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Bassboy3313

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31 minutes ago, straight6pwr said:

Sounds like a great 1st project for a 3d printer!

I was actually looking for a 3d print file online earlier. There is one for the smaller center caps, but nothing I can find for the larger ones like mine. I'll for sure be watching as many tutorials on Fusion360 as I can to learn how to create 3d files from scratch. 

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3 minutes ago, P_Roloff said:

If you can find dimensions, I can probably throw a part file together for you this evening if you wanted.

That'd be pretty dope. I am going to snap a picture of the center cap head on best I can later and draw up some dimensions. Then mess around with Fusion360 or something to see what I can figure out. I will send the pic and dimensions to you as well tho if you feel like whipping something up. 

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So I actually just 3D printed a 6 sides one just to see if it would maybe work, but it didnt. I think if it had the notches between the points (like the first one Tom linked) to accommodate the 12pt center cap, it may have worked.

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I feel like an idiot tho. The 12pt wrench 3D file that I found which I thought was for a smaller size, is actually the correct size. My 3D print program autoscaled it down to 65% to fit my print bed. When I bring it back up to 100% scaled, it is too large for my printer no matter how I rotate it. My solution, chop the handle down an inch or so and rotate it to fit the print volume and use supports.

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After chopping the handle down to fit

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And showing the 3D print layers with support material

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Just hit go on a 21 hour print, so we shall see how it turns out.

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14 minutes ago, Nick_F said:

if it doesnt work you can send me the file and I can print it at work

Thanks! I wanted to give it a whirl on my machine to see if it was capable or not. I'm very impressed. 

 

If anyone needs the 6pt wrench I originally printed, let me know. I have no need for it.

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1 hour ago, Bassboy3313 said:

Thats a good question. I never really pay attention to the amount of material my program estimates per print. I’ll have to remember to do that and divide the cost of a spool of filament by lengths.

Just curious if the juice was worth the squeeze for lack of a better phrase.  

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3 minutes ago, patsbimmer1 said:

Just curious if the juice was worth the squeeze for lack of a better phrase.  

I just opened my print file back up. Says that it used 32.09 meters (or approximately 95 grams) of filament to print. The filament spool I am using cost me $23 for 1kg. We all know that 1kg equals 1000 grams. So dividing $23 by 1000 grams gives you 0.02 cents per gram. Multiple that by the 95 grams and it cost me $2.19 to print this wrench. I'd say this juice was worth the squeeze for sure!

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17 hours ago, Bassboy3313 said:

I just opened my print file back up. Says that it used 32.09 meters (or approximately 95 grams) of filament to print. The filament spool I am using cost me $23 for 1kg. We all know that 1kg equals 1000 grams. So dividing $23 by 1000 grams gives you 0.02 cents per gram. Multiple that by the 95 grams and it cost me $2.19 to print this wrench. I'd say this juice was worth the squeeze for sure!

Sounds like a new business!

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