DIY 3D Printing Tools and Parts Thread

[Tom Elder]

Link to P221 and P222 tools files

https://www.thingiverse.com/floyddesign/designs

[Classic11]

Rothaus, can you provide the file for your awesome block off plates for the intake?
Tom, these are awesome, will be printed tonight, appreciate you sharing.

Daniel

[Classic11]

I wanted to share my experience with 3D printing over the last 2 weeks with the folks who are hesitant or unsure. I had experience with 3D printers at my business for the last 10 years but its always been a great tool to have but somewhat complicated to use just every once in a while. A good friend who also works with me has though always been into the 3D printing world. This past Christmas i thought it would be a great present for my kids (7 and 9) and of course me, I ended up buying a Ender 3 V3 and it has been nothing but easy. The auto leveling, that is now available for cheap printers like this one (160 dollars at microcenter). I promise with little to no experience but some common sense you can print many of these prints in 1h or less. These printers have become much better and easier to use. The auto leveling is great as you don't have to measure and manually adjust.
Daniel

[jonesb930]

Originally Posted by Tom Elder

Link to P221 and P222 tools files

https://www.thingiverse.com/floyddesign/designs

Nice work Tom!

[dennisv]

Originally Posted by Tom Elder

Link to P221 and P222 tools files

Those are nice looking designs Tom. Thanks for sharing. You must have 3D printer with a large print bed! I don't think I could get the larger rod holder to fit on my Ultimaker 2.

[Tom Elder]

Thanks, I have an Ender 5 Plus 350mm x 350mm bed.

Further to Daniel's comments

For anybody thinking about buying a 3D printer but maybe think it would have limited use if you don’t have CAD skills. Thingiverse is not the only site for downloading part files,
https://www.myminifactory.com
https://cults3d.com/
https://www.printables.com/

Molly has more rolls of color PLA than I have, for making her many plant pots, mostly printed from downloaded files.

We have printed parts of some sort in every room of the house now. Loads of fun project besides Porsche parts, if you have cad skills, Googie Nixie clock, molds for cement bullet and peanut planters, scale model of a Clairtone Project G using Echo Dot speakers, etc.
And a lot of vacuum adapters, trim rings around the furnace ducts, floor drains, LED ceiling light junction cover, printed boxes for organizing stuff, parts, hareware.

The point is you will be surprised at how much you will use it. If you have kids in the house, great teaching tool.

Good site for general information covering the hobby level is, https://all3dp.com/

The boss and the kids will approve of this non Porsche tool purchase.

[SBell]

Originally Posted by Classic11

Rothaus, can you provide the file for your awesome block off plates for the intake?
Tom, these are awesome, will be printed tonight, appreciate you sharing.

Daniel

If Rothaus doesn't send his file for the block off plates I have my own version somewhere I can find/send

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[rothaus]

Originally Posted by SBell

If Rothaus doesn't send his file for the block off plates I have my own version somewhere I can find/send

Sent from my SM-G991U using Tapatalk

Originally Posted by Classic11

Rothaus, can you provide the file for your awesome block off plates for the intake?
Tom, these are awesome, will be printed tonight, appreciate you sharing.

Daniel

Here is the link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BFBHGz974CEytV9ElgFwKjhjuyIwhhL6/view

[Classic11]

Awesome Thanks

[Old H2S]

On these cold winter nights when you are bored..
The new 2nd. gen Holley Sniper EFI is out now and even a single carb is way cheaper than triple Webers.
I welded a 2bbl carb base to an aluminum plate and cut the top off of a stock air box to make this set up.

[Cloggie]

I am just getting into 3D printing for stuff for my Carrera restomod.

I have been playing with Fusion 360 and going through its learning curve, but the first project that I want to complete is a replacement fan mount for the front ventilation blower.

The design ought to be a drop in replacement for that horrible little Bosch fan motor Porsche used back then, replacing it with a fan motor from an early 2000's Honda Civic - its bigger, quieter, better build and about 10 euros from an auto wrecker.

I have a Bambu printer on order, will let you all know how well this works (I will print in ABS which is the original material for that fan housing)



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[Cloggie]

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[Peteinjp]

Working on a guide/bushing for my MCS install on the 964. They keep the hose from rubbing lock to lock from full extension all the way to bump.





Final parts to be done in PA.

[Peteinjp]

964 manual steering rack conversion cover:

[Peteinjp]

RMS seal tool

[thetorch]

The quality of the Bambu Carbon X1 has been shocking compared to a printer I bought 8 years ago. The auto bed leveling, extrusion testing, spaghetti detection, lidar first layer scanning, notifications, remote monitoring camera -- all very, very good. BambuStudio slicer is flexible, reliable and extremely well thought out. The automatic filament feeder (AMS) is a must have -- so far keeping the humidity at 15%, can automatically go to another spool if one runs out, etc.

Fusion 360 is worth using for the parametric modeling alone, and the quality. Crashes a lot on the Mac though. Absurdly good for running on a home computer.

Made a pump to mount a high pressure Bosch Carrera pump to the longhood front crossmember in the tight space created by the 85L SC tank.

Experimenting with different materials; the quality and strength of the high temp Nylon carbon fiber (PAHT-CF) is surprisingly good. The PETG-CF does not print quite as well.

Mostly prototyping stuff at the moment to learn Fusion360 and the printer/materials limitations and tricks.

[Showdown]

Second on the Bambu X1 Carbon with AMS. Stellar machine.

I primarily use shapr3D on my iPad Pro- it’s not as powerful as fusion360 but it’s the most intuitive and swiftest 3D modeling software I’ve ever used.

[Cloggie]

Originally Posted by Showdown

Second on the Bambu X1 Carbon with AMS. Stellar machine.

I primarily use shapr3D on my iPad Pro- it’s not as powerful as fusion360 but it’s the most intuitive and swiftest 3D modeling software I’ve ever used.

I did not order the AMS, thinking that pretty well everything I will print will be monochrome and black.

Is it really essential? I am sure I could still get it added to my order....thoughts?

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[Showdown]

I use my 3D printer both for my work and for the car and the requirements are pretty different so having multiple spools of material at the ready is really critical because it means I can switch back-and-forth effortlessly. It also means that if I need to print something that requires support, I can do so, with a cheaper support filament rather than the more expensive primary filament. Yes, it takes more time but if it’s more cost-effective that matters.

I don’t think that you will find yourself missing the AMS right off the bat, but if you do, you can always add it on later

[thetorch]

Prototype in PLA, but for final parts the material is more expensive and probably PET, Nylon, CF embeded, or another heat and chemical resistant filament. Printing all the time in high temp Nylon or embedded CF is going to be irritating and slower (bed heating is longer, things with CF do have more failures, etc). Also, the finishes vary a lot from material to material -- you want smooth, tough, heat resistant, 2 of those 3? You are likely going to be using more than 1 type of filament. YMMV.

The AMS seems to be failry airtight, and wet filaments are no good. The way it handles loading, unloading filaments, etc. is so hassle free I would def recommend it.

Just get it. My 2 cents.