Actually made something useful with my 3D printer.

grouchie77 said:
Will it also auto-switch if one spool runs dry?
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From what I've read.... yes. Switches on the fly.
No user (dumbass) intervention needed. :cautious:

Supposedly it'll print one color, then switch to another to make multi colored prints. Doubt I'll ever need that, but a cool feature nonetheless.
 
So if you have 4 ¼-full spools of the same blue that you have leftover it will use one up then sense it is out then switch? I have about a dozen "remnants" of spools that I don't know what to do with since I can't trust them to last for a big build.

Also, on a possibly unrelated note, has anyone ever used a metal 3D printing service?

I'm printing out a 1-2 intake right now and would be interested to see if I could get one printed out of aluminum.
 
grouchie77 said:
So if you have 4 ¼-full spools of the same blue that you have leftover it will use one up then sense it is out then switch?
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Yes, at least that's what their website says. Won't know for sure 'till I actually get it in my grubby little hands.
 
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I have been designing motorcycle parts in 3d to be printed. I dont have a printer. I send .stl's to pcb way for them to print. I have an order for tpu footpeg isolation mounts. Will post something when it's done.

I am very excited by this whole thing, and i can quickly imagine how useful it is for motorcycle restoration. I have a friend who runs an alloy foundry. I have parts made there too. Lost wax investment stuff.
 
festerandolini said:
I have a friend who runs an alloy foundry. I have parts made there too. Lost wax investment stuff.
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Out of curiosity, would the plastic from 3D printing behave like wax? 3D print a part, cast a mold around it and melt the plastic out just like you'd do with the wax method?
 
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40 hrs of printing yields me a prototype intake manifold for the Yammie.

I have to dig out the support structure inside at some point, but this is mainly to see how it would fit with that stock downtube. There's also an internal baffle that won't be visible unless I take the supports out, the idea being that it kinda evens out the "runners" so both cylinders are less unequal.
 
Jim said:
Out of curiosity, would the plastic from 3D printing behave like wax? 3D print a part, cast a mold around it and melt the plastic out just like you'd do with the wax method?
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Special filaments for both resin and FDM printers. The wax filament stuff is pretty hard to use, but specific "lost investment" resin and filament are amazing.

I will be looking to make moulds and cores with some lost investment moulds on the build list currently.

Things like covers, caps, indicator housings and even small brackets are easy. Engine cases... That's the final goal.

Competition Distribution have a 3D metal printer and use a powder laser rig. It's the 7i7's.
 
40 hrs of printing yields me a prototype intake manifold for the Yammie.

I have to dig out the support structure inside at some point, but this is mainly to see how it would fit with that stock downtube. There's also an internal baffle that won't be visible unless I take the supports out, the idea being that it kinda evens out the "runners" so both cylinders are less unequal.
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Very nice!
 
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