3D printing
3D printing
Anyone had some stuff 3D printed? Is it expensive? My company runs transit custom vans and the panels below the fuel filler disappear regularly due to a shit design of the clips. Ford want stupid money for them just wandering if 3D printing was a option.
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Re: 3D printing
I’ve had a couple of things made, a number of inline socket mounts with cable entry gland M20 female thread, kindly designed and printed by Metz of of Visordown as follows:
IIRC this was the prototype.
I also had a 3 gang socket tray made for my ikea desktop which I sourced via thingiverse (I think) and got printed via cloudcraft, part turned out quite expensive for a one off job but it was cheaper than buying the part plus a load of surplus bits from ikea and ikea doesn’t sell the part separately.
IIRC this was the prototype.
I also had a 3 gang socket tray made for my ikea desktop which I sourced via thingiverse (I think) and got printed via cloudcraft, part turned out quite expensive for a one off job but it was cheaper than buying the part plus a load of surplus bits from ikea and ikea doesn’t sell the part separately.
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Re: 3D printing
Had oodles of bits made for work, it's the go to now for widgets spacers and doodads. We've got several machines of our own now too, most places do.
Your first challenge will be getting a 3D CAD
model of the part you need.
Protolabs are OK but take the piss on price IMO, even when youve got pro money to spend.
Your first challenge will be getting a 3D CAD
model of the part you need.
Protolabs are OK but take the piss on price IMO, even when youve got pro money to spend.
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Re: 3D printing
Screwdriver made these for me for garage decoration.


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Re: 3D printing
maccecht wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 12:14 pm transit custom vans [...] the panels below the fuel filler
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Re: 3D printing
What’s wrong with you? Read the first post in this thread…Screwdriver wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 7:42 pmI guess you're trying to be clever.
It's not working...
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I thought you might have missed it. But with that attitude, you can fuck right off.Screwdriver wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 7:42 pmI guess you're trying to be clever.
It's not working...
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Re: 3D printing
You didn't ask whether the OP could provide a suitable CAD file to drive the 3D printer.Screwdriver wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 9:23 pmFuck me another fucking moron who thinks you can just design a universal clip. Go ahead then if you think its so easy.
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Re: 3D printing
Christ on a bike.Screwdriver wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 9:19 pmSometimes I find it difficult to imagine just how stupid some people are.Sunny wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 9:08 pmI thought you might have missed it. But with that attitude, you can fuck right off.
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Was the bike invented then???Sunny wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 10:19 pmChrist on a bike.Screwdriver wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 9:19 pmSometimes I find it difficult to imagine just how stupid some people are.Sunny wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 9:08 pm
I thought you might have missed it. But with that attitude, you can fuck right off.
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Re: 3D printing
Is this what you're after?maccecht wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 12:14 pm Anyone had some stuff 3D printed? Is it expensive? My company runs transit custom vans and the panels below the fuel filler disappear regularly due to a shit design of the clips. Ford want stupid money for them just wandering if 3D printing was a option.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/316047066377 ... media=COPY
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Re: 3D printing
@the_priest can confirm, didn't Moses come down from the mountain on his Triumph? Or the roar was heard through the land. Or summatFelix wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 10:22 pmWas the bike invented then???Sunny wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 10:19 pmChrist on a bike.Screwdriver wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 9:19 pm
Sometimes I find it difficult to imagine just how stupid some people are.![]()
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Re: 3D printing
You're a regular Francis of Assisi, aren't you?Screwdriver wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 9:23 pmFuck me another fucking moron who thinks you can just design a universal clip. Go ahead then if you think its so easy.
There is no cloud, just somebody else's computer.
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Re: 3D printing
Screwdriver wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 9:23 pm Fuck me another fucking moron who thinks you can just design a universal clip.

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Re: 3D printing
Your “moron” replies: most people, given Maccecht’s innocent enquiry of your good self, who has the apparent skills to help, would have asked, in a pleasant way - “which model of Transit, which exact part, have you a pic etc”.Screwdriver wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 9:23 pmFuck me another fucking moron who thinks you can just design a universal clip. Go ahead then if you think its so easy.
Not you. You go immediately into full on shitty mode without hesitation.
Have a break - again. Have a word with yourself - again. You’re allowing your unpleasantness on the politics forum to invade the rest of your conversations. Nobody else on here does this, tho I don’t suppose that bothers you.
Seriously, Screwd.
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Re: 3D printing
I’ve got a 3d printer and we do loads of family stuff. Recently did a fuel cap for the Landy- but have made a load of anime figures etc too
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Re: 3D printing
My time in design and manufacturing predate the development and easy availability of 3D printing.
I was wondering, does it require some sort of meltdown?
I was wondering, does it require some sort of meltdown?
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Ime, yes, most types of meltdown are catered for by 3D printing.Horse wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 10:07 am My time in design and manufacturing predate the development and easy availability of 3D printing.
I was wondering, does it require some sort of meltdown?
non quod, sed quomodo
