Looking to Print a Caboose...

[Chris333]

.025 layers is impressing with no sagging on the window openings.

[PJPickard]

That is very impressive. Great work. Rotated 8 degrees how?

[cjp53]

Your picture of the B&O caboose looks like the one outside the Warther Museum in Dover Ohio.He carved the history of steam engines it's really something to see.I just came across your post,are you going to print these and possibly sell them?Looks like a very nice car when finished.

[Mark5]

I think I am done. Handrails are too frail to print.

Looks impressive in that photo!

[SkipGear]

That is very impressive. Great work. Rotated 8 degrees how?

Rotated on the build plate along the Z axis. Doing this won't work on a car body that needs smooth sides because it creates a vertical 'layer lines' on any surface perpendicular to the build plate unless you rotate it in all 3 axis slightly so the anti-aliasing can take over.


I had planned to have it painted red and at least partially assembled tonight but I spent a late night at the shop repairing our door that got blown off the hinges today during a a wind storm. The door was closed and got sucked open by the wind, striping bolts holding the upper hinge in place. The door closer is the only thing that kept if from hitting the ground and shattering.

Soon as I can come up with some instructions to make the end rails, I will work on kitting a few up. First I need to build one myself to figure out the best way to do it.

[Philip H]

I'm sure @peteski will find some small flaw in the lower left corner or something, but it appears that @wm3798 has been satisfied.  So you need a cool name for your caboose on demand business.

And let us know when you want us to send the paypal . . . .

[peteski]

I'm sure @peteski will find some small flaw in the lower left corner or something, . . .

Huh?  It looks awesome, especially in transparent green!   

[jargonlet]

I’m sure this has been posted. I read through the whole thread but if so I seemed to have missed it. Are these being offered up for sale? I have a friend that would be interested in a couple of these.

[SkipGear]

I’m sure this has been posted. I read through the whole thread but if so I seemed to have missed it. Are these being offered up for sale? I have a friend that would be interested in a couple of these.

Once I build one and make sure everything fits the way I want, yes.

[wm3798]

If you need a beta tester...
Are you thinking etched end railings?  That will up the cost a tad, but will probably give the best results.
Is there a commercially available etching or part that might suffice?  Because, you know...


I WANT IT NOW!

[wm3798]

After reading thru this, I'm curious, @GimpLizard how have your experiments progressed?  Tony has the I-1 pretty much nailed, but there's still the I-5.

I still have a printer sitting idle on the desk next to me...  If someone wants to send me a file, it would be fun to try actually using it!

Lee

[SkipGear]

Painted.....the roof walks are just setting on the car right now. Nothing is glued. A quick shot of caboose red just to see what it looks like. Not my best paint job.



Also, printed a new version of handrails and roof walks that may have solved the warping issues. Curing now, will play more in the morning.

P.S. If someone commissions you to do the NWSL gear kit on a Bachmann 3 Truck Shay, walk away. The gears don't fit the OEM shafts so I am having to replace all the drive shafts on the side of the trucks with one's I have built, as well.as add bushings to the trucks to get rid of slop.

[SkipGear]

@wm3798 , Lee PM me your address, you can be the guinea pig. Still a few tweaks I want to do to finalize but I want to see if somebody else can build what I have printed. I want to add a smoke jack to the print and change the awnings on the cupola from one large to two smaller, I have seen both versions and the larger one that I have now isn't printer friendly. I have come up with printed handrails and a way to keep them straight and protected but they will still be fragile. I know I can work with them and make them work, I want to see if somebody else can.

 


Once this works, I will redesign the floor to represent the wide porch version of the I-1, the angled cupola I-5 and maybe an I-10. After that I have drawings for a N&W CF that I have already scratch built once that I will try to print.

[wm3798]

Oooh!  Giggity!  PM on its way!
Thx. 
Lee

[GimpLizard]

After reading thru this, I'm curious, @GimpLizard how have your experiments progressed?  Tony has the I-1 pretty much nailed, but there's still the I-5.

I still have a printer sitting idle on the desk next to me...  If someone wants to send me a file, it would be fun to try actually using it!

Lee

Sorry to report my progress is on hold. I suffered a minor problem with my house. The neutral power line, coming in from the street, snapped during a storm, causing an electrical surge and a very small fire. Fortunately no damage to anything structural. Just some wiring in the basement and fiberglass insulation that was stuffed up in the sill. Oh, and I think the refrigerator took a hit. Because it doesn't seem to be keeping things as cold now. The freezer seems to work okay. But not the fridge.

I had an electrician out to fix the wiring and the power company repaired the line. I was out of the house for a few days. But I'm back now.

And I must say, I'm quite impressed with what Skip as done so far. Nicely done.