What did you 3D print today?

Well it's not a 49 piece CVT, but I did pri t a replacement part for my truck. Today is the print that seems like it is going to fit.

I have a factory tri-fold the drivers side back hinge seal broke a few months ago and I've been putting off the CAD to fix it. I finally said screw it and started.



I still need to put in the M5 heat set thread inserts, but I'm happy with the fit!

 

Looks great! What material did you go with?

 

This is Polymaker black ASA, now that I know it fits I may try to do it in CF PETG.

 

Ol RockLob is up to stupid shit.

I picked up a QuickJack so I can squeeze my fat ass under the Miata a little easier. It must be modded, because of course it does

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The problem, all of the fine positioning tends to scratch up the floor pretty good. Plus, the jack is heavy. Especially if you're moving it while leaning and crouched. That sound was my L3 disc ricocheting against the ceiling.

I found a model for caster wheels that I really liked, but it was for a different frame size. The model was for the 7000 frame, and I have a girly-man 5000 pound lift. Whelp, it's time to practice some tinkercad editing.





I went through many iterations and so far have thrown out at least two spools of filament. By the time I'm done, it will have taken me 2.5kgs to print the final, and I'll probably have thrown away 3kgs. I just bought Anycubic a nice dinner.




Here's version 1, rear, next to version 3, front. There are a few obvious differences, but there was also a lot of fine tweaking to the internal structure and hardware locations, to make the geometry work.



And then the rest run. This is the version 2 setup, but here's what I'm after. Make that bastard roll across an unswept floor like a high dollar creeper.




There are two absolute requirements:

A) make the jack frames easily rollable/positionable while keeping the added height under 1/2" (the lower the better)



B) I absolutely positively have to see daylight between the ground and the printed part before the jack makes contact with the car. This ensures that the jack frame is solidly planted on concrete as originally designed.




Yeah, it's obvious my garage is way overdue for a good broom pushing. I'm procrastinating by doing this stupid crap.

 

I was just looking at my pile of scrap and wondering how much I spent on filament vs how much I've actually used.

I don't want to know...

 

Been getting into locksport (the art of lock picking) and needed some accessories. Printed a pinning pad and some plug followers/stand.

 

Got a splash of paint and have the very beginning of the weathering process started on my 3D printed life-size B1 Battle Droid

 

Solution for keys placement, its not perfect but it gets the job done.
Tacoma 3rd Gen hook by MythicalYeti - Thingiverse

 

That's nice! I have the molle panels in that spot or I'd be making myself one

 

I got lazy of thinkering and trying so it's not perfect fit but with some double-sided tape it'll stay in place. Or maybe scale down 1-2% and try