Pauls325

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The plastic should be kept away from high heat how much heat I'm not sure of yet there will be some testing involved it will work for inexpensive prototyping for sure and other misc I'm going to look into the possibility of using lost wax casting and composite mold making with it for parts that the plastic is just not suited for the plastic itself is probably best for interior and cosmetic parts its nice to be back on the board I remember when I first joined it was only a few of us with simple plans its good to see how far people are going with these cars this part of ls1tech has some real creative problem solvers I appreciate that... now its time for some reading to get caught up on the past three years or so

Cory1750

Are these 3 periods here to make up for the run on sentence? It was honestly hard to read.

91parkave

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Well think about the intake manifold the valley tray gasket and solenoid tray....all plastic well abs and nylon 66 but heat won't be a issue as much as much the material you're using

GXP25

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Thank you I needed that, lol.

Z28 Autobot

the grill!! again

ramairetransam

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any way to make some cool side vents for the 98-02 firebirds, one guy made carbon fiber ones , but i havent heard much from that in a year or two .

heavyft

Throttle body spacer.

Cory1750

I refuse to believe these do anything.

Dom87SS

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Also something to think about with those type of parts is that the type of printer he's using (FDM) does not make water tight parts. This means just as it sounds that they are not 100% solid and will pull liquid, or in a spacers case air, creating a leak unless it is sealed with something. On top of that the material available won't have the HDT needed to hold up with under hood temps.

Pauls325

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dom is correct, I failed to communicate that in a previous post, sorry it was difficult to read I used a phone.

Dom87SS

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there are many things you will be able to tinker with, but the guys suggesting parts need to understand the reality of what you can do for them. As you dont want to be wasting time designing parts that essentially wont be able to be used and a waste of your material.

Pauls325

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well after a shipping ordeal we finally have the printer up and running! I have found that the temperature at the extruder is 230 degrees Celsius so 446 degrees f. I have a few software decisions to make but will keep everyone updated and get some pictures up very soon

Dom87SS

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Sounds about right. The FDM machine's we have run a little over 300f at the tip. Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Interesting news, the company we sell machines for bought out makerbot about 2 weeks ago. So I'm not sure what the future holds for them or us and if we have to sell and support them.

no1kicker

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Bringing up an old post...has anything been designed and printed with the Makerbot yet?

SSelDiabloBlanco

I want El Diablo Blanco printed