3d printing

[mikeybjettaman]

Does anyone 3d print parts for their van?. I've just bought a Devon Moonraker and it has so many issues. I'm looking for stl's for Speedo repairs and other parts. Anyone else designed 3d parts for these?

[ZsZ]

Check thingiverse.com there are a lot of redesigned parts for our vans, however I am not sure about the Devon specific ones.

[Rascal]

thingiverse
Just search for T3 or Vanagon
Slaughter house customs are also slowly releasing all their 3D print designs for free.

[3cylinders]

For anyone who doesn't have access to a 3d printer but wants prints of STL files from the likes of thingiverse.com I can recommend performanceplasticz@gmail.com - send the STL, address and quantity required for a quote.

His responses are very fast and he gets the parts out quickly.

As a guide, I ordered a couple of these speedometer repair clamps and got them for under £6 with postage included
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2104416

[Drewk1]

I've 3dprinted knobs for our RM212 fridge and a phone holder that sits in the ashtray.

I'm sure there will be more.

The knobs came of thingiverse and the holder I modelled myself.

I need a heater control lever and a quick search gave me:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:603589/files

[Fun.]

@drewk1 I wish I'd seen those heater levers before I bought mine... nicely done, I can't wait to start printing some bits for mine.

[ZsZ]

thread resurrection:

I borrowed my brothers printer and made some 3D models the other day as I had some spare time to kill:

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

[Rik]

I bought a generic poptop that you have to make fit to you van yourself. As the roof of a T3 is more curved than average and has some humps I needed some wedged spacers. Had a guy at my work d3 print some with uv-resistant plastic, works a treat. It consists of multiple smaller pieces that connect like puzzle pieces into eachother.

[Splurt]

For anyone who doesn't have access to a 3d printer but wants prints of STL files from the likes of thingiverse.com I can recommend performanceplasticz@gmail.com - send the STL, address and quantity required for a quote.

His responses are very fast and he gets the parts out quickly.

As a guide, I ordered a couple of these speedometer repair clamps and got them for under £6 with postage included
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2104416

I can vouch for Calvin and his service.  More speedo repair parts for me from thingiverse, some corner repair pieces.  Quick to respond and good value.  He has changed email so the new contact is;

cjdesignworks@outlook.com

 

[300CE]

Howdy All,

I have a quick question from someone who has absolutely no idea as to how 3D printing works!! I have a VW Beetle and am looking on creating something a bit different for the horn grille on the front of the car.

The current one looks like this:



and i would like to create something like this:



So it looks like the dimensions would be the same except the bars in the first photo would be completely removed leaving the outer ring and it then made slightly thicker (there are also supporting tabs on the rear for it to clip into the hole on the wing or i suppose it could be made so it pushes in tight).  

Would this be something fairly easy to do and am i be able to purchase a piece of software to create this at all - i believe it would need to be set up as a CAD file which would then be used to 3d print the item.

Cheers in advance!
 

[clift_d]

I'm not sure I fully understand what you're intending but my suggestion for software would be to get yourself a copy of Fusion 360. It's industry standard software but Autodesk offer a free license for personal and hobbyist uses and this includes all of the standard functionality including model conversion and export. It's fairly straightforward to get started with if you've ever used any other computer drafting software, and there are plenty of tutorials on YouTube and elsewhere to help, and it will get you to the point of being able to create quite sophisticated print-ready STL files.

[300CE]

Cheers for the reply - apologies as it's probably the rubbish way i've worded it but basically, i could take the measurements from the horn grille as shown in the first pics as those dimensions will be exact (i have already ordered one of these grilles) - i'd then hopefully be able to adjust the dimensions to create the grille like the one in the second pic using the software, and then print from that - it might be a bit of trial and error to get it how i want it, but that's all part of the fun.

Many thanks for the advice on the software, i shall give that a butchers!