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Posted by: Mblizzard Sep 23 2013, 11:08 AM

There have been a few items that I have encountered recently that just seemed very expensive for what they were. Getting closer to potentially getting them to a much cheaper price.

Posted by: Dave_Darling Sep 23 2013, 03:08 PM

Front suspension bushing?

--DD

Posted by: Mblizzard Sep 23 2013, 03:23 PM

3-D printed Venturi's.

Thoughts?

Posted by: codices Sep 23 2013, 03:58 PM

These are tools for removal and replacement of small hub caps on factory teener wheels without bending or denting.

Posted by: rhodyguy Sep 23 2013, 04:05 PM

what are they made of? can the material handle a flash back thru the carbs?

Posted by: Mblizzard Sep 23 2013, 06:36 PM

Kevin they should be fine as the are high temp PLA with a melting point over 110 C.

Posted by: r_towle Sep 23 2013, 06:41 PM

Cool.

What materials can you print?
I would be interested in some custom velocity stack.

Posted by: Mblizzard Sep 23 2013, 06:48 PM

For the velocity stacks I would go with ABS lower melting temp but a little stronger material.

Right now we are mainly doing PLA and ABS. But we can do most extrudeable plastic.

Let me know what you would like and we can either generate the or use your design.

Posted by: r_towle Sep 23 2013, 06:49 PM

Is it just plastic?

Posted by: Mblizzard Sep 23 2013, 06:59 PM

Yep but it has an additional solvent resistant coating on it for fuels and and air flow. If there is a failure of the plastic due to heat, the impacts on the engine are quite small.

Posted by: bulitt Sep 23 2013, 07:12 PM

If I could offer a request, and don't know what volume you are talking about, but the front side marker assembly that holds the bulbs (not the lens) is NLA, Kinda thought about having a run of 1000 made up but possibly something you could offer.

Posted by: Eric_Shea Sep 23 2013, 07:15 PM

Factory used plastic stacks.

Posted by: r_towle Sep 23 2013, 07:29 PM

Questin is really, can you only print plastic?

Posted by: Mblizzard Sep 23 2013, 07:31 PM

Being new to this I don't know all of the in's and outs but there are a number of places where you can essentially print whatever volume you want. But the printing capacity is not the valuable part. The STL file used to print the file holds the value. When you use one of the print on demand services you send that valuable file to them and it usually ends up in China before your part is done. That's just my impression and I could be wrong.

If you have the file, the age and demand of this part makes it an unlikely target for others. The only problem would be incorporating the electrical connections. But certainly it can be done.

While we don't have the file or capacity at this point we would be happy to work with you on this.

Posted by: Mblizzard Sep 23 2013, 07:52 PM

Yes now we only have the capacity for plastic. There are ways to do metals which are expensive but you can use this method to produce castings for metal products.