Racerxc70 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 A friend needs a small part form a 70’s toy slot machine replaced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robothut Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Have him CAD up the file he needs and post the STL file. Then we can tell if it can be printed. Time to print a file that is printable is one thing but time to 3d CAD the file is another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robothut Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 I will answer your "PM" question here as it might help others as well. 3d printers are just machines that you feed a program and turn them on. But first you have to have the program to feed the printer. You make that file program in 3d CAD. And when you are making a replacement part for something the file has to be perfect or the part will not fit or work . Doing that CAD work for a replacement part can take some time. So what you need is a person that has the free time to make the CAD file. The tricky part is not all 3d CAD files are designed for 3d printing in mind and may or may not be printable as designed. That is why a person doing the 3d printing would need to see the CAD file first in order to see if it is printable and if not what would have to be changed to make it printable. Hope that helps. There are lots of people out there that do not 3d print but do 3d CAD design, students and so on. You could probably fine a person that is willing to do the job as a learning tool. They would need a part from the toy to work from if they are to design a new one in CAD . Hope this helps fill in some of the steps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racerxc70 Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 Unless I can find some to write the CAD file I’m dead in the water, btw I don’t know what CAD is 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golddalek Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 send a few images, Top, side view, rear. ...also place the part on a ruler for reference, like they do on ebay. I'll take a look and see if I can do this in Blender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racerxc70 Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 I can send it to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golddalek Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 is this a plastic part? 👀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racerxc70 Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 YesI can send it to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roboto Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 CAD=Computer aided drafting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golddalek Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 O.K...is there a way you can email me here? my profile has it listed. then go from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racerxc70 Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 Ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golddalek Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I just added it...It didn't seem to be visible earlier...I'll find out via email if you can see it 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racerxc70 Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 Thank you Golddalek You have gone above and beyond, with any luck the part will soon by installed Thank you so much Racerxc70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golddalek Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 I found your address in an earlier post...silly me. So I dropped the box (original broken part(s) and NEW printed part w/generic filament) off @ UPS. They said by Thursday it should arrive. If it's not quite working swell- may have to try a different filament, maybe Nylon. or some stiffer plastic..guess you'll know. Later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racerxc70 Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 I’ve got the tracking number it says Friday Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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