My friend and Ex-boss Tony from Spee3d 3d printing machines with an aluminium bike part printed for me by Spee3d. |
The new Spee3d part is on the deck. It is equivalent to the assembly shown on the front of the bike, for a few pics of the whole bike see here. |
Another view of the parts. |
Today I was emailed by Tony from Spee3d to say that after a long wait, a 3d printed aluminium part I'd designed was ready for me. Fortunately I was working in the next suburb and was able to pick it up after work without going too far out of the way.
The part is a very early use of the 3d spray technology, and I am really pushing it to even think of employing it on my bikes. The assembly I aim to replace with the new part was documented in a previous post . The extrusion part has a 3mm wall thickness and this one has an 8mm wall. For the complicated shapes the assembly uses lost wax castings.
For the new part, there's a bit of machining, cad and plastic 3d printing to go before I can even use it.
But lost wax casting has been around for about 6000 years and spray 3d printing about 2, guess which one is likely to develop quickly? Anyway, I will keep documenting my progress with this part.
Regards
Steve Nurse
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