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Soooo many organization items, drawer insert, trays, a couple of electrical panel labels and patterns for casting.

Here are some needle file and rasp containers - that's not quite half of it. Yeah, its too much, but I bought them as a lot and its easier to inventory them than make sure I've got at least one each and deal with kijiji characters.


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jorogi said:
Dang, that seems like cheating. I had to make mine out of aluminum.
Why not make one die for the whole nose rib ?
Nice job.
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3d printers are like cheating! not as nice as your aluminum ones im sure, but they seem to do the job

the thought had crossed my mind to make a die for the whole rib...however...printer isnt big enough, would have to be multiple prints, not sure if the 45t press i have would be enough. I think it would be a whole project to figure out how to do it successfully....but...works pretty good for the dimple dies, and cheap, 4.36$ worth of pla for the top and bottom pieces (slicer says 129g and 89g of pla)

i cant take full credit, ive seen it done on the internet before, just not with this big of a diameter. So i did have to model it, and test it, im tempted to test it to failure and see how many tons it would take to destroy it.....but maybe not, it was like 10+ hrs combined on the two printers
 
phaxtris said:
3d printers are like cheating! not as nice as your aluminum ones im sure, but they seem to do the job

the thought had crossed my mind to make a die for the whole rib...however...printer isnt big enough, would have to be multiple prints, not sure if the 45t press i have would be enough. I think it would be a whole project to figure out how to do it successfully....but...works pretty good for the dimple dies, and cheap, 4.36$ worth of pla for the top and bottom pieces (slicer says 129g and 89g of pla)

i cant take full credit, ive seen it done on the internet before, just not with this big of a diameter. So i did have to model it, and test it, im tempted to test it to failure and see how many tons it would take to destroy it.....but maybe not, it was like 10+ hrs combined on the two printers
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Have seen some builds online that have 3d printed die sets similar to your idea and they could take a lot of pressure. Maybe look at printing with a higher shell count and or even higher infill. One Idea as well is that you can add parts in to the build that act like a form of rebar. You would have to design for the cavity. Then with your die you could print to a certain height then pause the print, put in a large washer and continue the print. Another idea is to print a hollow cavity inside the print and then fill the hollow with an epoxy.

I would test the idea until it breaks, that way you know what it and your equipment can do. If it breaks then just print some more. The best part of 3d printing is that we get to break our prints in prototype and not have to spend weeks remaking the parts.
 
phaxtris said:
3d printers are like cheating! not as nice as your aluminum ones im sure, but they seem to do the job

the thought had crossed my mind to make a die for the whole rib...however...printer isnt big enough, would have to be multiple prints, not sure if the 45t press i have would be enough. I think it would be a whole project to figure out how to do it successfully....but...works pretty good for the dimple dies, and cheap, 4.36$ worth of pla for the top and bottom pieces (slicer says 129g and 89g of pla)

i cant take full credit, ive seen it done on the internet before, just not with this big of a diameter. So i did have to model it, and test it, im tempted to test it to failure and see how many tons it would take to destroy it.....but maybe not, it was like 10+ hrs combined on the two printers
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Apparently it's good for one so I would imagine you'll get 4 no problem.
My aluminum was definitely more than $4, but I guess at least I can repurpose it at some point.
 
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