3d Printing for PT

[2manyrocks]

I have had the thought that PT should make the bottom of the tub with a solid plate that has an oil drain plug.........

 

[MossRoad]

I have had the thought that PT should make the bottom of the tub with a solid plate that has an oil drain plug.........

Then you could put a liquid alarm in the bottom for warning.

 

[2manyrocks]

Oil sight gauge on the side or maybe just listen by ear for oil sloshing.

 

[bmaverick]

The first time I saw anything about 3D printing was quite a while ago. Jay Leno did a segment with a guy about recreating missing/broken car marker lights and turn signal lights. They had some old car that was missing, say, the left rear turn signal lens. They removed the right turn signal lens, and put a 3D scanner on it. Once they got it scanned, they just mirrored the scan and produced a left turn signal. They then cast the 3D printed left signal in something to get a negative mold of it, then poured the amber resin in the mold. Ta da! New turn signal lens.

Pretty neat!

Today, you can print in flexibly clear translucent material and make the lens directly, and in any color.

flexible TPU 95A, also offer better impact ability.

Researchers 3D Print Headlight Lenses, Overcoming Manufacturing Challenges - 3Dnatives

Researchers from Taiwan's Tunghai University compared 3D printed headlight lenses to CNC-machined and reverse-engineered ones.

www.3dnatives.com

 

[DarkBlack]

Today, you can print in flexibly clear translucent material and make the lens directly, and in any color.

flexible TPU 95A, also offer better impact ability.
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Researchers 3D Print Headlight Lenses, Overcoming Manufacturing Challenges - 3Dnatives

Researchers from Taiwan's Tunghai University compared 3D printed headlight lenses to CNC-machined and reverse-engineered ones.

www.3dnatives.com

“Today, you can print in flexibly clear translucent material and make the lens directly, and in any color”

Maybe, You, can?
I know, I’m just a mere mortal with my 3d printer. No way, no how, could I print that complex curve, clear, smooth , headlight lens, that’s in those photos. I seriously doubt anyone else here could either.
Isn’t it mostly experimental at this point?

 

[MossRoad]

Today, you can print in flexibly clear translucent material and make the lens directly, and in any color.

flexible TPU 95A, also offer better impact ability.
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Researchers 3D Print Headlight Lenses, Overcoming Manufacturing Challenges - 3Dnatives

Researchers from Taiwan's Tunghai University compared 3D printed headlight lenses to CNC-machined and reverse-engineered ones.

www.3dnatives.com

From that article....

"According to the report, the research showed that 3D printing was suitable for making prototypes, improving operational efficiency and shortening production times"

I don't think "we" are there yet.

 

[MountainBuck]

Those of you who are "creators," are you posting your creations anywhere online to be available to the rest of the world?

 

[BillCroasmun]

What are you working with? I have a x1c and it seems to me to be reasonably easy to run. For sure we are on a cusp of a change with these things.

I have an Anycubic Photon resin printer and an Anycubic Kobra FDM printer. I have no problem running mine either but their are a lot of variables that can impact many aspects of printing.

For example, I can be running, in Ohio, the exact printer as someone in Alabama but if their house is more humid then mine we may not want the same profile settings to get the same results. Little things like that means some people have an out of the box working set-up and others don't and wonder why when things don't work as expected.

I'm a nerd and although I run my printers in the house, in a well controlled environment, I still tweaked a lot of settings to optimize my prints. These are the kind of things I think about when I say they have a long way to go to be consumer friendly.

If you had to fidget with your refrigerator settings to make sure your food didn't spoil you wouldn't be happy and I think for 3d printers to gain more acceptance they need to be that plug and play.

The fact we own Power Tracs already says something about our acceptance of non-standard equipment

 

[MossRoad]

Betamax forever!