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I just got my new 3D printer up & running.


One of the 1st things i made was a custom battery box for my MT, it fits where the front roll cage cross brace was. Over the steering.


Once i learn 3d CAD i will make some more custom parts to try out. I'm thinking full plastic sand paddle wheels for my D/R.

 
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It's called a " Duplicator 3 " chinese knock off of a Makerbot Replicator. It can do 2 colours.

Absolutely LOVING it.

It takes time though. The battery box took over 3hours to print on the 2nd best quality with 50 % fill.

I made a survival knife for a guy at work, it took 5 hours on the best quality 100% fill.
 
Here's a pic of the printer & completed battery box

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I did some quick measurements, & wheels will be a bit smaller than std due to build space restrictions.

can some one measure some BAJA wheels for height & get back to me. my D/R wheels look to be about 170mm tall. 150mm is my max.
 
I found a guy 5 mins from my house that has been mucking around with these for over a year. He sells do it yourself kits & the rolls of plastic.

He's interested in making a much bigger unit from scratch, bigger parts may be in the future.
 
TheCount said:
I found a guy 5 mins from my house that has been mucking around with these for over a year. He sells do it yourself kits & the rolls of plastic.He's interested in making a much bigger unit from scratch, bigger parts may be in the future.
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That's an awesome bit of kit....
 
That's pretty cool!

My question though is what is the durability of that plastic? Can you print with other types of plastic or dare I say, nylon? It would be VERY nice to have an "RPM like" option for control arms, bumpers, etc..
 
kur said:
That's pretty cool! My question though is what is the durability of that plastic? Can you print with other types of plastic or dare I say, nylon? It would be VERY nice to have an "RPM like" option for control arms, bumpers, etc..
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Yes I have printed with nylon, the battery box I printed for my MT broke . So I made one from nylon. It's much stronger & can be dyed any colour u want
 
TheCount said:
Yes I have printed with nylon, the battery box I printed for my MT broke . So I made one from nylon. It's much stronger & can be dyed any colour u want
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I would be VERY interested in seeing a set of arms made out of the nylon and tested for strength/flexibility and compared to a set of rpm baja arms. If it was anywhere close I'm sure you could probably make a decent profit selling arms, bumpers, cages, etc. to all the redcat owners out there.. provided the material cost isn't that high of course..
 
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