Bedarail Project SD40-2f

[ednadolski]

I designed and printed a Jig that allows for consistant drop grabs for my models.   It also handles the ladder grabs found on the -2f.

That is brilliant, and the results are outstanding.  Way cool!   

Ed

[John]

My sincere apologies.   My interface for these forums is on my phone.....thats what I know.   If you would prefer, I can stop posting camera pics of my computer monitor.   My computer is not on the internet.

Keep posting them .. its not a problem .. I also don't blame you for not having your computer on the internet

[nkalanaga]

That picture back on page 2, of the shell with all of its supports, got me wondering.

Has anybody ever tried designing the supports for a 3D print to be useful themselves?  Those in the picture look almost like modern flat-roof support trusses, or older bridge parts, or even flatcar loads.  A little clunky for all three, but with some design work, they should be usable for something.

[John]

Has anybody ever tried designing the supports for a 3D print to be useful themselves?  Those in the picture look almost like modern flat-roof support trusses, or older bridge parts, or even flatcar loads.  A little clunky for all three, but with some design work, they should be usable for something.

It would probably be easier to design those from scratch .. Steel trusses are pretty straight forward ..

[nkalanaga]

John:  True, if you want a particular prototype.  I wasn't thinking specifically of a "roof truss", just "make the support look like something usable".  The idea would be that, instead of throwing away that much material, it could be painted and used as something, even if just a flatcar load, or maybe a stack of fire hydrants, to be cut apart, or telegraph crossarms, whatever.