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posted: 23 Jul 2011 01:51 from: Martin Wynne
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3D printing has made great strides in the last few years. But a spanner (wrench) strong enough to use straight off the printer takes some believing: http://youtu.be/jQ-aWFYT_SU Martin. |
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posted: 23 Jul 2011 19:50 from: Rob Manchester
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Martin, Brilliant. That is Peco and Exactoscale out of business! We just use Templot to make the required design and print it straight onto the baseboards. Not sure if the trains would run on the 'resin' rails ? Come to think of it that could also be the end of loco kits and everything else we ever used on our models. Just stick a scanner in the car, scan what you like down the Severn Valley and print it out to whatever scale when you get home..... Rob |
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posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:14 from: Nigel Fisher
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The technology is available to railway modellers, check out impossible creations (often seen at shows) http://www.impossiblecreations.co.uk/. A chat with Ian Carter will reveal a host of things it can be used for. Whilst I haven't used him myself I know a couple of people who have. The only problem at the moment is that the 'resolution' isn't great, if you have a coach side printed you can see a line of ridges, which is where the print head scans the side. So anything that is done needs to be cleaned up, however it may be possible to lose the rough surface with a thick paint or thin filler mix. If you want to do it yourself the 'printers' cost about £15,000 and work with PC's just like your HP or Epson. Nigel Fisher |
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posted: 24 Jul 2011 09:32 from: Martin Wynne
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Nigel Fisher wrote: The technology is available to railway modellers, check out impossible creations (often seen at shows) http://www.impossiblecreations.co.uk/. A chat with Ian Carter will reveal a host of things it can be used for. See also: http://www.shapeways.com in the Netherlands. David Rayner posted details of his model railway components from them, in this topic: topic 1503 regards, Martin. |
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posted: 24 Jul 2011 14:06 from: Bruce A Wilson
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Rene Gourley, who works in P87, enetered a passenger car in the NMRA contest in Sacramento that was essentially all 3D printing. On another group he provided some links that may be of interst There are photos of the car on flickr here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/renegourley/5892308885/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/renegourley/5892273711/ Under construction http://www.flickr.com/photos/renegourley/4705641436/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/renegourley/4478434070/ Much of the construction is described on my blog at http://www.proto87.org > Your clinic stirred the pot more than any other, I believe! Great. As I said in the clinic, this technology is going to completely change the hobby in the next few years. I'll have to wait until I get home to upload my clinics to the X2011 site. Cheers, Rene' |
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posted: 1 Nov 2011 23:11 from: Ewerthon Mota click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
Hi Martin, could you post the video again? The video in youtube is offline. I´m an S scale modeller, and I´m very interested in link templot with solidworks that I use in my work. |
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posted: 2 Nov 2011 00:43 from: Martin Wynne
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Ewerthon Mota wrote: Hi Martin, could you post the video again? The video in youtube is offline. I'm an S scale modeller, and I'm very interested in link Templot with solidworks that I use in my work.Hi Ewerthon, The 3D printer video is here on YouTube: http://youtu.be/jQ-aWFYT_SU Do you have some pictures of what you are doing with Templot in 3D printing?  regards, Martin. |
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posted: 2 Nov 2011 17:37 from: Ewerthon Mota click the date to link to this post click member name to view archived images |
I actually don´t have templot yet. Not a long time ago that I decided to model S scale. I´m using solidworks for building projects, I have the ability to make locomotives, but is too hard for me, in Brazil, to find drawings to convert in 3d. I´m thinking in use solidscape printer ( http://www.pacificlocomotive.com ) to have the parts that I want to make. There´s a place where I can find all types off chairs and their names, photos? I saw somewhere a list off a turnout, C8 for example, and the chairs types for it. What is the largest prototype radius turnout/point using bullhead rail and chairs? Do templot offer modern high speed turnouts? Can I make with templot complicated turnouts as http://www.clag.org.uk/green14.html ? | ||
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