Thats cool, good job

 

+1 Regardless of printer you DO GOOD WORK!

 

Hmmm… Impressive. Could you do something like this?

 

Absolutely need to make a few of those. When I looked into 3d printers . . . . they were $25K. have they come down any?

 

Probably

 

That's very cool! The 3D printers are amazing technology, your imagination is really the only limit.

 

Okay.... so then you just sand smooth, paint to your preference, and there it is? That is pretty damn cool.irate:irate:

 

Yep, just a little sanding, filler, some primer and paint it to the color you want. It's for 2 1/16" gauges and will fit a standard steering column.

I could make a couple if people are interested.

 

i would be very interested

 

I'm definitely interested. Especially since it fits 2 1/6 gauges.

 

These are great for prototype parts. Engineers have to be careful/aware of how you intend to make a the part in production. Big advantage is mold is not needed.

Some day this technology will probably be fast enough/part for production parts.

We had one in our lab, it was hard to keep people away from playing with it!

 

Would u ever consider selling these, not sure how much compared to one from a parts store.

 

I don't know anything about making molds. Would that be easier than printing a new one each time? It'd be nice to be able to sell some stuff to help offset the cost of everything.

 

That's awesome. :thumbsup:

 

You can make parts that there is no practical way to make with conventional manufacturing process.

The various injection molds for the Rally Pac may come to $50,000. If 10,000 Rally Pacs were made that's $5/Rally Pac. People often question the lousy quality of repo parts. The repo part maker usually doesn't have $50,000 for tooling for a part that may sell 100's, 1000s on the high side!

 

Eaglescout - do you think asking for $50 would be out of line?

 

that's a great deal--you could probably charge a bit more for them and still have lots of demand.

If you decide to sell these, be sure to tell people they will want to fill/sand/paint them before use. Some peeps may think they are getting a piece ready to install. Depending on the material properties you may also want to state that these are softer than the casted parts available today for considerably more money.

 

Namloh the housing at mustsngs unlimited are $200 ish, but those are pretty close to original. So$50 sounds good, not sure what the price to make each housing is or the hours involved

 

I'm interested in seeing pics of this....with and w/o gauges installed. mabbe on the column too.
sounds pretty cool!

 

I actually think you're onto something

 

I'll try to get some more pics with gauges done this weekend for everyone. It's supposed to be warmer this weekend for once. The polar vortex has finally left (for now).

It takes about 4.5 hours to print everything for one unit. I have to stay nearby and keep an eye on the printer to make sure the filament doesn't jam (rare) or the piece comes loose from the base plate (the most common problem) and screw everything up. I think $50 is a fair price for now.

 

I think at $50 it's a really good option compatible to others, coupe you possibly make the one for the 65 with the script?

 

Do you mean the other style that says rally pac across the middle? It would have a middle piece like 22GT posted earlier right?

If so, then I might be able to do that. I'm self taught on the 3d drawing stuff so it might take some time but maybe I can just expand on what I already have.

 

I'm interested in one of these...

 

For $50 I'd DEFINITELY be interested!

 

Are you interested in sharing the files? I've been printing all kinds of brackets and odds n ends for mine since my printer arrived in January.

 

I'll buy one too if the option is available.

 

Samgupta - that's a good point about the amount of work still required. I'll have to put something in the Classifieds section.

 

Don't underestimate the time it takes to print these things. Depending on how high of a resolution you print in (reducing finishing work) these things might take up to 12 hours each to print.