Custom 3d printed badges, ornaments etc.

[8ntruck 6,998]

What about hole sizes and text sizes?

 

Any chance you got a scale factor hidden somewhere between your cad model, the slicer, and the printer?

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

The holes, size, and edges all  line up with the dash I modeled from.

I do all adjustments, scaling etc. In the cad program and leave all others 100 percent or 1:1.

You are indeed correct that rounding errors can creep in from each time something is scaled or adjusted(usually around the nearest 1 hundredth or so). That's why I like to do all adjustments in the original cad model. If I need to double the size for one print or something like that I'll do it in the slicer, but all my master cad files are where I create and make all permanent adjustments.

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[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

Assistance arrived from all over the country today! Hopefully by the end of the weekend we can be printing a new resized dash!!

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Edited May 11, 2023 by Wheel Horse 3D

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

Custom order Chief hood ornament with magnetic base!

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[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

New GT14 dash printing! I checked the new dash sent to me and I believe it may have been beginning to shrink. It's about 5mm short side to side, and if you align the holes on one side, the ones on the opposite side are crowded. Maybe a tension builds up and then once released they snap inward like a rubber band?

The shrinkage seems in direct relation to the length in each axis.(the ratio of length to height is identical to the ratio of the amount short on each side!) Looking at the existing holes in this example dash tension has been pulling against the outside edges of the holes. The console plate showed similar shrinkage ratios.

Edited May 13, 2023 by Wheel Horse 3D

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

Almost done!

@cafoose @buckrancher

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

So very close! One corner was a little too tight, and the finish wasn't where I like it, so I trimmed a tiny bit and made a couple setting adjustments, and were printing again!

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

Small 4mm adjustment of the lower mounting holes.

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

Text is printing on hopefully final version if GT14 dash..have new pic here in a bit!

D dash is next! Re-engineered with a purposeful split in the middle to alleviate the splitting issue. Two additional mount holes in either side as shown in the layout. A custom lamp washer that gives a clean look, captures both halves, and allows the lamp to not have to go through an additional thickness. New cutout design for gauge holes that leave top surface completely smooth, but allows you to go in from the back and cut easily through and equip whichever gauge holes you need!

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

All machines running, one with replacement ivory inserts for this antique lamp.one of course running the last few percent of the gt14 dash..

And the middle one a tray of 50 gargoyle/grotesque pendants for the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Assylum!

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

Now to run em until I run out of black filament!

Need to put a couple console plates on too!

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

Oh yeah! Must.....have...more...filament!

full 4mm thick with just over 1mm raised lettering.

Edited May 19, 2023 by Wheel Horse 3D

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

Need a small adjustment to lower holes on console. By tomorrow night we should be ready to list both in the store!

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

GT14 plates now Listed in the vendor section and up in the store!

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

Final version of shifter console plate! Puttin packages together for @buckrancher and @cafoose!

 

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

Left half of D dash!

And a custom tombstone ....container??? Canteen???Flask??? Maybe mini bar set!!!!???

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

Alignment looks good! On to the other half!

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

Both halves done. Light bezel printing now!

Alignment good.  

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

And with light bezel!

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

First half of tombstone ...what I have decided will be .....mini bar!

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

Ok were gonna have to try a different filament with the GT14 dash. A severe heat test on my south facing deck easily flattened out the dash "fold" and started to warp the plates. The description is still up in the vendor section,  but the listing has been paused in the shop.

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

New filament in! New GT14 dash printing!

If this filament doesnt do it, well be looking at something really exotic like nylon or carbon fiber

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

Items done to go on Apple. Getting after what I can this next week to take to the show. Keychains, a cookie cutter or 2, gonna try to have some lenses , and I'll have sample only versions of the GT14 and D dash plates. I Just dont think the exotic filament I ordered will be in. ABS is being a bear to cope with the warping over those large surface areas. I did order in some white during the day and glows red in the dark filament which should be in just in time to print a few keychains with.

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

In other news... our new, faster, and 4 color machine should be here the 19th.

Been debating if we should take it to the show.

Torn between a mobile cart set up so we can roam around a bit, or stationary(just hate missing so much!)

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

Heres some if the items coming to the show...any requests? 

Edited June 17, 2023 by Wheel Horse 3D