I printed these mounts to put a dash bar on my jku. I had the pipe laying around, so after some hours designing and testing several prototypes, these are the final parts. (The first pic shows the first design)
I then designed and printed a GoPro mount for the bar... i printed it in green because thats what i had mounted in the printer and it was the first prototype, next one with a couple mods will be black as well....
yes, the plastic and bolts are strong enough... there is an aluminium post to attach the base to the jeep, so not everything is plastic... it has no rattles or vibration, and feels very sturdy for what it is....
I have an ender 3 Pro still sitting in the box that I bought on an impulse. Had ideas of doing dash stuff and other things for the rig but then read about PLA properties not being worthy of the heat. My understanding is that PETG is probably the best readily available/cost effective option not requiring an ABS enclosure.
Let me quote myself. What the **** is a dash bar for? Only time I've seen one was when some guys have one going across the dash for their roll over cage.
But what is this one for in the OP?
An area Library had excess funds. So naturally, rather than rolling the $ into the next year's needs, they purchased two 3D printers. (They reportedly print with ABS @ $1.00 per gram weight of product).
Is the software code available for these parts?
If I was to use the data, I'd be willing to provide an extra set, in payment. There's an assumption on my part that the Traverse City Library has excess machine time and would allow an out-of-area user to share their capacity... Thanks. js
I am, at this point, unfamiliar with this technology, so please pardon my ignorance. But what is the language/program used or what is the file extension?
The 3d designs are created and stored as a standard .stl file using any number of 3d design software applications. You can download/view a bunch of stuff people have shared through sites like thingaverse.com
Once you have your .stl file the way you like it, it goes into a "slicer" program that takes the 3d model and creates the layers that the printer will use to make the object (different printers use different settings and/or slicers, my printer came with it's own slicer application). The slicer spits out a file that gets loaded on the printer, in my case the printer uses the gcode format, which is also pretty standard, although, there are others.
Thats awesome!
can you make a air diffuser to go over the defroster vents so it can actually work?
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