3D printed Center ventduct for Guage install

[Behemoth60]

Look what I made... a 3D printed 'Single' center vent duct for a RHD HJ61 so I could install a guage into the 'Right hand' side center vent, and all the air is properly ducted into the remaining 'left center' vent.

I used a Einstar 3D scanner to capture all the critical dimensions and clearances, then used that as a reference to model the new one in Fusion360, then print on the Bambu X1C printer. We live in the future!

 

[MWM1]

Cool Peter!
Do you have a mock up of the gauge in place?

 

[Autodidact]

25 years ago seen my first 20,000$ 3d printer really suprised how much they have exploded in popularity.

 

[Behemoth60]

25 years ago seen my first 20,000$ 3d printer really suprised how much they have exploded in popularity.

Before about 2 years ago... consumer 3D printers were a hobby that enthusiasts would tinker with. 'A 3D Printer's project print prints for 3D printers' was the saying. But the latest generation, they are now really 'tools' to actually make usefull things to actually pay for themselves, without the 'tinker with it to make it work' overhead.

 

[Autodidact]

Before about 2 years ago... consumer 3D printers were a hobby that enthusiasts would tinker with. 'A 3D Printer's project print prints for 3D printers' was the saying. But the latest generation, they are now really 'tools' to actually make usefull things to actually pay for themselves, without the 'tinker with it to make it work' overhead.

I have seen the outstanding quality of prints. I thought, why not laser scan a FJ60 body parts, imports into cad, clean it up then print out the varios pieces that make up one complete body part "wheel well". Glue the parts together then cover both sides with carbon fiber and wala, a body part that is replicated and the cost is a fraction of a very hard to find used body part? The difficult part mm, how to attach it. A offset roller could create a sheet metal offset, then the body part could drilled and flush rivets could be installed?

 

[dbbowen]

I have seen the outstanding quality of prints. I thought, why not laser scan a FJ60 body parts, imports into cad, clean it up then print out the varios pieces that make up one complete body part "wheel well". Glue the parts together then cover both sides with carbon fiber and wala, a body part that is replicated and the cost is a fraction of a very hard to find used body part? The difficult part mm, how to attach it. A offset roller could create a sheet metal offset, then the body part could drilled and flush rivets could be installed?

3d prints that big would require a HUUUUGE printer. Even just 3d printing the Bezel for the dash requires a pretty giant machine. Then you have the issue of everything looking 3d printed. It takes a sheet ton of work to make 3d printed items not look 3d printed.

They do have some impressive filaments now that are CF infused, or polycarbonate but again, size is the issue there.

 

[88Retired62]

To think this creatively is pure ingenuity and way beyond my pay grade. Mr. Behemoth…keep up the good work!

 

[Autodidact]

3d prints that big would require a HUUUUGE printer. Even just 3d printing the Bezel for the dash requires a pretty giant machine. Then you have the issue of everything looking 3d printed. It takes a sheet ton of work to make 3d printed items not look 3d printed.

They do have some impressive filaments now that are CF infused, or polycarbonate but again, size is the issue there.

I just found one