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3D printer
Big brother just purchased a 3D printer for making plastic parts for his boat. It'll be delivered in a few weeks. This will be cool, anyone need any plastic parts?
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On Jay Leno's garage, they use the 3D printer to create masters that they take to a foundry to get medal parts cast.
http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/extras/ar ... ts-1/#more
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Re: 3D printer
Now THAT sounds cooooool!thepartydog wrote:Big brother just purchased a 3D printer for making plastic parts for his boat. It'll be delivered in a few weeks. This will be cool, anyone need any plastic parts?
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I replaced my rudder bearings last year when I had to straighten the rudder cheek. We machined them out of nylon. It's held up well so far.
What kind of 3D printer is it? A rep-rap machine or something else. The rep-rap are REALLY cool. I have buddy who is doing the research and development of the rep-rap at Penn State and running a few classes where they build and operate. Last time we were up he showed me a bunch of the stuff they were making. Really quite mind-blowing actually seeing the future of micro-factory production. Kind of like, if you were to see the first PC in Steve Job's garage, y'know.
Great stuff though, if you can autocad it, the printer can make it, so long as you have a big (or small) enough machine. And since it is self reproducing, you could even progressively make bigger and bigger machines. (or smaller and smaller)
This is a pretty informational website: http://reprap.org/wiki/Main_Page The video is good to start.
Another good site for what you could begin to make: http://www.thingiverse.com/
What kind of 3D printer is it? A rep-rap machine or something else. The rep-rap are REALLY cool. I have buddy who is doing the research and development of the rep-rap at Penn State and running a few classes where they build and operate. Last time we were up he showed me a bunch of the stuff they were making. Really quite mind-blowing actually seeing the future of micro-factory production. Kind of like, if you were to see the first PC in Steve Job's garage, y'know.
Great stuff though, if you can autocad it, the printer can make it, so long as you have a big (or small) enough machine. And since it is self reproducing, you could even progressively make bigger and bigger machines. (or smaller and smaller)
This is a pretty informational website: http://reprap.org/wiki/Main_Page The video is good to start.
Another good site for what you could begin to make: http://www.thingiverse.com/
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Rudder bearings...me too, me too please. The cap on my lower mushroom popped off so I snapped a split piece it 2" PCV pipe onto the stem between the rudder and the well to keep it from falling down. It works, but not real good.
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Correction, the bearings I had done were not of nylon, but fiberglass and epoxy. He layered the fiber and epoxy in a PVC tube which had the correct inside diameter for the bearing. Let it set. Cut the billet out of the PVC and lathed it to the right shape (I had given him on of the old ones to use as a guide). I think he only charged me $50, so if anyone wants to get in contact with him I can send you his info.
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Printer arrived, it's the Thing-O-Matic kit version here:
http://store.makerbot.com/thing-o-matic-kit-mk7.html
The build area size is 96 mm x 108 mm x 115 mm high. In English that's 3.78 x 4.25 x 4.52 high. Is that big enough to make a mushroom bearing?
http://store.makerbot.com/thing-o-matic-kit-mk7.html
The build area size is 96 mm x 108 mm x 115 mm high. In English that's 3.78 x 4.25 x 4.52 high. Is that big enough to make a mushroom bearing?
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bushing size
My least worn bushing measures approx. 3" dia. and 1 & 3/4" high. So it looks like the machine makes a large enough part.
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The printer is assembled. Currently working on adjusting settings to get the optimum prints. The settings are printer/plastic specific, so it's taking testing/adjustment cycles. Soon as I get it fine tuned, I'll be glad to make some bearings. PLA would probably suffice for bearings, it is bio degradable, but that's in a commercial composter (high temp)
Anyone have the original size?
Anyone have the original size?
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