Fordson tugger hoist

[Chuck Doan]

I have found some miniature wire rope that is pretty flexible from Mcmaster-Carr. So the 3D stuff it is just for illustration purposes.

[TRAINS1941]

Beautiful work.

Jerry

[Chuck Doan]

Thanks Jerry!


I received the brass parts for the front section of the hoist. They needed to be strong to support the die-cast tractor. I will probably pin and solder them together. Printed in wax, and then lost wax cast by Shapeways.

[Hauk]

Thanks Jerry!

I received the brass parts for the front section of the hoist. They needed to be strong to support the die-cast tractor. I will probably pin and solder them together. Printed in wax, and then lost wax cast by Shapeways.

The brass parts look really good!
In fact, much smoother than the brass part I got from Shapeways some years back.

Do you have a closeup image of your parts, It would be very interesting to see if the quality of Shapeways brass parts have improved.

Here is a link to my brass part for comparasion. The whole assembly of all the coupler pockets  is about 10mmX20mm)

I envy you your Solidworks skills, by the way!

[Chuck Doan]

See if this helps. There were no lines, just some mild texturing. Each part was about 18 bucks.

[finescalerr]

The seem close to jewelry quality. -- Russ

[Chuck Doan]

I think that industry has really driven many of the advances in 3D printing.

[Ray Dunakin]

The quality of those castings is impressive!

[Chuck Doan]

More parts in progress. The prices were a bit less than Shapeways. Should get them next week.

[Hauk]

More parts in progress. The prices were a bit less than Shapeways. Should get them next week.

Looking delicious.
Are these from J&S Technologies as well? Did you ask if they are open for general business?

As far as I can see they use a Objet printer, so If they are not taking business from everybody, moddler.com should be able to offer the same quality. They are using Objet printers as well.

[Ray Dunakin]

Looks like there's a lot of support struts to cut off.

[lab-dad]

Those pinions look like sh__t
I think the little more $ @ SW might be worth it.
I'll gladly get them printed so we can compare! 
Mj

[Chuck Doan]

Yes, J and S are open to anyone. I think he said it was a Form 2 printer.

They cut off the support material, but offer lower prices if I do it. I am having one clump sent with them on to see how hard it is.

I'll let you know how they come out Marty.

[Hauk]

Yes, J and S are open to anyone. I think he said it was a Form 2 printer.

The large gear you showed earlier looked far better than the Form 1 prints I have seen. If it really is prints from a Form 2, some dramatic improvements have been made.

And it is a printer that my local model railroad club could afford!

[Allan G]

This is all very exciting!!! It'll keep getting better.....Allan