Custom 3d printed badges, ornaments etc.

[SylvanLakeWH 25,489]

45 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

t's possible I may have a couple of extra reinforced, small scale, grenades at the house... 

 

 

 

[buckrancher 2,679]

14 hours ago, Wheel Horse 3D said:

Still a little adjustment needed for finish

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[Wheel Horse 3D 3,785]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

 

Very interesting you'd say that Richard...

 

What tractor is Trina restoring right now?

 

It's possible I may have a couple of extra reinforced, small scale, grenades at the house... 

Includes 7/16 pocket to slide over the 3/8 shaft to get the threads up into the body of the grenade, and a pilot hole into the body so ya can drill and tap.

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,785]

A painted shifter knob that's DA BOMB!

[ebinmaine 67,258]

8 hours ago, Wheel Horse 3D said:

 shifter knob 

 

Grey is there enough substance to the center that if Trina wants to set the grenade right side up we could drill the bottom?

 

 

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,785]

Yup!

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,785]

New listing up for grenades. Hopefully the will be satisfied this time around!

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,785]

Another gt14 attempt...fine tuning the letter height to be just enough for fully white.(layers are so very thin ya need 3 or 4 layers, but don't want em to stick up too much!

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,785]

Ok now I'm happy with the lettering! I'm thinking the surface still may need work, but I may be picking knits. The surface is super smooth you cant even feel the lines,but ya can still see a little unevenness in the pattern. What do ya'll think?

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,785]

Also need to rotate that 45 like the one before so the lines run left and right or up and down rather than at a 45.theres also 2 other "ironing" options I haven't tried yet and a few parameters under those I can tweak. One basic ironing pattern gave results like this: came out very well except for the right edge. The tolerances here are so close a variance in the glass thickness can matter and cause an issue like this.

Edited March 29, 2023 by Wheel Horse 3D

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,785]

@buckrancher what do ya think of the latest run? Gonna do one more 45 degrees rotated. Have a console plate running now, should be ready to change color when I get home.

Edited March 29, 2023 by Wheel Horse 3D

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,785]

I think were FINALLY there! I want to do one more set with the horizontal layer(rotated 45)

But these look pretty good I think.and these at only a slight increase in thickness feel a bit more rigid to me. Mounting should still be done with Glenn Pettits good advice...rubber washers, finger tight, with a dab of locktight on each screw. I think over tightening contributes to the failure of a lot of these dashes.

[953 nut 55,051]

                 Those GT-14 plates are first class.           

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,785]

5 hours ago, 953 nut said:

                 Those GT-14 plates are first class.           

And custom colors are easy to do, just load the base color, then the text color!

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,785]

Gonna take tonight off from the print lab.

Tomorrow, hitting the road to go visit the Roadapples estate and pick up his c-160 auto and bring it back to it's new home. Some 3d printed accessories will be in the works to honor Jay and the critter will be appropriately named " 'Apples".

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,785]

Be on the lookout for the final final versions if the GT14 dash and console plates early next week. I'll be starting those Sunday. BIG thanks to @buckrancher who provided the model parts and has patiently waited 2 YEARS to see this project completed!

Now that the machine has been tuned and all the variables tested, future dashes of all types will be pretty much design then print.

Edited March 31, 2023 by Wheel Horse 3D

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,785]

Ok most of the time ya get decent results...but every now and then ya get the old school horror flic...  aka. THE BLOB! So starting the dash over. This machine MAX1 will from now on be just for dashes and plaques etc. Pretty sure the nozzle needs swapped, got plastic all the way up into the fan!

Edited April 4, 2023 by Wheel Horse 3D

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,785]

While that has now had a nozzle change and seems to be running correctly, on MAX#2(12x12x12inch) the hardware portions of a thompson sub machine gun have started!

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,785]

In other news...all proceeds are currently being hoarded for the purchase of a, faster, multicolor 10x10x10 machine, will take a bit, but I finally found one I think is worth the price.

Has remote monitoring and printing features, multi lidar beam leveling and AI detection of failures etc. Looks to reduce most print times to about a 3rd of current times. And while I'll start with 4 colors, can do up to 16 colors. I can leave multiple colors loaded and have them ready for what ever job comes up, or combine colors in a single print.

[Tractorhead 9,064]

Had the same issue sometimes.

 

Especially after a longer Printing breaks,

thought also it must be the nozzles and each time after a cleaning it works for few day‘s

my results where 2 things

1. since i allway‘s keep the feedroller clean,

to do that i use piece of sponge slides over the Filament what removes dust and dirt.

 

2. ground the Frame

to remove electrostatic charge /discarge 

that solves lots of problems i had before with dust and dirt clamped via static on the Filament.

 

the Static issues in my opinion be the reason for the clogging of nozzles and for printer troubles,

sometimes more than moisture.

but depending on moisture also this can happen a clogging in the nozzle.

 

i heat up my printer 1/2h first after a longer break, to be sure no moisture is in bthe nozzle, 

than feed some filament and we‘re ready to go.

 

No problem since and my again actual used nozzle is now 3 years old.

Edited April 4, 2023 by Tractorhead

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,785]

@Tractorhead I must've bumped that bed and knocked it outta perfect alignment, then the resulting blob etc did the nozzle in. Usually run a brass nozzle forever unless I run glow in the dark filament or run it against the bed. Have some steel nozzles that last even longer. I releveled the bed and double checked my probe offset and still wouldn't run correct until I swapped that nozzle. Probably had a side blowout that caused curling. I should have monitored those first layers closer, durn thing ended running all day just spewing plastic while I was at work. Filament and machines stay in a heated enclosure to combat moisture. Nifty idea on the grounding! Not only help keep the filament clean but should help with dust n debris on the guide rails and rollers etc.  Basically all over.

Edited April 4, 2023 by Wheel Horse 3D

[Tractorhead 9,064]

Yap, that helps me to solve a lot of problems i had in the beginning.

 

Because i mostly print prototypes, i be not soo focused on each small detail,

 i use it primary for quick testimonials, to check the results before, or if they will fit.

 

i.eg like my carb spacer i built for my Ford Transit Project, before i machine them in Aluminum.

 

The few meters plastic is much cheaper and easier to get than a machined Part.

 

My Bed is just manually leveled once and secured by spring preloaded Screws.

while the whole printer is in a heated enclosure, i never need a recalibration since.

 

 

that all helps me a lot.

Used print heights are between 0.4mm - 0.25mm 

thats accurate enough for my needs.

Another big help was the electric separating of my z- axes, each motor has its own Driver now.

 

actually there be much better motor drivers available, but i use it not that much that i was the upgrade worth.

my biggest wins where the grounding and the enclosure with Leaded Airstream for Cooling.

 

 

 

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,785]

@Tractorhead sounds like my bed screws are similar, but then my "thick" layer heights that I use are .2mm, I usually run 0.12 to 0.16mm. The slightest backing off of one of the bed screws can be a huge difference. Would be neat to have a set screw or somethin to lock it in. As much as I run I have to recalibrate the bed ever couple months or so. A lot of my prints can take up to 2 days or more to complete, so the machines are getting a workout.

Enclosure has been a lifesaver and I'm definately gonna try that grounding trick.

Edited April 5, 2023 by Wheel Horse 3D

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,785]

    

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,785]