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Posted 6/29/2020 5:41:41 PM |
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Man, I need to get one of those printers. (And learn how to run it.)
btw, using your suggestion. report on progress coming soon.
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Posted 6/29/2020 9:04:04 PM |
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Posted 7/4/2020 6:53:15 PM |
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What would Alfred say?
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So here are my prototype (flowerpot) hubcap and "flying rodent", both of which I designed myself, and printed on my ginormous 3D printer. Keep in mind there are PLA prototypes, so only 3 print layers and 20% infill to print quicker. Final install units will be a heat resistant material and at least 6 face layers and 40-50% infill.
What makes my setup unique is that the "flying rodent" does not rotate with the spinning wheel (just like a RR floating center cap), and the method of attachment for the hubcap requires no tools and is also dead nuts concentric, so no more wobbling emblems...
Zeus
Bat-what?.....Na, it’s just an oversized badass big black car (with optional machine guns)
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Posted 7/4/2020 9:08:23 PM |
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Supreme Being
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Very nice. Will be awesome to see them in action.
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Posted 7/8/2020 8:37:11 AM |
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What would Alfred say?
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So, been doing some playing here in the Lair...
Here's a replica TBM Avenger Throttle Quadrant microphone switch button I whipped up and test printed in a (very) low resolution (just to look at basic overall features). Added a coat of black and you get the idea... All I need to do is finish up the (complex curved) cover plate and I am ready to send files off to the printer and waterjet. Oh, and I am flipping the symbology, so the words read more accurately as the throttle, as installed as a gear shifter is actually backwards...
Zeus
Bat-what?.....Na, it’s just an oversized badass big black car (with optional machine guns)
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Posted 8/10/2020 7:25:47 AM |
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What would Alfred say?
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Just printed up a low res prototype B-disk that I designed to be also be capable of being stacked. Man I love this printer....
Zeus
Bat-what?.....Na, it’s just an oversized badass big black car (with optional machine guns)
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Posted 10/17/2020 7:45:34 AM |
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What would Alfred say?
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I've been playing around on what to do with the port hole. Build a piece of glass to finish it off, put the charge port there, screen/speaker it - there are several options. So, one of the ideas I came up with is a concept to put a flying rodent logo in the porthole, and then I further "improved" it to be on a standpipe so I could back-light it, just in case some uniformed idiot wasn't sure what he was looking at as is passes by silently (with a slight hum)... I will have to play with some LED types/colors to get the right hue, if it even looks worthy during mockup. Off to the 3D printer!
Zeus
Bat-what?.....Na, it’s just an oversized badass big black car (with optional machine guns)
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Posted 10/17/2020 8:03:38 AM |
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Zeus Wayne (10/17/2020) I've been playing around on what to do with the port hole. Build a piece of glass to finish it off, put the charge port there, screen/speaker it - there are several options. So, one of the ideas I came up with is a concept to put a flying rodent logo in the porthole, and then I further "improved" it to be on a standpipe so I could back-light it, just in case some uniformed idiot wasn't sure what he was looking at as is passes by silently (with a slight hum)... I will have to play with some LED types/colors to get the right hue, if it even looks worthy during mockup. Off to the 3D printer!
Thats a neat idea! the porthole has always been a part I wanted to make functional somehow
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Posted 10/20/2020 7:32:55 PM |
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What would Alfred say?
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A little more part teasing. Not really feeling it with the "screen correct" steering wheel hub cover, I decide to make one a little more worthy. This is the low resolution PLA 3 face/20% infill test print for basic fit check. Final print will be high resolution PETG 6 face 50% infill and will be near as strong as the steering wheel...
Zeus
Bat-what?.....Na, it’s just an oversized badass big black car (with optional machine guns)
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Posted 10/21/2020 7:22:49 AM |
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Zeus Wayne (10/20/2020) A little more part teasing. Not really feeling it with the "screen correct" steering wheel hub cover, I decide to make one a little more worthy. This is the low resolution PLA 3 face/20% infill test print for basic fit check. Final print will be high resolution PETG 6 face 50% infill and will be near as strong as the steering wheel...
Very neat design, love it
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