tax and shipping, but forget what material it was.

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Posted 6/11/2018 12:06:33 PM
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Thanks for the info! Do you remember the place you had them printed?
Happy to hear your treatments went well too!


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Posted 7/16/2018 1:57:10 AM


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Thanks you for your work!

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Posted 10/8/2018 2:35:21 PM
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If anyone is interested in following along, I am in the final stages of finishing up my side mechs, using Tim's 3d files as a starting point.

It has been A LOT of work. For those of you who have worked with printed 3d parts in the past, you know how much time and effort it takes to get them looking good, depending of course on what kind of printer they came off.

I've made a few blog posts on the topic if you want to see my progress.

Time To Make the Donuts

If all goes according to plan, I will be offering resin/fiberglass kits of the side mechs. And yes, I have gotten permission from Tim to do so. The cost of finishing and molding the parts is easily in excess of 1000 bucks so far, and that doesn't account for my time or the 3d printing costs. It's a deceptively big project to undertake, to be honest.
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