Jonnyeclipse
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- May 29, 2021
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Edmonton,
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Has anybody ever tried 3-D printing new drip mouldings for a 2G. Does anybody think there would be a market for them.
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The entire length of the drip moulding is 1600mm!!! Thats along way! No printer thats hobby can do that! My orinter can do 450x450! And thats considered HUGE!!! Only industrial can print those lengths and then your talking about 2 days of print time and a huge bill at the end and most wont want to pay that even in batch orders since printing is 1 speed really.Size is less of an obstacle than I initially thought - though I'm not positive exactly how long the drip moldings are. Material would be the big question for me. And they aren't likely to be very affordable. This is a screenshot of the materials and sizes that could be created from one of the more frequently used vendors I deal with at work.
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I looked into re making them, I got some way forwards but the tooling cost was alot! I did start to look at another way but then never proceeded to pursue it but its not requiring a huge press tool so it would be alot better. I just wish I had more time to keep on top of these smaller thingsKnowing the size, obviously the screenshot I provided is pretty useless for the discussion. Just want to be clear, I'm not disagreeing with Bobby as size is certainly something to consider. But I also wasn't limiting myself to the 3D printers people like us might have in our garages. Hence the, "..they aren't likely to be very affordable."