3D Printed Supra Parts
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Nick M;2082984 said:
Hmm.... I could get the shape, but matching the OEM texture of polished plastic would require molded parts or some clever overlay. I'll keep it in mind though. I do love the feel of those factory switches.
This is cool stuff. The gauge cluster adapter is a great idea and I am soon to be in the market for adding a new boost gauge. Keep up the good work
Have you tried printing with the new hi def plastic? http://www.shapeways.com/materials/high-definition-acrylate?li=nav
Surface finish looks nicer than the strong & flexible black, but it is more expensive.
Surface finish looks nicer than the strong & flexible black, but it is more expensive.
Enraged;2083010 said:
I have! I tried a few parts. The plastic has an awesome, super fine finish, but there is a huge caveat.... One side will have the support dimples and they are very ugly and near impossible to blend in to the rest of the finish on smooth parts.
It's nice because it allows a lot of detail, but the variability in the ugliness was a no-go for me. The nylon parts they offer ("Strong and Flexible Plastic") have enough detail and resolution with better strength and more consistency in printing so I stick with that. Not to mention, it's cheaper!
here is something i quickly fabbed up for my car, i came up with a few diff designs, nothing special or fancy, or even good...
dusted off the printer, it needs some recalibration and some tweaking,
needed some software tweaking after the first print (top in pic) and after some quick tweaking the result was better, but still needs a bit more (ran out of time to do the print itself)
(dont mind the scratches in the desk, the animals at work dont look after anything)
surface finish is ok, but need to clean, lube and recal the printer....250 micron layer height and switching filaments in situ.
Also printed a backing plate so the front and rear get glued together and it gets bolted to the car as per factory
would love to get the stl from tylerjacobsen85 from his rapid prototype of the badge
http://www.supramania.com/forums/sh...totyping-Front-quot-2.5-TWIN-turbo-quot-badge
just to print one for my car.
dusted off the printer, it needs some recalibration and some tweaking,
needed some software tweaking after the first print (top in pic) and after some quick tweaking the result was better, but still needs a bit more (ran out of time to do the print itself)
(dont mind the scratches in the desk, the animals at work dont look after anything)
surface finish is ok, but need to clean, lube and recal the printer....250 micron layer height and switching filaments in situ.
Also printed a backing plate so the front and rear get glued together and it gets bolted to the car as per factory
would love to get the stl from tylerjacobsen85 from his rapid prototype of the badge
http://www.supramania.com/forums/sh...totyping-Front-quot-2.5-TWIN-turbo-quot-badge
just to print one for my car.
Very Cool woggin!
I have the MK3 text saved somewhere as a font. I think that would allow you to use it in SolidWorks and easily create those badges. Eventually I'll make one for my car with some clever name.
250 micron layers seems pretty good, but I'm not sure what typical layer height is with the shapeways stuff. When I printed some Titanium stuff it was 20 or 30 microns depending on the print settings, but the features weren't as consistent once you got down to 200 microns or so.
I think this is the future of 3D printing, but it's still up in the clouds for pricing. http://carbon3d.com/
Once that comes down to a $10k purchase price (it's currently $40k for an annual lease) I think it will destroy the rest of the commercial printers.
I have the MK3 text saved somewhere as a font. I think that would allow you to use it in SolidWorks and easily create those badges. Eventually I'll make one for my car with some clever name.
250 micron layers seems pretty good, but I'm not sure what typical layer height is with the shapeways stuff. When I printed some Titanium stuff it was 20 or 30 microns depending on the print settings, but the features weren't as consistent once you got down to 200 microns or so.
I think this is the future of 3D printing, but it's still up in the clouds for pricing. http://carbon3d.com/
Once that comes down to a $10k purchase price (it's currently $40k for an annual lease) I think it will destroy the rest of the commercial printers.
woggin;2083088 said:
Just made this and uploaded for you, enjoy.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1830309
projectsupra;2083124 said:
Thanks man, really appreciate that, I was actually scrolling through thingiverse when i saw the badge and i thought it cant be a co-incidence! so i quickly hopped on here, cheers, will post some pics up once ive printed it out!
Actually, that triangle printed with a tweeter mount integrated would be pretty sweet. Might try modeling that.
I'm following this thread - and I'm curious if a wideband version of your voltmeter would be possible. Having AFRs displayed in exactly the same way could be really really cool! (And I'd totally buy one)
f00g00;2083153 said:
Enraged;2083188 said:
I like these ideas! I could totally make those!
emiliorescigno;2083189 said:
Possible, absolutely! However, space is VERY limited in that voltmeter. to avoid any modification to the bezel and make it 100% drop in, plug and play, I'm dealing with very thin walls and an extremely tight fit. I would likely have to get a plain 7 segment display to act as a readout with the wideband brains remotely mounted. Doable, for sure, but I'd need some help with the electronics programming side of things.
If someone has that skillset, maybe we can combine powers and make a neat wideband offering...
woggin;2083649 said:
tada, needs further refinement, and i took it to work since i ran outta time and sanded the surface flat, ive also made a few mods to the stl to do a few different prints with it!
Cool!
Leatherhead;2083662 said:
Door lock bezels, absolutely! I'll put that on my short list.
If you get those badges dialed in and are willing to do a 3.0GT or 3.0i I would definitely take one.
If you could do a custom 3.0twin turbo I'd love that as well for my future project.
If you could do a custom 3.0twin turbo I'd love that as well for my future project.
so I got some dimensions for the backing plate, printed that out, and then abs/acetone welded the 2 halves together, not overly happy because well, as you can see, it looks funky with the gloss and matte, but its been on the car for over a week, looks ok from a couple meters away, but ill be doing another print this weekend that will fix this issue.
all i did was sand the text flat with some 400grit, sand the back and the front of the backing plate, and then fixed them together.
all i did was sand the text flat with some 400grit, sand the back and the front of the backing plate, and then fixed them together.
3d printed arm rests for the doors... mine broke haha but I guess some vinyl glued over would fix it... but being harder would be a plus. complete door inset would be cool vinyl/3d print mix
