[hutchenc]

Not sure if anyone cares, but I have access to a ton of 3D printers here in Wyoming. We can do metal (small volume, like 4x4 inches) as well as larger objects on FDM printers and Polyjet printers (which can do color and layers of only 10 micrometers).

Really interested to see what folks have for tri-fives here!

 

[twin engines]

Print Nomad Eyebrows, you will have a market...just make the price reasonable.

 

[ETriggs]

What metals? Inconel?

Also, not sure if I mentioned it but I was born in Cheyenne and my Dad still lives there!

 

[hutchenc]

Print Nomad Eyebrows, you will have a market...just make the price reasonable.

There's no way I could print those on the printer I have access to...they're way too big. Also, it will print in stainless or titanium. Again, the volume is small...build plate is only 100x95mm.

Unless you wanted them in carbon fiber or a material that a polyjet can work with

 

[twin engines]

There's no way I could print those on the printer I have access to...they're way too big. Also, it will print in stainless or titanium. Again, the volume is small...build plate is only 100x95mm.

Unless you wanted them in carbon fiber or a material that a polyjet can work with

That material would work, you could chrome wrap them.

 

[hutchenc]

That material would work, you could chrome wrap them.

Nah...purists wouldn't buy that. Not a chance.

 

[twin engines]

Nah...purists wouldn't buy that. Not a chance.

If you made them at a reasonable price point, you may be surprised. Purists are not the majority anymore.

 

[1971BB427]

The larger polyjet might be great to print patterns for a person to use in casting parts. Maybe cast in brass or bronze, and then have them plated.

 

[ETriggs]

The larger polyjet might be great to print patterns for a person to use in casting parts. Maybe cast in brass or bronze, and then have them plated.

 

[ETriggs]

Imagine having those eyebrows in cast stainless. No chrome plating to peel.

 

[Rick_L]

That material would work, you could chrome wrap them.

Non purists aren't going to accept chrome plastic wrap any more than purists will.

Just as no one is going to get an affordable high quality stainless eyebrow/spear casting made from 3D printed tooling for many many more years either.

 

[hutchenc]

Non purists aren't going to accept chrome plastic wrap any more than purists will.

Just as no one is going to get an affordable high quality stainless eyebrow/spear casting made from 3D printed tooling for many many more years either.

Yep...Rick is right. No one wants a carbon fiber chrome wrapped trim piece on a tri-five. I wouldn't even want that and I'm definitely not a purist. I might want painted carbon fiber trim or bumpers/guards...maybe, but probably not. I just don't care enough and most other likely don't either. And when there's no real market for a product, well, it's not a product worth making.

I'm sure if I had a set of eyebrows that we could model it in 3D using one of our scanners and then print it in polycast or in carbon fiber. I wouldn't have any way of getting them into cast stainless though. And even if I did, I doubt it'd be any cheaper than what's on the market now. You know why billet door handles are expensive? Because people buy them at those prices. Frankly, it would be easier to take a pre-existing set of eyebrows and make a cast from them...there's no good reason to print them.

3D printing is really cool, but it's not a panacea.

I could see printing '57 bumper bullets in carbon fiber. That'd be easy. Hmm.

 

[JimSerra]

Can 10 x 1 inch cast emblems be printed on/to stainless?

 

[twin engines]

Yep...Rick is right. No one wants a carbon fiber chrome wrapped trim piece on a tri-five. I wouldn't even want that and I'm definitely not a purist. I might want painted carbon fiber trim or bumpers/guards...maybe, but probably not. I just don't care enough and most other likely don't either. And when there's no real market for a product, well, it's not a product worth making.

I'm sure if I had a set of eyebrows that we could model it in 3D using one of our scanners and then print it in polycast or in carbon fiber. I wouldn't have any way of getting them into cast stainless though. And even if I did, I doubt it'd be any cheaper than what's on the market now. You know why billet door handles are expensive? Because people buy them at those prices. Frankly, it would be easier to take a pre-existing set of eyebrows and make a cast from them...there's no good reason to print them.

3D printing is really cool, but it's not a panacea.

I could see printing '57 bumper bullets in carbon fiber. That'd be easy. Hmm.

Eyebrows in carbon fiber would be cool, you could work your way to carbon trim.

 

[SLIM]

Nah...purists wouldn't buy that. Not a chance.

As long as they look like chrome and are dimensionally correct, they'll sell. Price is king

 

[Rick_L]

As long as they look like chrome

And there is the truth detector.

 

[SLIM]

Just don't make more then 100

 

[ETriggs]

As long as they look like chrome and are dimensionally correct, they'll sell. Price is king

If it’s a Mikey build, only the best would work.

If it’s an Eldon build, as long as it looks good enough to drive around and not get laughed at, it’s good.