10-12-2020, 07:55 PM
I am currently (literally right now) playing with 3D printing in nylon. It's a bugger of a material on a home 3D printer. Very prone to warping. I have previously made PLA 3D printed change gears for my lathe which was missing them. That did work but the gear life is limited and the teeth break eventually. Even in a little lathe 3D printed gears are probably marginal although the gear train does contain some plastic ones already. There is little hope a 3D printed ring gear in a car (or truck!) is going to work with what you can print at home.
So since PLA is so weak in the lathe I am trying nylon instead. If I can't do it successfully at home I will send the files off to Shapeways or someone and have them professionally done. I am also working on a 3D printed Enigma machine and if I ever get that to actually work I am going to look at having those parts done in metal.
The car models are very impressive. I keep thinking I should make one of my Riley but then I go out to the garage and think why mess about with models when you have a 1:1 scale one to finish first!
Simon
So since PLA is so weak in the lathe I am trying nylon instead. If I can't do it successfully at home I will send the files off to Shapeways or someone and have them professionally done. I am also working on a 3D printed Enigma machine and if I ever get that to actually work I am going to look at having those parts done in metal.
The car models are very impressive. I keep thinking I should make one of my Riley but then I go out to the garage and think why mess about with models when you have a 1:1 scale one to finish first!
Simon