On Tuesday 04 April 2017 06:28:31 andy pugh wrote: > On 4 April 2017 at 10:47, Andrew <[email protected]> wrote: > > I exported the model to STL and feed it to a slicer. > > It shows ~0,5kg and ~8hrs printing time with 0,45mm layer and 10% > > infill > > But that is 8 hours per part (if using lost-PLA) whereas my > conventional pattern can be re-used. > > This thread seems to have drifted badly. I have made a pattern, the > pattern is at the foundry. > My question was how many parts I should have made. It would make > little sense for anyone to use my design file rather than one > optimised for their requirements, there is about 45 minutes of work in > that model, irrelevant compared to printing, machining or > pattern-making time. > > If you are interested in conventional pattern-making, then I have some > friends who restore old vehicles and so a lot of it: > http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?13514-WW1-Thornycroft-restora >tion&p=486322#post486322 For example.
Interesting, using a wooden mockup. Nice work. So that is a hint that if I print this cover, I should do 2 of them, 1 to put on the shelf for taking to the foundry if the best of the 2 breaks, take the 2nd one to the foundry. Thanks Andy. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
