Is this the answer to correct parts?

[denis4x4]

and are you willing to pay?

https://theshopmag.com/news/ford-tes...OTgxMDM5NzQzS0

[SeaSlugs]

i know over in Russia they 3d printed a house in 24 hours...

[john in illinois]

I have a friend that uses a fab lab. He has access to a 3d printer. He Lso does many things with a laser machine. He used the laser to make a small plexiglass model A in layers. You can see through it and see engine,controls,and many details.
This technology is interesting.

John

[Ed Saniewski]

Check out the latest machine.

http://www.nbc.com/jay-lenos-garage/...inting/3469067


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[SeaSlugs]

Originally Posted by Ed Saniewski

Check out the latest machine.

http://www.nbc.com/jay-lenos-garage/...inting/3469067


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million bucks for a machine BUT like everything we own now at one time it was expensive. Flat screen flat pannel TV's were like 10K+ 15 years ago. now? can get a 72" for less than $1000.

3d printers used to be expensive - now i think their breaking under the $200 bar.

give it 20 years and we may all have that machine and just download parts and make it in your garage.

[Sparky]

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I've been using this technology in a professional capacity for the last 20 years, mainly for prototyping plastic parts. Up until the last few years it had not been practical for production parts, but that is changing. It is now possible to produce durable parts from plastics, steel, and titanium. I think this is great news for the future collectible car hobby, especially for interior plastic components of cars from the 1970s and on.

Unfortunately current technology cannot produce parts from cast iron, so no 3D printed engine blocks for us!

[Mark W.]

Originally Posted by Sparky

Unfortunately current technology cannot produce parts from cast iron, so no 3D printed engine blocks for us!

Not sure if this is a problem, my guess is that you could still use the solid model printed in wax at the proper shrinkage scale and then get it cast using it as the pattern. Not an inexpensive proposition, but getting less so every day.

Might not be a great example, but many years ago a coworker at our sister facility in Milwaukee made a solidworks model of an engagement ring, had it printed, then took that to a jeweler to have the ring cast and finished. I think that he did a YouTube video of the whole process. It was really interesting at the time but old news now.

[Stretch Cab]

The Model A cowl gas tank seems to be one item in demand and not reproduced. Seems that a 3D one may be a good idea at some point. But then can you imagine the liability issues with this!

[Sparky]

Originally Posted by Stretch Cab

The Model A cowl gas tank seems to be one item in demand and not reproduced. Seems that a 3D one may be a good idea at some point. But then can you imagine the liability issues with this!

Unfortunately at the current state of the art, thin sheet metal parts are not suitable for 3D printing. Maybe some day.

[denis4x4]

Speedway uses 3-D printers for making prototype tooling

[holdover]

Well, maybe in the future we will be able to get some sheet metal that fit correctly at a fair price.... and I am sure if I was restoring something that parts weren't available any where, 1K for the part would seem cheap.

when I was young in the 60s and paying my way through college working in a machine shop, I would never have guessed they could come so far so fast.