Here you go... Here's a jug of a mostly-clear, somewhat amber liquid. You may not know what it is, but please let me advise you to keep your matches away. ;-)
Is there a worm in the bottom?
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I already said I have a day job and this is not my money maker opportunity. I offer what I did as is. Take advantage to your advantage or not. Up to you.
As someone with almost zero 3D printing knowledge (and I’m sure many of the forum members are in the same position), I don’t even know where to begin researching for a company that can print something to the exact material specification you mention. I have a day job too, and I’m not asking you to create an site and ordering process and make them yourself. All I was REALLY asking that you update at some point (after you’ve gotten satisfactory samples) saying “hey, THIS is the place you can order them” so that the people —like me—who have no idea what you’re talking about will know a place they can be produced.
Very clever. Nice.A few weeks back at the #NationalMustangDay event in Detroit, @JWW mentioned an incident with a basketball led to hyper-extension of his MME charge port cover and made a dent just forward of the charge port cover. I immediately set to looking for a preventative solution. Unfortunately, before I could complete my quest, our MME suffered a similar, but less dramatic fate. We don't even know how it happened other than perhaps it was very windy one day when we using a DC fast charger. We're going to need to get the dent fixed, but I wanted to make sure that we had a solution to prevent a re-occurrence, before taking any action.
Fast forward to now. I have developed a 3D model for an insert that adds a small wedge on the inside of the charge port arm to prevent it from opening too far.
Sure you could still body slam it and overcome the wedge, but you'll probably break the cover off before that happens.
Below are the pics of the finished design. This has to be printed in TPU or similar flexible material with a shore hardness rating of 85A-90A or it can't be finagled into position. Installation has to be done with the charge port cover closed as much as possible, while working the wedge into place, then after that it's pretty easy to insert the upper and lower retaining wings.
I've posted two versions of the part, one without support so you can send off to a service to have it printed in TPU 85A (or similar) using Selective Laser Sintering technology or if you have a direct drive printer you can try using your slicer's built-in support with that version (V.1.N).
The second version of the part is the one I print on my Lulzbot Taz Pro with in-built support, meaning I do not let my slicer generate support. I had to keep tweaking the inbuilt support version (V.1A.S) to increase the gap between the angled support at the top. A gap of 0.5mm between the in-built support and the actual part wasn't enough, but 0.75mm seems to be a happy medium re: it does work as support and it isn't too difficult to remove. All I had to do was use some side cutters to get a grip on the angled bit and tear it free.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4847310
Video showing installation + usage:
Mine took about 3 weeks to arrive.
Yes, I intend to update the thread after I've received the samples, e.g. if the samples are good, I'll post a link and provide instructions for what to specify In the order. Actually, I'm hoping for one better. I approached the one provider about having the part hosted on their site so you just have to push a button. Unfortunately, they've not responded to that inquiry, yet, but I'm still optimistic.
Damn this would’ve been great to see before I got my dent back in late January ? now we need a thread on how to fix the dent if you have one!A few weeks back at the #NationalMustangDay event in Detroit, @JWW mentioned an incident with a basketball led to hyper-extension of his MME charge port cover and made a dent just forward of the charge port cover. I immediately set to looking for a preventative solution. Unfortunately, before I could complete my quest, our MME suffered a similar, but less dramatic fate. We don't even know how it happened other than perhaps it was very windy one day when we using a DC fast charger. We're going to need to get the dent fixed, but I wanted to make sure that we had a solution to prevent a re-occurrence, before taking any action.
Fast forward to now. I have developed a 3D model for an insert that adds a small wedge on the inside of the charge port arm to prevent it from opening too far.
Sure you could still body slam it and overcome the wedge, but you'll probably break the cover off before that happens.
Below are the pics of the finished design. This has to be printed in TPU or similar flexible material with a shore hardness rating of 85A-90A or it can't be finagled into position. Installation has to be done with the charge port cover closed as much as possible, while working the wedge into place, then after that it's pretty easy to insert the upper and lower retaining wings.
I've posted two versions of the part, one without support so you can send off to a service to have it printed in TPU 85A (or similar) using Selective Laser Sintering technology or if you have a direct drive printer you can try using your slicer's built-in support with that version (V.1.N).
The second version of the part is the one I print on my Lulzbot Taz Pro with in-built support, meaning I do not let my slicer generate support. I had to keep tweaking the inbuilt support version (V.1A.S) to increase the gap between the angled support at the top. A gap of 0.5mm between the in-built support and the actual part wasn't enough, but 0.75mm seems to be a happy medium re: it does work as support and it isn't too difficult to remove. All I had to do was use some side cutters to get a grip on the angled bit and tear it free.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4847310
Video showing installation + usage:
There are some fabulous painless dent removal guys out there. I would do a yelp check in your area and find ones with a few hundred 5 star reviews. If you drive there to fix $100.00 or less. If he come to you $125.00 to $150.00
You've gone above and beyond to your fellow Mache Forum folks. Thanks a ton.
Thanks, that is good advice. As of now it’s fine, I honestly had forgotten about it. I thought that being on one of the raised body lines might cause an issue vs a standard dent on a flat section.
