3D Printer
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May I suggest checking out printables.com, makerworld.com, thingiverse.com for premade printable models and see if something fits your need. You'll be surprised what you find. Yeggi.com is a search engine that will search all of the above.
It's much easier to find someone willing to print, rather than design and print fyi.
If you do find a model, check your local library or makerspace and see if they can print for you, as it might still require a couple of iterations. My library printed me something for 4 bucks for example.
Also check Etsy.com and see if someone is already selling the model you need.
Edit - also check with your family and neighbours, community boards etc
It's much easier to find someone willing to print, rather than design and print fyi.
If you do find a model, check your local library or makerspace and see if they can print for you, as it might still require a couple of iterations. My library printed me something for 4 bucks for example.
Also check Etsy.com and see if someone is already selling the model you need.
Edit - also check with your family and neighbours, community boards etc
If that’s the going rate then I’ll just buy my own printer then start another side gig.
Do you already have a design concept? I'm waiting on a part for "my" Bambu printer but could print something for you in a few weeks. What material are you wanting, and what color is preferred, or does that even matter to you?
Decent printers are cheap now, and software is often free, both for design and manipulating the print file, but I'm sure you know this.
The owner of the company I work for asked me to design a part for him a couple of weeks ago. I had a meeting yesterday with an injection molding vendor and the tooling to make the part is around $70k. The company has Multi Jet Fusion printing capabilities which can produce really nice parts, so we're going to have them print up a few samples using glass bead and possibly sell that version and see if it's worth upgrading to an injection mold. Personally I doubt that sales volumes will justify the investment.
Quite literally why I bought my own. It's its own whole hobby though, beware lol. Especially when it comes to designing from scratch. If you've never used cad software it's a whole 'nother hobby. I would look at a bambu a1 mini if you don't think you'll need fancy materials like carbon fiber etc. Lots of cad software out there, I found solidedge is decent and free. I have a bambu p1s with ams and love it. I only make stuff for friends, family and neighbours. The amount of iterations alone make it worth finding someone in your local area you can bring your part to.
If its outdoor use and will be in sun and in the elements you have to be picky about material otherwise it won't last. Like petg, nylon etc, not pla. Maybe try looking on yeggi.com and see if there a carling switch panel available you could adapt.
You can buy aluminum project boxes fairly cheaply on Amazon and such. Perhaps you can find one with a lid that has a gasket. Is it humidity that's killing the Summit Hydraulics switch panel? I got similar parts when I ordered multipliers/diverters for both tractors, but I'm controlling them via Scorpion control grips. Not sure if they have IPX6/IPX7 variants or not.
Yes I believe it’s moisture damage, no idea in the waterproof rating of them.
Finishing up a project using my box blade that my rippers leak down every so often I’m switching between the top link and rippers via the diverter and it’s gotten worse this past week.
Finishing up a project using my box blade that my rippers leak down every so often I’m switching between the top link and rippers via the diverter and it’s gotten worse this past week.